Alberto de la Bella


Alberto de la Bella Madueño is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas as a left back.
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 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. In early May 2014, he renewed his contract with the Txuriurdin until 2018.
In 2015–16, de la Bella played second-fiddle to Yuri Berchiche, appearing in only 16 competitive games. On 5 July 2016, he was loaned to Olympiacos F.C. for two seasons. 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.
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. 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.

Honours

Real Sociedad
Olympiacos