Alberto "Berto" Cayarga Fernández (born 17 September 1996) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

Club career

Born in

Avilés Avilés (Asturian and ;) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged ...

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, Cayarga joined

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

's youth setup in 2014, after already making his senior debut with SD Llano 2000. In July 2015, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

side

UP Langreo Unión Popular de Langreo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in , holding its home games at ''Estadio Ganzábal'' in La Felguera, with a ...

for one year. Upon returning, Cayarga agreed to a two-year contract and was assigned to the reserves, now also in the fourth tier. He helped the B-team in their promotion in his first season, and scored a career-best nine goals in his second, as his side missed out a second consecutive promotion in the play-offs. On 7 August 2018, Cayarga signed a two-year deal with

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side

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

. He was a first-choice for the

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n side, which achieved promotion to

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. Cayarga made his professional debut on 17 August 2019, starting in a 0–1 home loss against

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

. The following 31 January, he terminated his contract with Racing, and signed a six-month deal with third division side

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

, with option for a further year, just hours later. Cayarga scored his first professional goal on 6 February 2021, netting his team's second in a 2–0 home win over

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. He left the club on 1 July 2022, after his contract expired. On 3 January 2023, after six months without a club, Cayarga joined Polish

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

side

Radomiak Radom Radomiak Spółka Akcyjna (''Radomiak S.A.''), commonly known as Radomiak Radom, is a Polish football club based in Radom, Poland. The club was founded in 1910 and competes in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. They play their home ma ...

on a deal until the end of the

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with an extension option. On 8 February that year, after just two league appearances, the option in his contract was exercised, tying Cayarga with the club until 2025. On 24 August 2023, after asking to be released from his contract so that he could return to Spain, Cayarga signed a two-year deal with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

. On 29 August of the following year, after achieving promotion to division two, he terminated his link and joined

just hours later.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cayarga, Alberto 1996 births Living people Footballers from Avilés Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Sporting de Gijón B players UP Langreo footballers Racing de Santander players FC Cartagena footballers Deportivo de La Coruña players Real Unión footballers Ekstraklasa players Radomiak Radom players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen