HE WAS ON LOAN AT THE SUBSIDIARY FOR ONE YEAR
A former Barça academy player hangs up his boots at 26
Published:26/01/2023 - 14:31h
Updated:26/01/2023 - 14:31h
Football is often a cruel sport. In an elite that can reach very few, David Concha has been one of those footballers who promised but who has finally decided to take a step to the side
To his alone 26 years, David Concha, ex of the Real Sociedad and Barça B has announced of official way that leaves the professional football. Player of the Hammarby Swedish from the past summer, the Cantabrian, as it aims the press of the Nordic country, has taken the decision by "personal reasons" and also aim that the footballer had it decided from the past month of October.
Concha has been a globe-trotter of the football since it arrived to professional in 2014 with the Racing of Santander. From that moment Concha would go through the Real, Numancia, Barça Atlètic and in 2019 would give his first international jump leaving to the Shrimp Osaka of Japan by a season. Finally in 2020 it would not renew with the Basque team and in February of that year finished fichando by the CD Badajoz.
The forward santanderino was yielded in the filial of the Barça in the season 2017-18, contesting 14 parties along this course and annotating a goal in a total of 652 minutes contested. The only goal of the extreme would arrive in a tie in front of the Osasuna in October of the 2017 after an assistance of Arnáiz, the one who at present is in Second Division with the Leganés.
In that team culé, Concha shared with players like Marc Cucurella, Jorge Cuenca (now in Villarreal), Sergio Gómez (now in the Manchester City) or Miranda (now in the Betis). Of course, that Barça Atlètic was led by a Riqui Puig that promised a lot, as well as Alex Hill, still with agreement with the first team culé, in addition to Abel Ruíz and Bump Lozano.
A project that seemed much more interesting
Summoned also with the Spanish selection Sub-19 in 2014, the attacker shared generation in 'The Rojita' with footballers like Gayà, Adama Traoré or Marcos Llorente. It added a total of 7 parties like international juvenile, marking two goals in 438 minutes. With Luis de la Fuente like technician, the now ex footballer contested a party of the Euro Sub-19, as well as other three parties of the eliminatory for this tournament.
