Alessandro Albanese (born 12 January 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a
winger for
Challenger Pro League club
Virton on loan from
Oostende.
Club career
Albanese began playing football at the age of 3 at Herstal, and continued his football training in the academies of
Standard Liège,
Porto,
Hoffenheim, and
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
. After a year without a club, Albanese signed a professional contract with
Waasland-Beveren in the summer of 2020. Albanese made his professional debut with Waasland-Beveren in a 3-1
Belgian First Division A
The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...
win over
K.V. Kortrijk
Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 200 ...
, assisting his side's first goal in the 10th minute.
On 4 January 2022, Albanese moved to
Oostende and signed a contract until 2025. On 18 January 2023, he was loaned by
Virton.
International career
Born in Belgium, Albanese is of Italian descent.
He is a youth international for Belgium.
References
External links
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ACFF Profile
2000 births
Belgian people of Italian descent
People from Lier, Belgium
Footballers from Antwerp Province
Living people
Belgian footballers
Belgium youth international footballers
Association football wingers
S.K. Beveren players
K.V. Oostende players
R.E. Virton players
Belgian Pro League players
Belgian First Division B players
Belgian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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