Alberto Prada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prada and the second or maternal family name is Vega.
Alberto Prada
Personal information
Full name Alberto Prada Vega
Date of birth (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Ponferrada, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Vorwärts Steyr
Number 17
Youth career
Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Valladolid B 29 (0)
2009–2011 Zaragoza B 62 (2)
2011–2015 Zamora 147 (8)
2015 Cádiz 3 (0)
2015–2017 Ried 47 (0)
2017–2019 Wiener Neustadt 40 (4)
2019– Vorwärts Steyr 109 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Alberto Prada Vega (born 19 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Austrian club SK Vorwärts Steyr as a left back.

Club career

Prada was born in Ponferrada, León, Castile and León, and represented Real Valladolid as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves in 2008, in Segunda División B.

In 2009, Prada joined another reserve team, Real Zaragoza B from Tercera División. On 8 July 2011 he returned to the third level after agreeing to a three-year contract with Zamora CF.[1]

On 21 May 2015, Prada signed for Cádiz CF as a replacement to injured Andrés ahead of the play-offs.[2] He appeared in three matches for the club, before moving to the Austrian Football Bundesliga with SV Ried on 2 July.[3] He made his professional debut 23 days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Thomas Murg in a 0–3 away loss against SK Rapid Wien;[4] he quickly became a regular starter, and appeared in 27 matches during the campaign.

References

  1. ^ Antúnez, P. (8 July 2011). "El Zamora firma por tres años al defensa del Zaragoza B mientras Pablo Suárez puede recalar en el Pontevedra" [Zamora sign Zaragoza B defender for three years while Pablo Suárez can go to Ponferradina]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "El Cádiz ficha a Alberto Prada" [Cádiz sign Alberto Prada]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Prada hará 'las austrias'" [Prada to go ‘Austria-style’] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ^ Zambarloukos, Alexander (25 July 2015). "SV Ried inside: Rapid gewinnt in Überzahl 3:0" [SV Ried inside: Rapid win 3:0 overnumbered]. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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