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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lewis Peter Alessandra | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Morecambe | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Roach Dynamos JFC | |||
| ?–2007 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2011 | Oldham Athletic | 66 | (8) |
| 2009 | → Chester City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2011– | Morecambe | 21 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:26, 31 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English footballer currently playing for Morecambe. His predominant position is a forward.
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Along with his teammate Deane Smalley, Alessandra graduated from Oldham Athletic's youth system. He was a regular in the reserve squad, receiving a contract extension in the summer of 2008. The club awarded the youngster a three year contract.
On 20 October 2007, Alessandra made his first team debut in a 1–1 draw versus Huddersfield Town,[1] with his first start coming on 2 February 2008 in a loss to Swansea City.[2] His first goal with the senior squad came at Boundary Park in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 March 2008.[3] On 26 April 2008, Alessandra scored his second league goal in the 87th minute versus Cheltenham Town, giving Oldham a 2–1 win.[4]
In Oldham's first game of the 2008–09 season, Alessandra scored Oldham's third goal in a 4–3 victory over Millwall.[5] He scored his first senior hat-trick on 28 October, in a 3–0 victory over Scunthorpe United.[6]
At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, alessandra was converted to a wide player for upcoming season by the new manager enabling him to play up front or on either wing. At the end of the 2010//11 season he was informed that he was out of contract and would not be offered a new deal.[7]
On 31 July 2009, it was reported that Alessandra was set to join Conference National club Chester City on loan.[8] The move was done with the idea of giving the player more time playing and he commented himself that "if he was not getting games with Latics, he might as well go on loan to Chester."[8] The move was initially a trial until the club was able to sign players again. Alessandra scored in a trial game for the club against a Burnley XI and scored his second goal in two games with an early effort against Droylsden.[9]
After briefly returning to Oldham, Chester confirmed they had signed Alessandra on an initial one-month loan on 21 August.[10] The following day, he made his debut in a scoreless draw versus Luton Town, playing more than 90 minutes before he was substituted for defender Kristian Platt.[11] He made four appearances for Chester but after club was expelled from the Football Conference their record was expunged.[12][13]
Alessandra signed for League 2 side, Morecambe, on 23 June 2011.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 2007–08 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 2008–09 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Total | 67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 8 | |
| Chester City (loan) | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 8 | |
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