Post by stellarboy on Feb 19, 2013 10:46:36 GMT 8
FULL NAME & NICKNAME: Davide Cortina
JERSEY NUMBER: 18
POSITION: Midfield
PLACE OF BIRTH: Düsseldorf Germany
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 December 1977
SCHOOL: Fachhochschule Kikweg Düsseldorf
HEIGHT: 169cm
WEIGHT: 66kg
SHOE SIZE: 41 1/2
PREVIOUS CLUB and YEAR PLAYED: Fortuna Düsseldorf´95
BRIEF WRITE-UP:
Cortina was born and raised in Düsseldorf, the capital city of the German state of North Rhine West-Phalia. He is an Italian citizen and started to play football at the age of 8. He played as a midfielder for U12-U18 Junior League Bundesliga. He was nominated as a Best Player during the International Cup held in Florida,USA in 1995. Cortina shows his combative skills during the International Tournament for U19 Seleccion in Spain against Real Mallorca. During his youth career he was awarded as Team Player of the year 1998 in Düsseldorf. Beside playing football, he coaches kids together with DFB A-License Football Academies (Fussball-Schule Hattrick and Brazillian Soccer Academy). He attained his Deutsche Fussball Bund C-License (DFB). He continuously play football in Germany as a profession but stopped in the year 2005 when he started running his own Restaurant business in Sicily Italy until 2010. He and his Filipina fiance decided to settle down in the Philippines last August 2011. On September 2011, Cortina signed contract with Loyola Meralco Sparks FC. He currently coaches at South Luzon International Football Centre together with Coach Roxy Dorlas, both owner of the academy.
TWITTER & FACEBOOK ACCOUNT: @cortinadavide , www.facebook.com/david.cortina.12