Thomas Albanese (born 15 April 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays for ASC San Giorgio.

Biography

Albanese started his football career with

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. In July 2006, he was loaned to

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and played for their reserve "Primavera". Siena bought him outright in January 2007. In July 2007, Albanese was loaned to

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. He played four matches for the club and he also took part in the promotion playoffs. Ancona won promotion that season. In August 2008, he remained in Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly known as Serie C1) for

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. Albanese was loaned to

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for the 2009–10 season. He scored eight league goals for the Seconda Divisione Group A champion. In July 2010, his loan was renewed. He suffered an injury and only played six games in the 2010-11 season. In the following season the loan was renewed again, however Albanese only played 8 times. On 31 August 2012 Albanese joined

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for free in 2-year contract. Albanese played 4 times in 2012–13 season. In 2013–14 season he was released.

International career

Albanese received six

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for the Italy under-19 team, but did not play in the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification matches. He also made an appearance for Italy U20 team, where he came on as a substitute for Daniele Paponi in the second half of the first match of the 2007–08 Four Nations Tournament. He also received call-up from

Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team Italy national football C teams ( it, Squadre Rappresentative della Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico) are the Italy national football team representative teams of Serie C (in the past Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione). They are c ...

and also represented Serie C1/B in an annual under-21 tournament against Serie C1/A, which Albanese scored one goal for the losing side in 2008 and scored one goal for the winning side in 2009 for Group A. He also played for the Lega Pro team in the 2008–09 Mirop Cup.

References

External links

Football.it profile

FIGC national team data
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Albanese, Thomas 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Varese Italian footballers Association football forwards Serie C players A.C.N. Siena 1904 players A.C. Ancona players A.C. Legnano players F.C. Südtirol players L'Aquila Calcio 1927 players Footballers from Lombardy 21st-century Italian people