Alberto Moreno Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth, Market Value, Family, Personal Life, Awards and Many More

Spanish footballer Alberto Moreno Pérez currently plays as the left back of the English Premier League club Liverpool besides making regular appearances for the Spanish national football team. A product of Sevilla’s youth academy, Moreno started his professional football journey with his native club Sevilla Atlético in 2011. After playing there for two seasons, he moved to Sevilla FC in 2013. The following year, he helped the club to achieve the UEFA Europa League in 2014. The same year, he moved to the Premier League side, Liverpool.

Alberto Moreno Biography

Since 2014, Moreno made more than 100 appearances for Liverpool and helped the club to achieve several successes. Besides club football, he also represented the Spanish U-21 side in the international competitions. He helped the squad to lift the 2013 UEFA European Championship trophy. He became a member of the Spanish senior squad in 2013 and made several official appearances for his nation. Undoubtedly, he is one of the best defensive players Spain has ever produced.

Alberto Moreno Full Biography and Career

Alberto Moreno Youth Career

Moreno started his footballing journey with the youth academy system of his native club Sevilla at a very early age. He went through a rigorous training schedule at the academy while making steady progress through several age-level squads. He showed immense potential to be a future star of football since his early years at the academy. The reserve team officials finally noted his talent in 2011 when he was just 19 years old. Since then, Moreno made a miraculous progress while making his name among the best defensive players in the football world.

Alberto Moreno Sevilla Career

He made his debut for the reserve side, Sevilla Atlético, in the Segunda División B play-offs second round match against Guadalajara on 12^th June 2011. He then scored his first goal for the squad against Cádiz on 13^th November 2011. Moreno scored 4 goals in 30 matches that he played for the reserve side in the 2011-12 season. He made his La Liga debut for the Sevilla first-team against Athletic Bilbao on 8^th April 2012, as a substitute for Manu del Moral. He then earned his permanent promotion to the main squad of Sevilla in February 2013. Shortly after, he signed a five-year contract renewal with the club on 4^th October 2013.

The new contract had the provision to make him stay at the club until 2018. He then scored his first professional goal for the main team against Real Valladolid on 20^th October 2013. Then next year, he received his first straight red card in a match against Atlético Madrid on 19^th January 2014, for a dangerous tackle on Gabi. He represented Sevilla in the 2014 UEFA Europa League and helped his club to become the European winner.

Alberto Moreno Full Club Career

Alberto Moreno Liverpool Career

After a 45-days negotiation with Sevilla, one of the English Premier League champions, Liverpool, signed Moreno for €13.6 Million on 12^th August 2014. He completed the move and joined the Reds on 16th August 2014. Shortly after, Moreno made his debut for Liverpool in a Premier League match against Manchester City on 26^th August 2014. He then scored his first goal against Tottenham Hotspur on 31st August 2014. He scored a brilliant home-ground goal against Swansea City on 29 December 2014. Despite his brilliant performance, Moreno was used as a substitute for Joe Gomez in the following season.

Moreno made his first start for the Reds against Norwich City on 20^th September 2015. He conceded a penalty in the first game of his 2016-17 season on 14^th August 2016, against Arsenal. He received a strong criticism for his performance but was later defended by Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp. Several Serie A clubs, such as AC Milan and Inter Milan, expressed their wish to get him on their side in April 2017. The next month, Liverpool rejected a €12.5 million bid from another Serie A club, Napoli.

Alberto Moreno International Career

Moreno represented the Spanish U-21 squad at the 2013 UEFA European Championship. Spain lifted the trophy while Moreno earned his place in the UEFA’s official team of the tournament. He then earned his first senior call-up for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Georgia in October 2013. He made his debut on that match and played full 90 minutes in Albacete on 15^th October 2013. One of the best football managers of all time, Vicente del Bosque, named him in his 30-man provisional squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup. But tragically, he was later dropped from the squad along with other 6 pre-selected players. He was then recalled by Spain’s new manager Julen Lopetegui to play friendly matches against Russia and Costa Rica in November 2017.

Alberto Moreno Full Spanish Career

Alberto Moreno Personal Life

Born in the Andalusia autonomous community of Spain, to his parents Diego Moreno and Carmen Pérez, Alberto Moreno is of pure Spanish descent. He grew up playing football in the Seville city during his childhood days. He is currently in a romantic relationship with his long-time girlfriend Lilia Granadilla. The couple has two kids together. As an interesting fact, Moreno has several tattoos on his body. The most ridiculous among them may be the gun-toting chimpanzee dressed in a suit and wearing headphones, which he tattooed on his leg in April 2016.

Alberto Moreno Net Worth

The current net worth of Alberto Moreno is estimated to be around €6 Million according to the recent reports in 2018. His market value now stands at €12 Million as of the ongoing football season. However, he attained his highest market value of €15 Million in July 2014. He currently gets €45,000 weekly wage from his Premier League club, Liverpool. Besides his football income, he also earns through his sponsorship deal with Adidas.

Alberto Moreno Individual Awards

He delivered quite a brilliant performance for both the Sevilla and Liverpool till date and helped the sides to achieve great successes over their opponents. Besides, he achieved several trophies and awards in his career till now. Some of the most notable among them are as follows:

• Europa League: Sevilla [2013–14]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Spain [2013]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Team of the Tournament [2013]