Albano Sehn Neto (born 9 June 1997), simply known as Albano, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Retrô on loan from

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Club career

Born in

São Miguel do Oeste São Miguel do Oeste is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is located 730 km west of Florianópolis. It has a population of 40,868 (2020/IBGE) and an area of 234 kmª. It is the largest Brazilian city from the border with A ...

, Santa Catarina, Albano was a Vila Nova youth graduate. After appearing with the first team in a friendly in 2015, he made his senior debut on 9 February 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1

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away win over Aparecidense. On 1 August 2017, after featuring rarely, Albano was loaned to Jataiense. He started the 2018 season on loan at

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, before moving to Trindade in July. After just one match for Trindade, Albano joined

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in September 2018, helping in the club's promotion from the Campeonato Goiano Terceira Divisão. In December, he signed for Aparecidense, but featured in only three matches before serving loans at Votuporanguense and Jataiense during the remainder of the 2019 campaign. Back to Aparecidense for the 2020 season, Albano was a regular starter and scored eight goals in the 2020 Série D, which included two

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, against União Rondonópolis (4–2 away win) and São Luiz (4–0 away win). On 20 May 2021, he signed a three-year contract with

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albano 1997 births Living people Footballers from Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Trindade Atlético Clube players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Clube Atlético Votuporanguense players Goiás Esporte Clube players Paraná Clube players Retrô Futebol Clube Brasil players People from São Miguel do Oeste