Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alberto Aguilar Leiva | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Benamejí, Spain | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder / Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Anorthosis | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Málaga | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2005 | Málaga B | 52 | (4) |
2003 | Málaga | 1 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Getafe | 32 | (0) |
2008 | Granada 74 | 20 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Albacete | 69 | (3) |
2010–2013 | Córdoba | 83 | (5) |
2013–2015 | Ponferradina | 65 | (5) |
2015–2016 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | (1) |
2016– | Anorthosis | 13 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. |
Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 12 July 1984), known simply as Alberto, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta FC as a defensive midfielder or central defender.
Alberto was born in Benamejí, Córdoba. A product of Málaga CF's youth system he made his professional debuts for the first team in the last match of the 2002–03 season, a 0–1 La Liga away loss against RCD Mallorca, while also helping the B-side achieve a 2003 promotion to Segunda División.
For the 2005–06 campaign, Alberto signed with Madrid's Getafe CF, amassing 30 top flight appearances in his first two years combined 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 level club Granada 74 CF.
Alberto stayed in the category the following season, joining Albacete Balompié. In August 2010, as a free agent, he returned to his native Andalusia, with Córdoba CF.