Alberto de la Bella

Alberto de la Bella Madueño (born 2 December 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas as a left back.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is De la Bella and the second or maternal family name is Madueño.
Alberto de la Bella
De la Bella with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Alberto de la Bella Madueño
Date of birth (1985-12-02) 2 December 1985
Place of birth Santa Coloma, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2004 Gramenet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Gramenet 28 (0)
2004–2005 → Espanyol B (loan) 18 (0)
2006–2008 Villarreal B 62 (1)
2008–2009 Sevilla B 28 (1)
2009–2018 Real Sociedad 189 (6)
2016–2017 → Olympiacos (loan) 20 (2)
2018– Las Palmas 48 (1)
National team‡
2010– Catalonia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2016

He spent the majority of his career with Real Sociedad, playing 218 competitive games for the club.

Club career

Born in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Catalonia, de la Bella started his career at local UDA Gramenet. Other than with this club, he only played for B-teams in various parts of the country in four seasons, on loan and after being released (in 2008–09, he played with Sevilla FC's reserves in Segunda División, being relegated).

In the summer of 2009, de la Bella signed with Real Sociedad in the same level, as a replacement for Athletic Bilbao-bound Xabier Castillo. During the league campaign he was also first-choice, but achieved La Liga promotion this time, as champions.

De la Bella made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 29 August 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF.[1] In early May 2014, he renewed his contract with the Txuriurdin until 2018.[2]

In 2015–16, de la Bella played second-fiddle to Yuri Berchiche,[3][4] appearing in only 16 competitive games. On 5 July 2016, he was loaned to Olympiacos F.C. for two seasons.[5] The following 23 April, he scored his only two goals of the season to help his team defeat PAS Giannina F.C. 5–0 and clinch their seventh consecutive Superleague Greece title.[6]

On 27 July 2017, after being told he was not part of new manager Besnik Hasi's plans, de la Bella decided to return to Real Sociedad.[7][8] On 27 August of the following year, after nine years at the Anoeta, he joined second level club UD Las Palmas on a two-year deal with an option for a third.[9]

Honours

Real Sociedad[10]

Olympiacos[10][6]

References
  1. "Sociedad make winning return". ESPN Soccernet. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. "De la Bella renueva hasta 2018" [De la Bella renews until 2018] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. "Yuri Berchiche, baja de última hora por lesión" [Yuri Berchiche, last-minute casualty due to injury] (in Spanish). Vavel. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. "De la Bella: "Voy a darlo todo si tengo la oportunidad de jugar"" [De la Bella: “I am going to give it my all if I have the chance to play”] (in Spanish). Gipuzkoa Gaur. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. "De la Bella loaned to Olympiacos" (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. "Botía y De La Bella, campeones de liga con Olympiacos" [Botía and De La Bella, league champions with Olympiacos] (in Spanish). Migrantes del Balón. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. "Επέστρεψε στη Σοθιεδάδ ο Ντε λα Μπέγια" [De la Bella returned to Sociedad] (in Greek). Sport 24. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. "Alberto de la Bella vuelve a la Real" [Alberto de la Bella returns to Real] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. "Alberto De la Bella is UD Las Palmas' latest signing". UD Las Palmas. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  10. "De la Bella – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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