Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro

Daniel Cifuentes
Personal information
Full name Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro
Date of birth (1980-07-13) 13 July 1980
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Real Madrid C
2001–2003 Zamora 48 (5)
2003–2004 Lanzarote 34 (1)
2004–2005 Eibar 39 (1)
2005–2007 Real Sociedad 14 (0)
2007 → Ponferradina (loan) 16 (1)
2007–2008 Valladolid 9 (0)
2009–2011 Cádiz 78 (2)
2011–2014 Recreativo 76 (1)
2015–2016 Lincoln Red Imps 2 (0)
2016 Zamora 5 (0)
2017 Mancha Real 12 (1)
Total 333 (12)
National team
1998 Spain U17 1 (0)
Teams managed
2017– Equatorial Guinea (loc. assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro (born 13 July 1980), sometimes known as Cifu, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right back.

Club career

Cifuentes was born in Madrid. An unsuccessful graduate of Real Madrid's youth system, he went on to make his professional debuts with Zamora CF, spending most of his early career in the third division.

In the 2005–06 season, Cifuentes joined Real Sociedad for €450.000,[1] making his La Liga debut on 21 September 2005 and playing the full 90 minutes in the 3–2 home win over Atlético Madrid.[2] Never an important element for the Basques he would be loaned, in January 2007, to second level club SD Ponferradina, and he scored once for his new team, in a 3–3 away draw against UD Salamanca – who led 3–0 at the hour mark – on 1 April;[3] Ponferradina would be, however, relegated.

Cifuentes signed for Real Valladolid in August 2007.[4] After having featured in only nine matches throughout the campaign, he was released in October of the following year despite still having a contract running, alongside teammate Alexis, in the same predicament.[5]

In late January 2009, Cifuentes moved to Cádiz CF in division three, being part of the squad that returned to the second tier after a one-year absence. In the following season he was an undisputed starter (34 games, 33 starts), but the Andalusians would be immediately relegated back.[6]

On 21 July 2011, Cifuentes joined Recreativo de Huelva on a two-year deal.[7] He went on to spent three seasons in the second tier with the club, scoring his only goal on 19 October 2013 to help the hosts recover from a three-goal disadvantage against CD Lugo to draw 3–3.[8]

Cifuentes retired in 2017 at the age of 37, following short spells with Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar Premier Division), Zamora[9] and Atlético Mancha Real.

International career

On 31 December 2017, Cifuentes announced he would part of the technical staff of the Equatorial Guinean national team for local-based players soon to compete at the 2018 African Nations Championship.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Contrata al defensa del Eibar, Cifuentes (Cifuentes, Eibar defender hired); Diario AS, 1 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ La Real desintegra al Atlético (Real rip Atlético apart); El Mundo, 22 September 2005 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Pierde Salamanca ventaja de tres goles; empata com Ponferradina (Salamanca lose three-goal advantage; draw with Ponferradina); El Universal, 1 April 2007 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Cifuentes: "Espero demostrar en el campo que Mendilibar no se equivoca conmigo" (Cifuentes: "I hope to show on the pitch Mendilibar is not doing the wrong thing"); Marca, 20 August 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Daniel Cifuentes dice que "no podemos perdonar ni un solo euro" (Daniel Cifuentes says "we cannot forgive one single euro"); Soitu, 5 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ El sueño pasa por Cádiz (The dream visits Cádiz); Las Provincias, 9 May 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ El Recre ficha al lateral Cifuentes (Recre sign full-back Cifuentes); Huelva 24, 21 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ El Decano salvó un punto tras remontar tres goles 'in extremis' (The Dean rescued one point after coming back from three goals 'in extremis'); Marca, 19 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Daniel Cifuentes "Cifu" regresa al Zamora CF (Daniel Cifuentes "Cifu" returns to Zamora CF); La Opinión de Zamora, 28 April 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Bodipo alista a otro carismático ex recreativista para Guinea Ecuatorial (Bodipo enlists another charismatic former recreativista for Equatorial Guinea); Diario de Huelva, 31 December 2017 (in Spanish)
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