Albert Canal (footballer)

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Albert Canal
Personal information
Full name Albert Canal Bartrina
Date of birth (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth Olot, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2008–2010 Girona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

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.

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