Alberto Quiles Piosa (born 27 April 1995) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

Club career

Born in

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, Quiles had youth stints at

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

and

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...

. On 24 July 2014 he moved to

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

, being assigned to the reserves in

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. Quiles made his senior debut on 7 September 2014, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against Granada CF B. The following 30 January, he was loaned to fellow league team

Marbella FC Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Marbella, the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997 it currently plays in Tercera Federación, Te ...

until June. Returning from loan, Quiles scored a career-best 22 goals during the 2015–16 campaign, as his side achieved promotion from

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. He made his professional debut on 20 November 2016, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–1 away draw against

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

in the

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championship. On 4 July 2017, Quiles was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2017–18 season. On 1 August, however, he was loaned to third-tier club

UCAM Murcia CF Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio de La Condomina'', with ...

for one year. Quiles was recalled on 31 January 2018, but appeared mainly for the B's during the remainder of the campaign. On 23 August, he moved to his first team Recreativo on a one-year loan deal. On 13 July 2019, Quiles signed a permanent deal with ''Recre'' after cutting ties with Córdoba. On 13 June 2021, following ''Recre''s unprecedented double relegation to Tercera División RFEF due to restructuring of the

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, he signed a two-year contract with

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side

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

. On 4 July 2023,

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Quiles agreed to a two-year deal with

in the second division.

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