Biography and the life story of David De Gea "loved sports very much"

David de Gea was born on November 7, 1990 in Madrid, Spain. He was born to Jose De Gea and Marivi Quintana. His parents had long been married before finally being blessed by his only child, namely David de Gea.

His father is a former goalkeeper and his mother is a housewife. De Gea was born into a family that was quite wealthy, it was very reasonable if his daily needs were fulfilled.

As a child, De Gea loved sports very much. Slowly but surely, football became De Gea's most loved sport. The father who is a former goalkeeper inspired his son. De Gea began to learn how to become a goalkeeper accompanied by his father.

However, when he started entering football school, De Gea was considered more intelligent in playing as a midfielder. His coach at the time mentioned that when he became a midfielder, De Gea looked more aggressive.

From then on, he played as a midfielder on his school team. He is very great when playing in that position. Until the age of 14, De Gea tried to become a goalkeeper.

After trying, it turns out he was also good at catching the ball. His ability as a goalkeeper is growing and he decided to fully learn how to become a formidable goalkeeper.

Join Atletico ...

After that, he joined the Atletico Madrid academy in 2003, which was the beginning of his football career. Because he has more ability, a year later he strengthened the U-15 Spanish national team. And in 2007 he became an important part of the Spanish U-17 national team that won the European Cup.

Until his ability continued to improve, De Gea was finally offered an official contract by Atletico Madrid at the age of 17. But he must play first at Atletico Madrid B.

At Atletico Madrid B, De Gea managed to prove his quality as the best goalkeeper. Until finally he was promoted to the first team. In his debut season on 2009/10, he managed to receive two man of the match awards.

However, the beginning of his career was not really smooth, on 30 September 2009 against FC Porto in the Champions League, he conceded two goals in the final minutes that made Atletico lose. Obviously, that gave a bit of a bad experience for David de Gea.

Over time, their appearance and quality have improved. In La Liga itself, he became one of the goalkeepers who deserves to be taken into account.

In the 2010/11 season, his career sped sharply, he performed brilliantly so as to bring Atletico Madrid to win the UEFA Super Cup. From then on, Manchester United's talent scouts began to follow him. The abilities and qualities possessed by De Gea were truly learned by the red devil team.

MU Recruited .......

Until finally the official contract was submitted to the talented goalkeeper. It did not last long, precisely in the summer of 2011, David de Gea joined Manchester United. His move to Manchester United broke the news if he wanted to stay at Atletico.

In the same year, the quality of De Gea increasingly visible. He managed to bring the Spanish national team u-21 in winning the European Cup title while confirming his move to Manchester United. David de Gea was brought to Old Trafford with a transfer fee of around 18.9 million pounds or around Rp 330 billion.

And on July 23, 2011, he debuted with Manchester United when dealing with the Chicago Fire in a trial match.

Then he made his competitive debut against Manchester City at the Community Shield on August 7, 2011. A week later, he made his first match in the primary league against West Bromwich Albion.

In his first season, de Gea immediately received a lot of criticism following a home defeat against Manchester City with a score of 6-1 in October 2011. Besides being a bad record for him, the defeat was also the biggest for United since they last experienced in 1955. And it was also the first time United had conceded six goals at home since 1930.

The next few matches, he was not too trusted by management. The first season with United, did not go smoothly for De Gea.

Until 2013, he began to find momentum, he made several important saves for United. And in the same year, he entered the PFA Premier League Team of the Year. De Gea closed the season by pocketing 11 clean cheets.

In that season, De Gea also led Manchester United won the primary league title.

Two seasons later, De Gea's career has improved. At that moment, he named himself one of the world's best goalkeepers. In the 2014/15 season, De Gea won the Player of the Year and Save of the Season titles. And in the following season, namely 2015/16, he again won the Player of the Year title.

A year ago, precisely in April 2017, De Gea re-entered the PFA Player of the Year. His career with Manchester Red also passed so beautifully. Because in that season he managed to deliver United won the league trophy and the Europa League.

Until now, Dea Gea is still believed to be the keeper of the red devil goal.

Besides having a brilliant career with Man United, De Gea also made it into the senior squad for the Spanish national team. He made his debut for La Furia Roja on 8 June 2014 against El Salvador.

But at the beginning of his career playing for the Spanish national team, he was still in the shadow of Iker Casillas. Until finally in the 2016 European Cup tournament and the 2018 world cup he became the main goalkeeper of Spain.

Despite failing to give sweet memories to the matador team, De Gea remains a goalkeeper who did a lot of rescue for Spain in the international arena. Now he has performed 39 times with the Matador team.

And do you know, behind the glittering career of Edurne Garcia Almagro's lover, he is suffering from nearsightedness. To help his eyesight, De Gea uses contact lenses.

His personal life is also filled with metal booms. De Gea is a fan of rock music as a sedative. Not infrequently, he had attended a metal music concert held in Manchester.

Now, David de Gea is one of the mainstays of the Spanish national team. The future of the Matador Team is in its grasp.

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