Liberto Luis Beltrán Martínez (born 26 December 1996), sometimes known as just Liberto, is a Spanish

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who plays mainly as a

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for

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

Club career

Born in

Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (in ), or simply Castellón (), is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar by the Mediterranean Sea. Th ...

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, Liberto started his career at

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

's youth setup. On 9 July 2014, still a youth, he was loaned to

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

for one year; initially assigned to the ''Juvenil'' squad, he made his senior debuts with the reserves in

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 ...

. In July 2015 Liberto left Castellón, and subsequently returned to Elche. On 9 September he made his professional debut, starting and scoring his team's third in a 3–3

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

away draw against

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

(3–4 loss on penalties). On 14 January 2016, Liberto was loaned to

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of the Valencian Community. Founded in 1928, it plays in , holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a capacity of 4,850 seats. Hi ...

in the third tier. Upon returning, he featured more regularly, and was definitely promoted to the main squad on 31 January 2017, being assigned the number 12 jersey. On 29 August 2017, after Elche's relegation, Liberto moved to another

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in the third division. Roughly one year later, he moved to fellow league team

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

on a one-year loan deal. On 18 August 2020, after spending the previous campaign on loan at third division side

Lleida Esportiu Lleida Club de Futbol is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011, it plays in , holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 seats. History In mid-May 2011, hi ...

, Liberto moved to

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

in the second level on a three-year contract. The following 22 January, after being sparingly used, he was loaned to

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 , holding home games at '' Estadio de La Condomina'', with a capacity of 6,5 ...

for the remainder of the season. On 7 July 2021, Liberto signed a permanent deal with UCAM, with the side now in

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. He continued to feature in that division in the following years, representing

AD Ceuta FC Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera División RFEF – Group 2. After being crowned champions of this league, th ...

, Alcoyano,

SD Tarazona Sociedad Deportiva Tarazona is a Spanish football team based in Tarazona, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1969, it plays in , holding home games at ''Municipal'', with a 1,500-seat capacity. History The club was founded in 1 ...

and

Mérida AD Asociación Deportiva Mérida, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Mérida, Spain, Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of ...

; with the latter, he scored a career-best 13 goals as they missed out promotion in the play-offs. On 3 July 2025, Liberto returned to the second division after signing a two-year deal with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beltrán, Liberto 1996 births Footballers from Castellón de la Plana Living people Men's association football wingers Spanish men's footballers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Castellón footballers Elche CF Ilicitano footballers Elche CF players CD Alcoyano footballers Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Lleida CF players Albacete Balompié players UCAM Murcia CF players AD Ceuta FC players SD Tarazona footballers Mérida AD players SD Huesca footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen