
Photo: Giovanni Batista Rodriguez from San Sebastian-Donostia, España / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Alberto de la Bella is the kind of footballer I quietly admire most: a one-club loyalist. Spending the bulk of a career and 218 competitive matches with Real Sociedad says something rare in modern football, where players move at the first better offer. A left-back's job is endless overlapping runs and recovery sprints with little glory, and to do it faithfully for one club for so long takes real character. He never became a household name, but to me that consistency is its own form of greatness. I see a professional's professional, a spine the team could lean on.
Overview
Alberto de la Bella Madueño (born 2 December 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He spent the majority of his professional career with Real Sociedad, playing 218 competitive games for the club.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alberto de la Bella
- Name (Japanese)
- アルベルト・デ・ラ・ベジャ
- Reading
- あるべると・で・ら・べじゃ
- Born
- December 2, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona Province, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.