Lewis Alessandra
 Alessandra in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lewis Peter Alessandra[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Heywood, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Roach Dynamos | ||
| – | Oldham Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2011 | Oldham Athletic | 67 | (8) |
| 2009 | → Chester City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Morecambe | 82 | (7) |
| 2013– | Plymouth Argyle | 78 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:35, 19 March 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Plymouth Argyle. Born in Heywood, he previously played for Oldham Athletic, Chester City and Morecambe.
Career
Oldham Athletic
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,[4] with his first start coming on 2 February 2008 in a loss to Swansea City.[5] His first goal with the senior squad came at Boundary Park in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 March 2008.[6] On 26 April 2008, Alessandra scored his second league goal in the 87th minute versus Cheltenham Town, giving Oldham a 2–1 win.[7]
In Oldham's first game of the 2008–09 season, Alessandra scored Oldham's third goal in a 4–3 victory over Millwall.[8] He scored his first senior hat-trick on 28 October, in a 3–0 victory over Scunthorpe United.[9]
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 campaign his contract expired and he was informed that he would not be offered a new one.[10]
Chester City loan
On 31 July 2009, it was reported that Alessandra was set to join Conference National club Chester City on loan.[11] 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."[11] 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.[12]
After briefly returning to Oldham, Chester confirmed they had signed Alessandra on an initial one-month loan on 21 August.[13] 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.[14] He made four appearances for Chester but after club was expelled from the Football Conference their record was expunged.[15][16]
Morecambe
Alessandra signed for League Two side Morecambe on 23 June 2011.[17] In two years with the club, he made 82 league appearances and scored nine goals playing in a number of different positions. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2012–13 season and agreed to sign it but then decided against it and joined Plymouth Argyle.[18]
Plymouth Argyle
Alessandra signed a two-year contract with Plymouth Argyle in June 2013.[19][20] "I know Lewis very well, and his strengths as a striker," said Argyle manager John Sheridan, who gave him his first team debut at Oldham in 2007.[21] "Lewis can play on the right and left of the front line as well as down the middle."[21] Alessandra made his debut in the club's first game of the new season at Southend United,[22] and scored two goals in a League Cup game at Birmingham City three days later.[23] Alessandra scored his first league goal for Argyle against Northampton Town in November.[24] In total Alessandra scored 12 goals in 49 games in all competitions in his first season with the Pilgrims. In November 2014, be scored his 18th goal in Argyle colours, scoring in a 3–0 win against Portsmouth. This rose Argyle up to 4th in the table, just off the automatic promotion spots. Alessandra's initial role at Plymouth was to be used as a right midfielder, where he spent the duration of the first half of the Pilgrims' 2013–14 season. Sheridan later saw the Midfielder's attacking attributes and decided to play him as a striker, alongside Reuben Reid. Since then he has bagged 25 goals for the Pilgrims, and worked out a very sustainable partnership with Reid.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 2007–08 | League One | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 2008–09 | League One | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2009–10 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | League One | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Total | 67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 8 | ||
| Chester City (loan) | 2009–10 | Conference Premier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morecambe | 2011–12 | League Two | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| 2012–13 | League Two | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 47 | 4 | |
| Total | 82 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 8 | ||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2013–14 | League Two | 42 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 49 | 12 |
| 2014–15 | League Two | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 12 | |
| Total | 78 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 24 | ||
| Career total | 227 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 259 | 40 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
References
- ↑ "Player Details: Lewis Alessandra". The English National Football Archive. SoccerData. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ↑ "Lewis Alessandra". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "Huddersfield 1–1 Oldham". BBC Sport. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ↑ "Swansea 2–1 Oldham". BBC Sport. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ↑ "Oldham 3–1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ↑ "Oldham 2–1 Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ↑ "Oldham 4–3 Millwall". BBC Sport. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ↑ "Oldham 3–0 Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ↑ "Lactics offer new contracts". Sky Sports. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bugby, Tony (31 July 2009). "Lewis lines up Chester loan". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ↑ "Lewis Alessandra impresses Blues fans". Chester Chronicle. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ↑ "Struggling Chester in triple coup". BBC Sport. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ↑ "Luton 0–0 Chester". BBC Sport. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ↑ "2009/10 Game Log". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ↑ "Chester City results erased from Blue Square Premier". BBC Sport. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ↑ "Morecambe net Gary McDonald & Lewis Alessandra". BBC Sport. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ "Alessandra quits Morecambe to join Plymouth". The Visitor. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Alessandra agrees". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Plymouth Argyle sign Morecambe's Lewis Alessandra". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Richards, Bill (12 June 2013). "Alessandra puts Pilgrims ahead of Morecambe". Western Morning News. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Plymouth Argyle start new season with defeat at Southend". Plymouth Herald. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Errington, Chris (7 August 2013). "Proud Plymouth Argyle lose thriller in extra-time at Birmingham". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Errington, Chris (2 November 2013). "Plymouth Argyle 1 Northampton Town 0: Match report". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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