Albert Canal (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Canal Bartrina | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Olot, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Girona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Llagostera | 16 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Espanyol B | 23 | (0) |
| 2011 | Espanyol | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Llagostera (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Olot | 37 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Manlleu | 67 | (4) |
| 2017–2019 | Figueres | 48 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | Peralada | 21 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Resources Capital | 24 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023 | |||
Albert Canal Bartrina (born 10 July 1991) is a former Spanish professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Club career
[edit]Born in Olot, Girona, Catalonia, Canal began his senior career with UE Llagostera in the Tercera División, helping them to promote to Segunda División B for the first time ever in his only season. In December 2010 he signed with neighbours RCD Espanyol, being assigned to the reserves in the third tier.[1]
Canal made his first-team debut on 13 December 2011, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for fellow youth graduate Víctor Álvarez in a Copa del Rey match against RC Celta de Vigo (0–0 away draw, 4–2 aggregate).[2] He continued appearing exclusively for the B team until his release in June 2013, also serving a short loan at his first club, now in division three.[3]
Canal continued competing in the lower leagues and amateur football the following years, with UE Olot, AEC Manlleu, UE Figueres and CF Peralada; all the sides hailed from his native region.[4] In October 2020, the 29-year-old moved abroad and joined Resources Capital FC in the Hong Kong Premier League.
In May 2023, Canal announced his retirement from professional football.
References
[edit]- ^ El garrotxí Canal, l'alumne avantatjat (Garrotxa's own Canal, the gifted student) Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; El Punt, 6 January 2011 (in Catalan)
- ^ Faltó ambición en Balaídos (No ambition at Balaídos); Marca, 13 December 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Un Llagostera muy perico (Quite parakeet Llagostera); La Grada, 10 November 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Toni Cunill i Albert Canal no continuaran al Peralada (Toni Cunill and Albert Canal will not remain at Peralada); L'Esportiu, 20 August 2020 (in Catalan)
External links
[edit]- Albert Canal at BDFutbol
- Albert Canal at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Albert Canal at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Olot
- Footballers from the Province of Girona
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CF Badalona Futur players
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- UE Olot players
- AEC Manlleu footballers
- UE Figueres footballers
- CF Peralada players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Resources Capital FC players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong