Albert Virgili Fort (born 12 February 1983) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Virgili emerged through Gimnàstic de Tarragona's youth ranks. He was promoted to the first team for 2001–02, but did not make any

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appearances for the club – the season also ended in relegation – going on to resume his career in the lower leagues. In 2006, he returned to his native region and joined

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, ''Nàstics farm team. Virgili moved abroad in 2009, signing with

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in Hong Kong. In the following transfer window, however, he rejoined Pobla; during his spell with the latter, he consistently ranked as team top scorer. In March 2011, Virgili signed a contract with Gimnàstic, being an emergency replacement to severely injured

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. His first match for the side occurred on 2 April, coming from the bench for

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in a 1–1 home draw against CD Tenerife; he scored his first second level goal on 15 May, netting the last in a 3–1 home win over Real Betis. At the end of the campaign, Virgili was released and signed with neighbouring

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. On 15 July 2012 he returned to his previous team, freshly relegated from division two. On 26 June 2013, after scoring just twice in 486 minutes of play during the third division season, Virgili was released by Gimnàstic. On 15 July, he signed with

FC Ascó Futbol Club Ascó is a Spanish football team based in Ascó, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 2010 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal'', which has a capacity of 1,500 ...

and, after just one season, the 30-year-old was appointed football coordinator at another former club Pobla de Mafumet, but continued to play as a senior for Ascó. In July 2016, Virgili left Ascó and signed for CD Tortosa in the regional leagues, helping the club in their promotion to

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in his first season. He moved to Andorran side

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in February 2018, subsequently retiring with the club in the end of the season at the age of 35.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Virgili, Albert 1983 births Living people Footballers from Tarragona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Universidad de Zaragoza players Deportivo Aragón players Novelda CF players CF Reus Deportiu players CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers CF Badalona Futur players Hong Kong First Division League players Kitchee SC players Inter Club d'Escaldes players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra