Alberto del Moral
Personal information
Full name Alberto del Moral Saelices
Date of birth (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000
Place of birth Villacañas, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal B
Number 6
Youth career
2014–2015 Unión Adarve
2015–2017 Villacañas
2017–2019 Córdoba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Villacañas
2019–2021 Córdoba B 26 (0)
2020–2021 Córdoba 19 (2)
2021– Villarreal B 87 (2)
2022– Villarreal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Alberto del Moral Saelices (born 20 July 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Villarreal CF B.

Club career

Born in Villacañas, Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, del Moral began his career with AD Unión Adarve[1] before joining hometown side CD Villacañas, where he featured with the first team in the Primera Autonómica Preferente.[2] He joined Córdoba CF's youth categories in 2017, aged 17, and made his senior debut with the reserves on 14 April 2019, starting in a 3–0 Tercera División home loss against Betis Deportivo Balompié.

Del Moral started the 2020–21 season with the first team in Segunda División B, and renewed his contract until 2023 on 1 February 2021, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[3] On 14 June, he moved to Villarreal CF's B-team also in the third level, on a three-year deal.[4]

Del Moral was a regular starter for the Yellow Submarine during the 2021–22 campaign, as the side achieved promotion to Segunda División. He made his professional debut with the B-side on 14 August 2022, starting in a 2–0 away win over Racing de Santander.[5]

On 30 October 2022, del Moral made his first team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a late substitute for Dani Parejo in a 1–0 away loss against Athletic Bilbao.[2] He scored his first professional goal on 6 March of the following year, netting the B's winner in a 1–0 home success over Deportivo Alavés.

References

  1. ↑ "Alberto del Moral: "Estoy con ganas de crecer y de aprender"" [Alberto del Moral: "I am eager to grow and to learn"] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Alberto del Moral, del CD Villacañas en Preferente a debutar con el Villarreal en Primera división" [Alberto del Moral, from CD Villacañas in Preferente to debut with Villarreal in Primera División] (in Spanish). ABC. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Alberto del Moral, renovado y con ficha del primer equipo" [Alberto del Moral, renewed and with a first team place] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Alberto del Moral joins Villarreal B". Villarreal CF. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "La prolongación da un triunfo al Villarreal y mata al Racing" [The stoppage time gives a win to Villarreal and kills Racing] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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