Alberto Aguilar (Spanish footballer)

Alberto
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Aguilar Leiva
Date of birth	12 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Benamejí, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Antequera
Youth career
	Málaga
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Málaga B
2003	Málaga
2005–2007	Getafe
2008	Granada 74
2008–2010	Albacete
2010–2013	Córdoba
2013–2015	Ponferradina
2015–2016	Western Sydney Wanderers
2016–2017	Anorthosis
2017–2018	Cartagena
2018–2021	Antequera
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 12 July 1984), known simply as Alberto, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.

He totalled 278 games and 18 goals in the Segunda División, with Málaga B, Granada 74, Albacete, Córdoba and Ponferradina. In La Liga he represented Málaga (one appearance) and Getafe (32), and also played professionally in Australia and Cyprus.

Club career

Alberto was born in Benamejí, Córdoba. A product of Málaga CF's youth system, he made his professional debut for the first team in the last match of the 2002–03 season, a 1–0 La Liga away loss against RCD Mallorca,^[1] while also helping the reserves achieve a 2003 promotion to Segunda División.

For the 2005–06 campaign, Alberto signed with Madrid's Getafe CF, totalling 30 top-flight appearances in his first two years and also playing an important part in the team's runner-up run in the Copa del Rey. However, the arrival of coach Michael Laudrup deemed him surplus to requirements in his third, which prompted a release in January 2008 with a move to second division club Granada 74 CF.^[2]

Alberto stayed in that tier ahead of the following season, joining Albacete Balompié.^[3] In August 2010, as a free agent, he returned to his native Andalusia after agreeing to a deal at Córdoba CF.^[4]

From 2013 to 2015, Alberto continued competing in division two, with SD Ponferradina.^[5] On 9 August 2015, aged 31, he moved abroad for the first time, signing for Western Sydney Wanderers.^[6]

On 5 May 2016, after having helped his team reach the Grand Final,^[7] Alberto was released.^[8] In June, he joined Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. on a one-year deal.^[9]

Honours

Getafe

Copa del Rey runner-up: 2006–07

References

^ "Triunfo 'in extremis' del Mallorca" ['In extremis' win for Mallorca]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 June 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Alberto se marcha al Granada 74 decepcionado con Laudrup" [Alberto leaves for Granada 74 disappointed in Laudrup]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 26 December 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Alberto Aguilar rescinde contrato con el Albacete" [Alberto Aguilar terminates contract with Albacete]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 July 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Alberto Aguilar rescinde con el Albacete para fichar por el Córdoba" [Alberto Aguilar terminated with Albacete to sign for Córdoba]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 16 July 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Alberto Aguilar, séptimo fichaje de la Deportiva" [Alberto Aguilar, seventh Deportiva addition] (in Spanish). El Bierzo Noticias. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Western Sydney Wanderers sign third Spanish player – Alberto Aguilar". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Hassett, Sebastian (1 May 2016). "A-League grand final 2016: Adelaide United beat Western Sydney Wanderers to claim first title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ "Wanderers announce player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ "Κατ' αρχήν συμφωνία με Alberto Aguilar Leiva" [Agreement in principle with Alberto Aguilar Leiva] (in Greek). Anorthosis Famagusta. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

External links

Alberto at BDFutbol
Alberto at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Alberto at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Alberto at Soccerway

[1] "Triunfo 'in extremis' del Mallorca" ['In extremis' win for Mallorca]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 June 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[2] "Alberto se marcha al Granada 74 decepcionado con Laudrup" [Alberto leaves for Granada 74 disappointed in Laudrup]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 26 December 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[3] "Alberto Aguilar rescinde contrato con el Albacete" [Alberto Aguilar terminates contract with Albacete]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 July 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[4] "Alberto Aguilar rescinde con el Albacete para fichar por el Córdoba" [Alberto Aguilar terminated with Albacete to sign for Córdoba]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 16 July 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[5] "Alberto Aguilar, séptimo fichaje de la Deportiva" [Alberto Aguilar, seventh Deportiva addition] (in Spanish). El Bierzo Noticias. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[6] "Western Sydney Wanderers sign third Spanish player – Alberto Aguilar". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[7] Hassett, Sebastian (1 May 2016). "A-League grand final 2016: Adelaide United beat Western Sydney Wanderers to claim first title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[8] "Wanderers announce player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[9] "Κατ' αρχήν συμφωνία με Alberto Aguilar Leiva" [Agreement in principle with Alberto Aguilar Leiva] (in Greek). Anorthosis Famagusta. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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