Alberto Morientes
Spanish footballer (born 2006)
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Alberto Morientes Palencia (born 14 November 2006) is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Atlético Albacete.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Morientes Palencia | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Sonseca, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Albacete B | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sonseca | |||
| 2022–2024 | Albacete | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Albacete B | 32 | (5) |
| 2025– | Albacete | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026 | |||
Career
Born in Sonseca, Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, Morientes joined Albacete Balompié's youth sides in 2022, from hometown club CD Sonseca. After scoring in a regular basis for the youth categories, he was promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2025–26 season, in Tercera Federación, and made his senior debut on 6 September by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 away win over Calvo Sotelo Puertollano CF.[1]
Morientes scored his first senior goal on 12 October 2025, netting the B's opener in a 2–1 home win over CD Marchamalo.[2] He made his first team debut on 21 November, replacing Dani Escriche late into a 2–1 Segunda División away loss to UD Las Palmas;[3] by doing so, he repeated the feat of his uncle 32 years later.[4][5]