They attest to his stay in the ranks of Levante back in the first half of the nineties. José Vicente Albelda lovingly guards four elastics linked to the imaginary of granota society. The defender made his debut with the first team on June 8, 1991 (1-1). Levante crossed the entire Iberian Peninsula to close the league season against Avilés Industrial. That duel was emotionless. Levante had consummated the descent previously. Pepe Martínez was the coach who gave him the opportunity to debut as a granota player. In that team there were young people trained in the field of La Malvarrosa. Chuli, Bruno or Meji came from that nursery. That day he shared the axis of the rear with Aragó.
On 12 May 1996 in Terrasa he pulled on the Levante shirt for the last time on the 37th matchday of a season crowned by a return to the Silver Division. Albelda was linked to Levante for six seasons, although in that interval he enjoyed a fruitful loan spell at Alcoyano during the 1993-1994 season, which allowed him to mature as a footballer under Juande Ramos. He would coincide with the La Mancha-born coach one season later at the Orriols stadium.
However, his CV is much more extensive if we take into account his continuous presence in the youth ranks of the club. Albelda overcame obstacles since joining Levante as a youth player until he reached the challenge of the first team. During his time with the Azulgrana, he took part in the return to the second division in 1995-1996 with Carlos Simón as coach and in the immaculate run of thirteen consecutive victories achieved at the start of the 1994-1995 season with Juande Ramos at the helm of the Blaugrana team.
