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

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 12 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

Club career

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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

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  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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