In La Liga he represented Málaga (one appearance) and Getafe (32), and also played professionally in Australia and Cyprus.

A product of Málaga CF's youth system, he made his professional debut for the first team in the last match of the 2002–03 season, a 1–0 La Liga away loss against RCD Mallorca,[1] while also helping the reserves achieve a 2003 promotion to Segunda División.

For the 2005–06 campaign, Alberto signed with Madrid's Getafe CF, totalling 30 top-flight appearances in his first two years and also playing an important part in the team's runner-up run in the Copa del Rey.

However, the arrival of coach Michael Laudrup deemed him surplus to requirements in his third, which prompted a release in January 2008 with a move to second division club Granada 74 CF.

[3] In August 2010, as a free agent, he returned to his native Andalusia after agreeing to a deal at Córdoba CF.