Cristian Alberdi López (born 14 April 1980) is a Spanish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Club career

Born in

San Sebastián San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

, Alberdi finished his youth career with local

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2000–01 season, being promoted from

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 ...

. In summer 2002, he joined Real Unión, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. In the following seven years, Alberdi competed in the third division, representing UD Pájara Playas de Jandía, Benidorm CF, Real Unión, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Logroñés CF and AD Alcorcón. Later he achieved promotion in

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, despite being rarely used during the campaign. On 2 September 2010, aged 30, Alberdi made his professional debut, starting in a 3–2 home win against Celta de Vigo for the season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. Three days later he played his first game in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home success over SD Ponferradina. On 29 July 2011, Alberdi signed with SD Amorebieta, thus returning to division three.El Amorebieta ficha a Cuevas y Alberdi (Amorebieta signs Cuevas and Alberdi)
El Correo, 29 July 2011

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alberdi, Cristian 1980 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from San Sebastián Men's association football midfielders Real Sociedad B footballers Real Unión footballers Benidorm CF footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Logroñés CF footballers AD Alcorcón footballers SD Amorebieta footballers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen