Thomas Albanese

Thomas Albanese
Personal information
Date of birth15 April 1988
Place of birthVarese, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
U.S.D. Recanatese
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2006Tolentino21(?)
2006–2012Siena0(0)
2007–2008→ Ancona (loan)4(1)
2008–2009→ Legnano (loan)19(1)
2009–2012→ South Tyrol (loan)44(10)
2012–2013L'Aquila4(0)
National team
2006–2007Italy U196(2)
2007Italy U201(0)
2008Italy U20 Lega Pro1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Albanese (born 15 April 1988) is an Italian footballer.

Biography

Albanese started his football career with Tolentino. In July 2006, he was loaned to Serie A side Siena and played for their reserve "Primavera". Siena bought him outright in January 2007.

In July 2007, Albanese was loaned to Serie C1 club Ancona.[1] 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 Legnano.[2]

Albanese was loaned to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione side South Tyrol for the 2009-10 season.[3] He scored eight league goals for the Seconda Divisione Group A champion. In July 2010, his loan was renewed.[4] He suffered an injury and only played six games in the 2010-11 season. In the following season the loan was renewed again,[5] however Albanese only played 8 times.

On 31 August 2012 Albanese joined L'Aquila for free in 2-year contract.[6][7] Albanese played 4 times in 2012–13 season. In 2013–14 season he was released.

International career

Albanese received six caps 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[8] 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[9] and scored one goal for the winning side in 2009 for Group A.[10] He also played for the Lega Pro team in the 2008–09 Mirop Cup.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ecco i convocati per il ritiro di Camerino". AC Ancona (in Italian). 18 July 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Ufficiale: Chiazzolino e Albanese al Legnano". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Albanese nuovo attaccante dell´FC Südtirol". F.C. Südtirol-Alto Adige (in Italian). 11 July 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Mercato, cinque giocatori in prestito". AC Siena (in Italian). 9 July 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "MARTIN, FRANCHINI E ALBANESE RESTANO ALL’FCS" (in Italian). FC Südtirol. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  6. ↑ AC Siena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (Italian). CCIAA
  7. ↑ "Mercato: L'Aquila Calcio attiva fino all'ultimo" (in Italian). L'Aquila Calcio 1927. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Convocati per Allenamento Rappresentativa Nazionale Serie C". LegaPro (in Italian). 25 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  9. ↑ "Trofeo under-21". LegaPro (in Italian). 23 January 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "Al Girone al Trofeo". LegaPro (in Italian). 21 January 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  11. ↑ "Mirop Cup: una bella Under 20 vince in Croazia". LegaPro (in Italian). 22 October 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

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