David Ospina Ramirez is a Colombian footballer playing for the English Arsenal. This year he turned 28 years old, so his career is still far from over. Ospina David plays the goalkeeper.
Carier start
Ospina David was born on August 31, 1988 in Colombia, where from his youth he was in the system of one of the country's strongest clubs - Atletico Nacional. It was there that he spent his entire youth, and in 2006, when he was eighteen years old, David signed a professional contract with this club. Then he began to play for the main club, immediately booking a place for himself in the starting lineup - his talent was so great. Naturally, with such potential, Ospina could not stay long in Colombia - after only two and a half years and 97 matches with Atlético, the goalkeeper set off to conquer Europe. In the summer of 2008, Ospina David signed a contract with the French “Nice”, which paid two million euros for it.
Relocation to Europe
In "Nice" Ospina David almost immediately won a place in the starting lineup. Only in the first season he did not have the most impressive indicator - 25 matches. In other seasons, the Colombian was constantly in the goal frame. For six years in “Nice” he played 189 matches, which is a very impressive indicator. Ospina managed to become a true legend of the club - only Olivier Equafni and Cedric Varro played more matches for the club. However, in 2014, the player received an offer that was difficult to refuse - he was offered to go to the English Arsenal. Naturally, he agreed, and Nice received compensation in the amount of four million euros.
Transition to Arsenal
The reason for such a sharp transition was the amazing performance of the entire Colombian team, and David Ospina in particular, at the World Championship 2014. However, it turned out that David had no special prospects at Arsenal. In the first season, he played only 23 matches, and in the second - generally only 12. In the current season, he has appeared on the field only five times - he plays in the Champions League matches, while Petr Cech is in the Championship and the FA Cup. Of these five matches, Ospina only in two was able to keep his goal intact.
Team appearances
In the Colombian national team, Ospina made her debut in 2007, even before he moved to Nice. However, with the transition to the European club, David began to appear on the field much more often in the T-shirt of the national team. His benefit was the 2014 World Cup, where the Colombians were able to reach the quarter-finals. In four matches, he conceded only two goals - and two more goals were scored by the Brazilians, who knocked out Colombia from the tournament. After that, Ospina was the main goalkeeper of the team in two America's Cups - in the second, the team reached the semifinals, but lost, taking only third place. In total, David played 70 matches for the national team, in 30 of which he did not miss a single goal.