Albert Dalmau Martínez (born 16 March 1992) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Sils, Girona Sils () is a municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of Selva (comarca), Selva, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated next to a former lake, which was drained in the nineteenth century. Autopista AP-7 and roa ...

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, Dalmau started playing football for his hometown club, moving to

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

's youth system ''

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'' at the age of 13. Still a junior, on 18 April 2010, he made his senior debut with the reserves in the

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, starting against

UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...

in a 2–0 home win; they returned to

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after an 11-year absence. In the following seasons, Dalmau alternated between the second and third tiers, representing

Valencia CF Mestalla Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in , holding home games at '' Ciud ...

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

and

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

. In October 2017, he signed with

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

to bolster the B side following Iván López's severe knee injury, but was released shortly after in order to move to Romanian team

Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Asociația Club Sportiv Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe, commonly known as Sepsi OSK (), Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (), or simply Sepsi, is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna ...

. On 3 August 2018, Dalmau agreed to a two-year contract at

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Career statistics

Honours

Spain U17 *

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third place:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

References

External links

FC Barcelona profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalmau, Albert 1992 births Living people People from Selva 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Girona Men's association football fullbacks Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players FC Barcelona Atlètic players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Cádiz CF players CD Lugo players Córdoba CF players Hércules CF players Atlético Levante UD players Lleida CF players CF Badalona Futur players UA Horta players CF Peralada players Liga I players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players Kings League players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania