Sandro Grande

Sandro Grande

Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Grande
Date of birth	September 29, 1977 (1977-09-29)
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	Frenter Larino	6	(1)
1998–1999	Isernia	26	(12)
1999–2000	Potenza	22	(2)
2000–2001	Frosinone	27	(1)
2001–2003	Brescia	0	(0)
2001–2002	→ Catanzaro (loan)	8	(1)
2002	→ Frosinone (loan)	7	(0)
2002–2003	→ Potenza (loan)	18	(0)
2003–2004	Albalonga	21	(0)
2004–2005	Montreal Impact	31	(6)
2005–2006	Viking Stavanger	6	(0)
2006–2007	Molde	14	(0)
2008–2009	Montreal Impact	17	(1)
2010-2011	FK Sūduva
National team‡
2004–2006	Canada	12	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 December 2009

Alessandro "Sandro" Grande (born September 29, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Canadian soccer player.

Club career

Italy

Grande began his career in Italy, country of his parents, playing for four years with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Frosinone in the late 1990s and early 2000s.^{[citation needed]}

Grande became the first Quebec-born footballer to sign with an Serie A club, signing a three-year deal with Brescia in 2001.^{[citation needed]} After appearing in just one match for the first team, in the Intertoto Cup in July 2001, Grande was loaned back to Serie C side Frosinone, and then later played in Serie D with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Albalonga.

Canada/Scandinavia

Grande returned to Canada in 2004 to play for the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division, where he played 30 games and was selected to the First All-Star Team for 2004.

In July 2005, he moved to Norway to play for Viking Stavanger in the Norwegian Premier League, before moving on to Molde in March 2006. After his contract with Molde expired in 2007, the club chose not to renew it. After fully recovering from surgery on both knees, he returned to Montreal Impact. Upon his return Grande scored one goal in six regular season games, which he scored on September 5 against the Minnesota Thunder. He helped the Impact qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League quarter finals, playing six games in the tournament.

On December 2, 2008 the Montreal Impact announced the re-signing of Grande to a three year contract. On July 20, 2009, the Montreal Impact released Grande after two altercations with his teammates.

Lithuania

On March 16, 2010 Sandro Grande signed a contract with Lithuanian club FK Suduva.

International career

Grande made his debut for the Canadian national football team in a September 2004 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was a member of Canada's squad at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 2005	Estadio El Sardinero, Santander, Spain	Spain	1–2	1–2	Friendly match

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External links

• MontreaImpact.com with Grande's profile
• Sandro Grande – Facebook
• Career stats – National Football Teams