David Pallas
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Pallas | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | A Laracha, Galicia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | FC Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | FC Zürich | 105 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Thun (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | FC Zürich | 8 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Thun (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | VfL Bochum | 32 | (0) |
| 2007 | → VfL Bochum II | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | FC Langenthal | ||
| 2012–2014 | FC Oftringen | ||
| 2014–2015 | FC Ibach | ||
| Total | 162 | (2) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Pallas (born 1 July 1980) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a right-back. He last played for VfL Bochum in Germany's Bundesliga.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born in A Laracha, Spain, Pallas began his youth career at FC Zürich, where he made the leap into the first team in 2001. During the winter break of the 2004–05 season, Pallas moved to league rivals FC Thun 1898, who qualified for the Champions League at the end of that season. He then moved to VfL Bochum, where he was a replacement for the injured right-back Søren Colding. As a reason for his move to VfL Bochum Pallas said that he sees a better prospect at the Ruhr club as well as financial benefits. After his first few games for VfL Bochum he again had to settle for a place on the bench. He played 21 league games and was wearing the shirt number 36. Pallas had a contract until 2007 and a one-year option, which was not activated.
After leaving Bochum, Pallas remained uncontracted during the 2007–08 season, despite negotiations with Arsenal Kyiv, AEK Larnaca, RoPS and KV Kortrijk and attending training camps with Swiss clubs, and retired from professional football in summer 2008.[2] He joined amateur Swiss club FC Langenthal in 2009.[2] Pallas later became club captain, and eventually left the club in summer 2012.[3] Following this Pallas has spells playing for FC Oftringen and FC Ibach before retiring as a player in 2015.[4]
Coaching career
[edit]Honours
[edit]FC Zürich
References
[edit]- ^ "Pallas, David" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Der tiefe Fall des David Pallas". Tages-Anzeiger. 17 March 2009.
- ^ Mathys, Hans (18 June 2012). "Langenthal - Alain Sutter im EM-Studio, nicht im Rankmatte-Beizli". bz Basel.
- ^ "Von Bochum nach Villmergen". www.derfreiaemter.ch.
- ^ "Finals 2000-2019". fussball-schweiz.ch. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- David Pallas at WorldFootball.net
- David Pallas at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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