David Depetris

David Alberto Depetris (born 11 November 1988) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a forward for Železiarne Podbrezová in the Niké liga. Born in Argentina, he played for the Slovakia national team.

He started his European career in Slovak First League club AS Trenčín.

Early years
Born in San Jorge, Argentina, Depetris began his career with hometown club C.D. San Jorge. In 2005, he joined Atlético de Rafaela and three years later he moved to Europe, to Slovak club AS Trenčín. He scored 21 goals in 30 matches in his first season in the Slovak second league.

AS Trenčín
Depetris joined AS Trenčín in January 2008. He was the top goalscorer in two Slovak 1. liga seasons; in the 2008–09 Slovak 1. liga season, scoring 21 goals, and in the 2010–11 Slovak 1. liga season, scoring 31 goals in 30 matches.

Çaykur Rizespor
After scoring a record 16 goals in the first half of the 2012–13 season at Trenčín, Depetris signed a three-and-a-half-year contract in the winter transfer window of 2013, with the TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor. He made his debut on 27 January 2013 against Adana Demirspor, when he substituted Cumali Bişi. Çaykur Rizespor lost 1–2. David Depetris scored his first and second goals in the TFF First League against TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor on 3 February 2013.

Monarcas Morelia
Depetris was loaned by Çaykur Rizespor to Monarcas Morelia which currently plays in the Liga MX. Prior to arrival to Mexico, David Depetris played for SK Sigma Olomouc in the Czech First League.

Železiarne Podbrezová
In June 2024, Depetris joined Železiarne Podbrezová on a free transfer from Hron Valley rivals Dukla Banská Bystrica to aid the young squad members as a team-leading player, per descriptions provided by the General Manager of Železiari Miroslav Poliaček. Podbrezová's manager Roman Skuhravý spoke of Depetris as a missing link from the previous season.

International career
Depetris has Argentine, Italian and Slovak citizenship. He received Italian citizenship before his arrival in Europe, being of Italian descent. He spent five years in Slovakia, thereby qualifying to receive citizenship. Depetris received Slovak citizenship on 21 March 2013 and since then has been eligible to represent the Slovakia national football team. Depetris received an invitation to the Slovak national football team from coaching duo Stanislav Griga and Michal Hipp. After he obtained Slovak citizenship in March 2013, Depetris could have debuted for the national team in the 2014 match against Liechtenstein; however he ended up missing the match due to a muscle injury which flared up during training. He made his national team debut on 14 August against Romania.

Personal life
Depetris is married to Slovak fitness trainer Erika Depetris (née Kačincová). His brother, Rodrigo, is also a footballer.

Honours
Spartak Trnava
 * Slovak Cup: 2018–19

Individual
 * Slovak Super Liga top scorer: 2012–13 (16 goals)
 * Slovak Second League top scorer: 2008–09 (21 goals), 2010–11 (31 goals)