Liberto Luis Beltrán Martínez (born 26 December 1996), sometimes known as just Liberto, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Mérida mainly as a left winger.[1]

Liberto Beltrán
Personal information
Full name Liberto Luis Beltrán Martínez
Date of birth (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Mérida
Number 14
Youth career
Castellón
2014–2015Elche (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Castellón 0 (0)
2014–2015Elche B (loan) 17 (4)
2015–2016 Elche B 12 (2)
2015–2017 Elche 21 (0)
2016Alcoyano (loan) 17 (5)
2017–2020 Betis B 16 (2)
2018–2019Cultural Leonesa (loan) 15 (1)
2019–2020Lleida Esportiu (loan) 22 (2)
2020–2021 Albacete 8 (1)
2021UCAM Murcia (loan) 14 (2)
2021–2022 UCAM Murcia 34 (1)
2022 AD Ceuta 16 (1)
2023 Alcoyano 17 (2)
2024 Tarazona 19 (3)
2024– Mérida 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024

Club career

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Born in Castellón de la Plana, Valencian Community, Liberto started his career at CD Castellón's youth setup. On 9 July 2014, still a youth, he was loaned to Elche CF for one year;[2] initially assigned to the Juvenil squad, he made his senior debuts with the reserves in Segunda División B.

In July 2015 Liberto left Castellón,[3] 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 away draw against UD Almería (3–4 loss on penalties).[4]

On 14 January 2016, Liberto was loaned to CD Alcoyano in the third tier.[5] Upon returning, he featured more regularly, and was definitely promoted to the main squad on 31 January 2017, being assigned the number 12 jersey.[6]

On 29 August 2017, after Elche's relegation, Liberto moved to another reserve team, Betis Deportivo Balompié in the third division.[7] Roughly one year later, he moved to fellow league team Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on a one-year loan deal.[8]

On 18 August 2020, after spending the previous campaign on loan at third division side Lleida Esportiu, Liberto moved to Albacete Balompié in the second level on a three-year contract.[9] The following 22 January, after being sparingly used, he was loaned to UCAM Murcia CF for the remainder of the season.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Liberto at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Dávila y Liberto, cedidos del CD Castellón al Elche CF" [Dávila and Liberto, loaned from CD Castellón to Elche CF] (in Spanish). Franjiverdes. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Las perlas del Castellón tendrán que brillar muy lejos de Castalia" [Castellón's pearls will have to shine away from Castalia] (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ^ "El Almería se lleva en los penaltis un partido loco" [Almería wins a crazy match on penalties] (in Spanish). Marca. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Liberto, cedido al C.D. Alcoyano" [Liberto, loaned to C.D. Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Liberto tendrá ficha del primer equipo" [Liberto will have a first team place] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. ^ "El Betis Deportivo incorpora a Liberto Beltrán para las próximas cinco temporadas" [Betis Deportivo sign Liberto Beltrán for the following five seasons] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  8. ^ "El Real Betis y la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa acuerdan la cesión de Liberto" [Real Betis and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa agree the loan of Liberto] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Liberto Beltrán, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié" [Liberto Beltrán, new player of Albacete Balompié] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Liberto Beltrán, cedido al UCAM de Murcia" [Liberto Beltrán, loaned to UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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