Alberto Cifuentes Martínez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Cifuentes Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Albacete, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cádiz | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Albacete | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Albacete B | ||
| 1998 | Albacete | 2 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Dos Hermanas | 24 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Mallorca B | 83 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Mallorca | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Ciudad Murcia (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Rayo Vallecano | 70 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Salamanca | 55 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Murcia | 90 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | La Hoya Lorca | 37 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Piast Gliwice | 15 | (0) |
| 2015– | Cádiz | 36 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016. | |||
Alberto Cifuentes Martínez (born 29 May 1979), known simply as Alberto, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cádiz CF as a goalkeeper.
Football career
Born in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Alberto started playing as a senior with local Albacete Balompié's reserves. On 15 November 1998, after starter Julio Iglesias was sent off early into a home game against CP Mérida, he made his debut in Segunda División with the first team, going on to concede twice in a 0–2 home loss.
Alberto spent most of his career in Segunda División B, representing in the second level, other than Albacete, Ciudad de Murcia, UD Salamanca and Real Murcia for a total of 128 appearances. In the 2004–05 season he was part of RCD Mallorca's La Liga roster, being only third-choice behind Miguel Ángel Moyà and Sander Westerveld.
Alberto moved abroad for the first time in the 2014 summer at the age of 35, joining a host of compatriots – including manager Ángel García – at Polish club Piast Gliwice. He made his debut in top flight football on 20 July of that year, starting in a 0–4 Ekstraklasa defeat at Lech Poznań.
External links
- Alberto profile at BDFutbol
- Alberto profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Alberto profile at Soccerway