Dani Mallo

Dani Mallo

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Mallo Castro
Date of birth	(1979-01-25) 25 January 1979
Place of birth	Cambre, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Albacete
Number	1
Youth career
1994–1995	Sporting Cambre
1995–1997	Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Deportivo B	82	(0)
2001–2006	Deportivo La Coruña	3	(0)
2003–2004	→ Elche (loan)	38	(0)
2006–2008	Braga	8	(0)
2009	Falkirk	15	(0)
2009–2013	Girona	81	(0)
2013–2015	Lugo	30	(0)
2015–	Albacete	2	(0)
International career
1996–1998	Spain U18	12	(0)
2000	Spain U21	1	(0)
2005	Galicia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2015

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mallo and the second or maternal family name is Castro.

Daniel 'Dani' Mallo Castro (born 25 January 1979) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Albacete Balompié as a goalkeeper.

The better part of his senior career was played at Deportivo de La Coruña, where he served almost exclusively as third-choice in the first team.

Football career

Born in Cambre, Galicia, Mallo spent most of his career as third-string goalkeeper with local Deportivo de La Coruña, having a loan stint at second division side Elche CF in the 2003–04 season. He first appeared with the main squad of the former on 5 May 2003, playing 20 minutes in a 5–0 home triumph over Recreativo de Huelva.

Released by Deportivo, Mallo joined Portugal's S.C. Braga for 2006–07: because of injury to first-choice Paulo Santos, he started the first half of the following campaign, also featuring for the club in the Portuguese and UEFA Cups.

In mid-January 2009, after having spent the first months of the new season training separately, Mallo joined Falkirk until the end of the 2008–09 campaign. He played in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final, also helping the side to the semifinals in the domestic League Cup and a final maintenance in the Scottish Premier League; despite these achievements, he did not sign a new contract and left the club on June 27, stating he needed to move on.

In July 2009, Mallo turned down a move to join former manager John Hughes at Hibernian FC, opting to return to Spain and sign with Girona FC in the country's second division. In his first year he deputised for former FC Barcelona's Albert Jorquera, and he played understudy to Roberto Santamaría in the following season, becoming first-choice subsequently.

External links

• Dani Mallo profile at BDFutbol
• Dani Mallo profile at ForaDeJogo
• Dani Mallo career statistics at Soccerbase
• Dani Mallo at Soccerway