Player's Profile - David de Gea

David De Gea’s Save v Chelsea

David De Gea 

David de Gea signed for Atlético Madrid at the age of 10! (born 7 November 1990) Also born in Madrid. He quickly processed in the academy and made his senior debut in 2009 and becoming Atlético Madrid first choice keeper. His great performance was eventually spotted by Manchester United and was brought in June 2011 (reported 18 million) and becoming the second most expensive goal keeper. (Gianluigi Buffon is the most expensive goal keeper brought for £32.6m by Juventus) However with the huge price tag this is what De Gea had to say
"That does not interest me. The value that really counts is what you do on the pitch"

Edwin Van der Sar saves Nicolas Anelka's penalty to win the Champions League (2008)

When Edwin Van Der Sar left Manchester United. United were keen to buy a replacement and De Gea was the one! Sir Alex Ferguson claimed the deal was done after Gary Neville's

testimonial against Juventus on 24 May.

De Gea's first game was in a pre-season match v Chicago fire. This was the proper time that the Manchester United fans saw him play in a Manchester United top. (Manchester United won 3-1) His first real test was against Manchester City in the community shield, Manchester United were 2-0 down at half time with De Gea being caught out by two goals, a header from Lescott and a long range shot from Džeko. However despite all that Manchester United came back from 2-0 to win the game 2-3! Many people had written him off after this match saying he will never be able to be like the greats Edwin Van Sar and Peter Schmeichel. However Sir Alex Ferguson still had faith in him! We all remember the 8-2 vs Arsenal in 2011 when De Gea saved a Robin Van Persie's penalty. Many have said that after saving the penalty it gave him huge confidence and was shown with his rapid improvements in games after. Then on 23 October 2011 Manchester United suffered their worst defeat at old Trafford losing 1-6 to Manchester City and De Gea was in goal. In January 2012 De Gea was reported the he will have an eye surgery in the Summer but this was not the reason why he was performing like this. 

Anders Lindergaard and David De Gea

The beginning of the new year and Manchester United were facing Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson reporting that he will stay on for another three years or more. Which was excellent news for everyone. However Manchester United lost 2-3 with all the blame onto De Gea by making a mistake for the third goal. Sir Alex Ferguson dropped De Gea for a few games with given an opportunity to Manchester United second goal keeper,Anders Lindergaard, but he become injured and Sir Alex Ferguson brought back De Gea into the starting line-up and many people have said that De Gea was playing his best ever with his performance had gone up loads as he was making great saves like the save he made v Chelsea gave him even more confidence! De Gea finished the season with the best saves-to-shots ratio in the Premier League 77.9% (Opta)

David DeGea - Under21s European Championship

David De Gea medals/trophies speaks for itself:

Atlético Madrid (Europa League and Super Cup)
Spain Under17s (European Championship)
Spain Under21s (European Championship)
Manchester United (Community Shield)
And we hope for more!



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