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 33)
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

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

^ 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

Albert Canal at BDFutbol
Albert Canal at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Albert Canal at Soccerway