Alberto Rodríguez Baró (born 10 September 1997), commonly known as Tachi, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

Club career

Born in

Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,586, making it the region's fourth most populated municipality. Placename The etymology of ''Fuenlabrada'' comes from the contra ...

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, Tachi joined

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

's youth setup in 2013, from

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2016–17 season, he made his senior debut on 28 August 2016 by starting in a 1–0

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 ...

away win against

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. Tachi scored his senior goal on 7 May 2017, netting the opener in a 3–1 away defeat of

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. He contributed with 33 appearances during his first campaign, as his side achieved promotion to

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 ...

. On 19 July 2019, after being a regular starter for ''Atleti's'' B-side, Tachi signed a four-year contract with

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side

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. He made his professional debut on 18 August, coming on as a late substitute for fellow debutant

Luis Rioja Luis Jesús Rioja González (born 16 October 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger and left back for Valencia CF. Career Rioja was born in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Seville, Andalusia, and was a CD Cabecense you ...

in a 1–0 home defeat of

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

. On 26 January 2022, after featuring rarely, Tachi moved to hometown side

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

on loan for the remainder of the

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season. On 31 August, he terminated his contract with the ''Babazorros''. After staying unemployed throughout the rest of 2022, on 20 January 2023 Tachi joined Polish

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

side

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

on a deal until June 2024. On 3 August, he left the club by mutual consent, and signed a one-year deal with

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, 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 ...

back in his home country's second division the following day. On 9 July 2025,

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Tachi agreed to a two-year contract with

also in division two.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tachi 1997 births Living people People from Fuenlabrada Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players I liga players Atlético Madrid B players Deportivo Alavés players CF Fuenlabrada footballers Wisła Kraków players CD Mirandés footballers Real Zaragoza players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen