David Ospina

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David Ospina
David Ospina, 2015-05-31.JPG
David Ospina (2015)
Personnel
Surname David Ospina Ramírez
birthday August 31, 1988
place of birth Medellin ,  Colombia
size 183 cm
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2008 Atlético Nacional 97 (0)
2008-2014 OGC Nice 189 (0)
2014-2018 Arsenal FC 29 (0)
2018– SSC Naples 28 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007– Colombia 104 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 29, 2020

2 As of November 19, 2019

David Ospina Ramírez (born August 31, 1988 in Medellín ) is a Colombian football goalkeeper who has been under contract with SSC Napoli since 2018 .

Club career

Atlético Nacional

At the age of 17, Ospina began his career in the youth of Atlético Nacional in Medellín , the second largest city in Colombia and at the same time Ospina's birthplace. In 2005 Ospina made her breakthrough into the professional team. In 2006 he prevailed as the first goalkeeper, a year later he won the opening tournament and the final tournament of the 2007 championship in Colombia. In Primera A , at 18, he was the youngest player in history to win both titles.

OGC Nice

For the 2008/09 season Ospina moved to the French Ligue 1 to OGC Nice after the Boca Juniors had shown interest. The transfer fee for the change was estimated to be around two million euros.

Ospina played his first league game for OGC Nice on October 18, 2008 against AS Monaco and initially played as a goalkeeper, replacing his predecessor Hugo Lloris . Later, however, Nice's coach Frederic Antonetti decided to give preference to the much more experienced Lionel Letizi , as he still saw development potential at Ospina. Since the 2009/10 season , Ospina was again the first goalkeeper at OGC Nice.

Arsenal FC

For the 2014/15 season Ospina moved to London for Arsenal FC in the English Premier League . There he made his debut on September 23, 2014 in a 2-1 home defeat in the League Cup against Southampton FC . A week later he was substituted on in the Champions League against Galatasaray Istanbul after his goalkeeper colleague Wojciech Szczęsny was sent off. After the turn of the year, Ospina took on the role of the new “number 1” at Arsenal. He had previously contributed little to winning the FA Cup : his only minutes he played in the third main round against Hull City (2-0); in the 4-0 final against Aston Villa Szczęsny had again stood between the posts.

For the 2015/16 season , the newly signed Czech Petr Čech became the new goalkeeper at Arsenal FC, displacing Ospina back on the bench. He only made four league games that season, plus three appearances in the Champions League and four more in the 2015/16 FA Cup . In his last season for Arsenal, he made most of his appearances - ten - in the UEFA Europa League, but hardly appeared in the league. In the first game of the 2018/19 Premier League season , he was not even in the squad behind regular goalkeeper Petr Čech and newcomer Bernd Leno .

SSC Naples

In August 2018, Ospina signed a contract with the Italian first division club SSC Napoli .

National team career

Ospina (right) at the 2018 World Cup against England

In 2005 Ospina took part in the U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands . After three preliminary round victories against Italy (2-0), Canada (2-0) and Syria (2-0), he and the Colombian national team lost in the round of 16 against the Argentinian team, who played with Sergio Agüero and Lionel Messi , among others , with 1 : 2.

On February 7, 2007, he came in the friendly against the Uruguayan national team for his first appearance in the national team of Colombia. The game ended in a 3-1 win for Colombia.

During qualifying for the 2010 World Cup against Bolivia , Ospina, at the age of 20, became the second youngest goalkeeper ever to have been on the starting line-up for the Colombian national team. Colombia failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .

Ospina was in the squad for the Copa America 2011 , but suffered a facial injury as part of the preparation after a collision with Hugo Rodallega and had to leave due to injury. For him, Neco Martínez played in the competition as a regular goalkeeper.

At the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil Ospina participated with the Colombian national team and reached with her the quarterfinals. He was used in all five World Cup games in Colombia. Ospina was also nominated for the Copa América Centenario 2016 in the USA by national coach José Pekerman .

He was part of the Colombian squad at the 2018 World Cup in Russia . He completed all four games and was eliminated with the team in the round of 16 against England on penalties .

At the Copa America 2019 , he and his team reached the quarter-finals against defending champions Chile . After 90 goalless minutes, the penalty shoot-out was lost 4-5.

On September 6, 2019, he played his 100th international match in the friendly against Brazil .

Achievements / titles

Atlético Nacional
Arsenal FC
SSC Naples

Private

Ospina in 2008

Ospina is married to Jessica Sterling and has a daughter and a son. His sister Daniela was married to his national team-mate James Rodríguez for six years .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Arsene Wenger backs David Ospina to usurp Petr Cech as Arsenal's top choice goalkeeper" (Express.co.uk)
  2. ^ David Ospina in the database of weltfussball.de
  3. ↑ David Ospina leaves for Napoli , arsenal.com, accessed on August 18, 2018 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Ospina, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ospina Ramírez, David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Medellin , Colombia