Pellegrino Albanese (born 4 February 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays for

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side F.C. Matese.

Club career

Born in

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, Albanese started his career at

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team Anastasio Salvatore (in

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). In 2007, he was loaned to

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, where he played as a

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. Despite not being a regular member of the ''Allievi Nazionali'' (under-17 team), Inter bought him but loaned Albanese to

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along with Umberto Bellani and

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. In August 2009, Sassuolo signed him on a free transfer and also loaned a number of other footballers from Inter, such as Alberto Gallinetta and

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. Albanese was a regular member for Sassuolo's ''Primavera'' (under-20 team). He plays as a right back. Albanese made his first team debut on 27 March 2011. He came on as a substitute for Daniele Quadrini in the second half. At that time Sassuolo was already losing 0–3. The game was eventually won by

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(4–0). In July 2011, Albanese was transferred to newly promoted Italian fourth division club

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in a co-ownership deal along with Andrea Vignali. He played 3 out of the first 4 rounds of the 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season as an emergency left back. However, he then did not play a part in any subsequent games as the team had Inter youth product Andrea Bertin as right-back and Davide Bersi as left-back. Following this experience, Albanese decided to start a new adventure away from Italy and decided to accept an offer from Malta. In October 2013, he joined Maltese Division 1 side Msida Saint-Joseph F.C. where he was the first signing of newly instated president, Carmine Ferrara.

Honours

;Inter youth team * ''Campionato Allievi Nazionali'': 2008

References

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