Alberto Prada

Alberto Prada
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Prada Vega
Date of birth	19 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Ponferrada, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Vorwärts Steyr
Number	17
Youth career
	Valladolid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2009	Valladolid B
2009–2011	Zaragoza B
2011–2015	Zamora
2015	Cádiz
2015–2017	Ried
2017–2019	Wiener Neustadt
2019–	Vorwärts Steyr
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Alberto Prada Vega (born 19 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Austrian club SK Vorwärts Steyr as a left back.

Club career

Prada was born in Ponferrada, León, Castile and León, and represented Real Valladolid as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves in 2008, in Segunda División B.

In 2009, Prada joined another reserve team, Real Zaragoza B from Tercera División. On 8 July 2011 he returned to the third level after agreeing to a three-year contract with Zamora CF.^[1]

On 21 May 2015, Prada signed for Cádiz CF as a replacement to injured Andrés ahead of the play-offs.^[2] He appeared in three matches for the club, before moving to the Austrian Football Bundesliga with SV Ried on 2 July.^[3] He made his professional debut 23 days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Thomas Murg in a 0–3 away loss against SK Rapid Wien;^[4] he quickly became a regular starter, and appeared in 27 matches during the campaign.

References

^ Antúnez, P. (8 July 2011). "El Zamora firma por tres años al defensa del Zaragoza B mientras Pablo Suárez puede recalar en el Pontevedra" [Zamora sign Zaragoza B defender for three years while Pablo Suárez can go to Ponferradina]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "El Cádiz ficha a Alberto Prada" [Cádiz sign Alberto Prada]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "Prada hará 'las austrias'" [Prada to go ‘Austria-style’] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ Zambarloukos, Alexander (25 July 2015). "SV Ried inside: Rapid gewinnt in Überzahl 3:0" [SV Ried inside: Rapid win 3:0 overnumbered]. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2019.

External links

Ried official profile (in German)
Alberto Prada at BDFutbol
Alberto Prada at Soccerway

[1] Antúnez, P. (8 July 2011). "El Zamora firma por tres años al defensa del Zaragoza B mientras Pablo Suárez puede recalar en el Pontevedra" [Zamora sign Zaragoza B defender for three years while Pablo Suárez can go to Ponferradina]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[2] "El Cádiz ficha a Alberto Prada" [Cádiz sign Alberto Prada]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[3] "Prada hará 'las austrias'" [Prada to go ‘Austria-style’] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[4] Zambarloukos, Alexander (25 July 2015). "SV Ried inside: Rapid gewinnt in Überzahl 3:0" [SV Ried inside: Rapid win 3:0 overnumbered]. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2019.

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