Alberto Baldé
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Baldé Almánzar | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Loughgall | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Portadown | ||
| 2017-2022 | Middlesbrough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Portadown | 4 | (1) |
| 2018–2022 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Pickering Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Portadown | 29 | (1) |
| 2023– | Loughgall | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Northern Ireland U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Northern Ireland U16 | 9 | (4) |
| 2022– | Dominican Republic | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:34, 1 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Alberto Baldé Almánzar (born 21 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for NIFL Premiership side Loughgall. Born in Spain and raised in Northern Ireland, he plays for the Dominican Republic national team.
Early life
[edit]Baldé was born in Madrid, Spain to a Bissau-Guinean father and an Afro-Dominican mother. He moved to Northern Ireland with his mother at a young age.[1]
Club career
[edit]Baldé joined the youth academy of the Northern Ireland club Portadown at the age of 12 when he knew no English, and gained national attention as the focus of a Google advertisement highlighting how his coaches used Google Translate to communicate with him.[2] At 15, he became their youngest ever goalscorer in a 2–1 NIFL Championship win over Knockbreda.[3] He joined Middlesbrough's reserves in 2018.[4] He briefly joined non-league club Pickering Town on loan in November 2021.[5] He was released by Middlesbrough when his contract ended in June 2022,[1] and rejoined Portadown.
International career
[edit]Baldé is a youth international for the Northern Ireland U15s and Northern Ireland U16s in 2017.[6][7] He was called up to the Dominican Republic national team for matches in June 2022.[8] He debuted with the Dominican Republic in a 3–2 CONCACAF Nations League loss to French Guiana on 5 June 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Johns, Craig (23 May 2022). "Released Boro man could be boosted by historic first international cap". TeessideLive.
- ^ "Portadown teen at the centre of Google video signs for Middlesbrough FC". 3 April 2017.
- ^ Staff Reporter (12 November 2017). "Viral video teen Alberto becomes Portadown's youngest goalscorer – at just 15". Armagh I.
- ^ Fullerton, Gareth (6 July 2018). "Meet the 17 young players who have signed for clubs across the water". BelfastLive.
- ^ "Middlesbrough duo join non-league side Pickering Town on short-term loan deals". The 72. 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Under-15s beat Slovakia in opening game". IFA.
- ^ "Northern Ireland's Victory Shield squad unveiled". IFA.
- ^ "convocados de RD para las cuatro primeras jornadas de Liga de Naciones de Concacaf".
- ^ "Game Details". Concacaf. 12 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alberto Baldé at Soccerway
- EverythingForFootball Profile
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Madrid
- Dominican Republic men's footballers
- Dominican Republic men's international footballers
- Spanish emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland men's youth international footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Dominican Republic people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- People from Northern Ireland of Dominican Republic descent
- Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
- People from Northern Ireland of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Black British sportsmen
- Spanish people of Dominican Republic descent
- Spanish people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Pickering Town F.C. players
- Portadown F.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Immigrants to Northern Ireland
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- 21st-century British sportsmen