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Belgian footballer (born 2000)

Alessandro Albanese
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Lier, Belgium
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2003–2007 Herstal
2007–2015 Standard Liège
2015–2016 Porto
2016–2018 Hoffenheim
2018–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Waasland-Beveren 27 (1)
2022–2024 Oostende 23 (2)
2023 → Virton (loan) 8 (0)
2024 HJK 8 (0)
International career
2016 Belgium U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U17 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 November 2020

Alessandro Albanese (born 12 January 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who most recently played as a winger for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki.

Club career

Albanese began playing football at the age of 3 at Herstal, and continued his football training in the academies of Standard Liège, Porto, Hoffenheim, and Eintracht Frankfurt. After a year without a club, Albanese signed a professional contract with Waasland-Beveren in the summer of 2020. Albanese made his professional debut with Waasland-Beveren in a 3-1 Belgian First Division A win over K.V. Kortrijk, assisting his side's first goal in the 10th minute.

On 4 January 2022, Albanese moved to Belgian Pro League club Oostende and signed a contract until 2025. On 18 January 2023, he was loaned by Challenger Pro League side Virton.

On 4 July 2024, Albanese signed with HJK Helsinki in Finnish Veikkausliiga.

International career

Albanese is a former youth international for Belgium, having represented the country at under-16 and under-17 levels.

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Albanese is of Albanian/Arbëresh descent.

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Waasland-Beveren 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 24 1 2 0 – – 26 1
2021–22 Challenger Pro League 4 0 1 0 – – 5 0
Total 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
Oostende 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 8 1 – – – 8 1
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 11 0 1 0 – – 12 0
2023–24 Challenger Pro League 4 1 0 0 – – 4 1
Total 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
Virton (loan) 2022–23 Challenger Pro League 8 0 – – – 8 0
HJK 2024 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 67 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 73 3
  1. Includes Belgian Cup
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League

References

  1. Sports+, DH Les (13 November 2020). "Albanese, un petit bout de Herstal à Waasland: "J'ai pu y jouer contre Neymar et Mbappé!"". DH Les Sports +.
  2. "Standard, Porto, Waasland-Beveren,...: le fabuleux destin d'Alessandro Albanese". Le Soir Plus. 13 August 2020.
  3. "Kortrijk vs. Waasland-Beveren - 9 August 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  4. "NEW PLAYER: ALESSANDRO ALBANESE" (Press release). Oostende. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. "Alessandro Albanese" (in French). Virton. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. Alessandro Albanese HJK:n hyökkäykseen, hjk.fi, 4 July 2024
  7. "'Waasland-Beveren test spelers van Frankfurt en Emmen'". www.voetbalnieuws.be.

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