The return of Albert Quiles to the place that professional football denied him

“Alberto is a boy who has always excelled in this type of category, showing that he is easy in front of the opponent’s goal. Because of this, he went to good places and was called by the big clubs of the First Federation, but it is time for him to take an important step if he wants to make a step into professional football. These are Óscar Can’s thoughts on Quiles, who turned 28 on Thursday and is about to take another step in his evolution as a player. His 14 goals and 5 assists, added to 20 goals and one assist last year, make him a coveted piece. Its renewal, in case of promotion, is automatic. “But mind you, I never said I’d leave if there wasn’t one, eh. I didn’t put myself in that context and I don’t want to put myself,” he qualified a week ago in La Voz.

The Andalusian already thinks like a veteran: “Superstars understand everything at 20, others understand at 27.” And he already knows that professional football is not as easy as it seems. When he jumps onto the green of El Arcángel this Sunday, he will be overwhelmed by thousands of feelings. Quiles made his debut in the Second Division with the white team in an away game against Mirandés (1-1), and repeated a week later at home against Getafe (1-3). Those only 26 minutes played in November 2016 gave shine to the campaign in which he stood out with the branch, scoring 9 goals in the second B. With the first team of Cordoba, he will play only one more game next season, the first part against Lorca (1-0 ). That year he realized that competitive demand had to go one step lower in order to grow.

“We had a very fast and strong forward, and he played from the back. A bit similar to what he does now in Dépor, only he starts from the center instead of the band. It seems, without being a fixed reference, “Luis Carrión, his former trainer at the branch, explained to La Voz a few months ago. The competition was very tough to get into the first team. “Then Xisco and De Tomás left and Andone signed for Dépor that summer. I already saw Alberto and I liked him, he had the conditions and he saw the door easily,” added Oltra. But in front of me was Rodri Ríos, the first year, and Sergi Guardiola, the second.

Maybe the thing about Córdoba and professional football came too soon. And the man from Huelva returned home, to Recre, to advance his career. He had to wait for his third year at Dean to use his scoring nose and earn a good contract with Deportivo. Today, much more prepared, Córdoba paves his way to professional football again.