Alberto Cifuentes

Alberto Cifuentes Martínez (born 29 May 1979), known simply as Alberto, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cádiz CF as a goalkeeper.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cifuentes and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Alberto
Personal information
Full name Alberto Cifuentes Martínez
Date of birth (1979-05-29) 29 May 1979
Place of birth Albacete, Spain
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) 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 185 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2020

Club career

Born in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Cifuentes 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.[1]

Cifuentes spent most of his career in Segunda División B, representing in the second level, other than Albacete, Ciudad de Murcia, UD Salamanca, Real Murcia and Cádiz CF for a total of 252 appearances. In the 2004–05 season he was part of RCD Mallorca's La Liga roster, being only third-choice behind Miguel Ángel Moyá and Sander Westerveld.[2]

Cifuentes moved abroad for the first time in summer 2014 at the age of 35, joining a host of compatriots – including manager Ángel Pérez 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.[3]

References
  1. Líbero, Pedro (16 November 1998). "La expulsión del meta local, decisiva" [Ejection of local goalie, decisive]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. Anelo Moreno, Daniel (25 August 2016). "Alberto Cifuentes, frente a su pasado bermellón" [Alberto Cifuentes, against his bermellón past] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. "Lech – Piast (4:0): Ubiparip kompletuje hat tricka" [Lech – Piast (4:0): Ubiparip completes hat-trick]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 20 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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