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Lewis Alessandra
Alessandra in 2009
Personal information
Full name Lewis Peter Alessandra[1]
Date of birth (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Heywood, England[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 7
Youth career
– Roach Dynamos
– Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Oldham Athletic 67 (8)
2009 → Chester City (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2013 Morecambe 82 (7)
2013– Plymouth Argyle 37 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:23, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Plymouth Argyle. Born in Heywood, he previously played for Oldham Athletic, Chester City and Morecambe.

Career

Oldham Athletic

Along with his teammate Deane Smalley, Alessandra graduated from Oldham Athletic's youth system. He was a regular in the reserve squad, receiving a contract extension in the summer of 2008. The club awarded the youngster a three-year contract.

On 20 October 2007, Alessandra made his first team debut in a 1–1 draw versus Huddersfield Town,[4] with his first start coming on 2 February 2008 in a loss to Swansea City.[5] His first goal with the senior squad came at Boundary Park in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 March 2008.[6] On 26 April 2008, Alessandra scored his second league goal in the 87th minute versus Cheltenham Town, giving Oldham a 2–1 win.[7]

In Oldham's first game of the 2008–09 season, Alessandra scored Oldham's third goal in a 4–3 victory over Millwall.[8] He scored his first senior hat-trick on 28 October, in a 3–0 victory over Scunthorpe United.[9]

At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Alessandra was converted to a wide player for upcoming season by the new manager enabling him to play up front or on either wing. At the end of the campaign his contract expired and he was informed that he would not be offered a new one.[10]

Chester City loan

On 31 July 2009, it was reported that Alessandra was set to join Conference National club Chester City on loan.[11] The move was done with the idea of giving the player more time playing and he commented himself that "if he was not getting games with Latics, he might as well go on loan to Chester."[11] The move was initially a trial until the club was able to sign players again. Alessandra scored in a trial game for the club against a Burnley XI and scored his second goal in two games with an early effort against Droylsden.[12]

After briefly returning to Oldham, Chester confirmed they had signed Alessandra on an initial one-month loan on 21 August.[13] The following day, he made his debut in a scoreless draw versus Luton Town, playing more than 90 minutes before he was substituted for defender Kristian Platt.[14] He made four appearances for Chester but after club was expelled from the Football Conference their record was expunged.[15][16]

Morecambe

Alessandra signed for League Two side Morecambe on 23 June 2011.[17] In two years with the club, he made 82 league appearances and scored seven goals. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2012–13 season and agreed to sign it before another club showed interest in him.[18]

Plymouth Argyle

Alessandra signed a two-year contract with Plymouth Argyle in June 2013.[19][20] "I know Lewis very well, and his strengths as a striker," said Argyle manager John Sheridan, who gave him his first team debut at Oldham in 2007.[21] "Lewis can play on the right and left of the front line as well as down the middle."[21] Alessandra made his debut in the club's first game of the new season at Southend United,[22] and scored two goals in a League Cup game at Birmingham City three days later.[23] Alessandra scored his first league goal for Argyle against Northampton Town in November.[24]

Career statistics

Alessandra playing for Oldham Athletic in a pre-season friendly with Bury in 2009
As of match played on 18 March 2014.[25]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oldham Athletic 2007–08 League One 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
2008–09 League One 32 5 2 0 2 0 1[a] 0 37 5
2009–10 League One 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2010–11 League One 19 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 1
Total 67 8 4 0 4 0 1 0 76 8
Chester City (loan) 2009–10 Conference Premier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morecambe 2011–12 League Two 42 4 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 46 4
2012–13 League Two 40 3 3 0 2 1 2[a] 0 47 4
Total 82 7 4 0 4 1 3 0 93 8
Plymouth Argyle 2013–14 League Two 37 7 5 2 1 2 1[a] 1 44 12
Career total 186 22 13 2 9 3 5 1 213 28
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Player Details: Lewis Alessandra". The English National Football Archive. SoccerData. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ^ "Lewis Alessandra". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Huddersfield 1–1 Oldham". BBC Sport. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Swansea 2–1 Oldham". BBC Sport. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Oldham 3–1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  7. ^ "Oldham 2–1 Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  8. ^ "Oldham 4–3 Millwall". BBC Sport. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  9. ^ "Oldham 3–0 Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Lactics offer new contracts". Sky Sports. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  11. ^ a b Bugby, Tony (31 July 2009). "Lewis lines up Chester loan". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Lewis Alessandra impresses Blues fans". Chester Chronicle. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  13. ^ "Struggling Chester in triple coup". BBC Sport. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Luton 0–0 Chester". BBC Sport. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  15. ^ "2009/10 Game Log". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  16. ^ "Chester City results erased from Blue Square Premier". BBC Sport. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  17. ^ "Morecambe net Gary McDonald & Lewis Alessandra". BBC Sport. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  18. ^ "Alessandra quits Morecambe to join Plymouth". The Visitor. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  19. ^ "Alessandra agrees". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  20. ^ "Plymouth Argyle sign Morecambe's Lewis Alessandra". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  21. ^ a b Richards, Bill (12 June 2013). "Alessandra puts Pilgrims ahead of Morecambe". Western Morning News. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  22. ^ "Plymouth Argyle start new season with defeat at Southend". Plymouth Herald. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  23. ^ Errington, Chris (7 August 2013). "Proud Plymouth Argyle lose thriller in extra-time at Birmingham". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  24. ^ Errington, Chris (2 November 2013). "Plymouth Argyle 1 Northampton Town 0: Match report". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  25. ^ "Lewis Alessandra". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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