Lewis Alessandra

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Lewis Alessandra
File:Lewis Alessandra.jpg
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]
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rochdale
Number 10
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)
2013–2015 Plymouth Argyle 86 (18)
2015– Rochdale 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:48, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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

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 nine goals playing in a number of different positions. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2012–13 season and agreed to sign it but then decided against it and joined Plymouth Argyle.[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] In total Alessandra scored 12 goals in 49 games in all competitions in his first season with the Pilgrims. In November 2014, be scored his 18th goal in Argyle colours, scoring in a 3–0 win against Portsmouth. This rose Argyle up to 4th in the table, just off the automatic promotion spots. Alessandra's initial role at Plymouth was to be used as a right midfielder, where he spent the duration of the first half of the Pilgrims' 2013–14 season. Sheridan later saw the Midfielder's attacking attributes and decided to play him as a striker, alongside Reuben Reid. Alessandra ended the season with 12 goals in 49 games, with Plymouth finishing 10th in League 2. Alessandra scored 13 goals in 51 games the following season as his side qualified for the League 2 play offs, but were defeated by Wycombe Wanderers in the semi final.[25]

Rochdale

On 8 June 2015, Alessandra agreed a two-year deal with Rochdale.[26]

Career statistics

File:Lewis Alessandra v Bury 2009-07-18.jpg
Alessandra playing for Oldham Athletic in a pre-season friendly with Bury in 2009
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 1] 0 46 4
2012–13 League Two 40 4 3 0 2 1 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 47 4
Total 82 7 4 0 4 1 3 0 93 8
Plymouth Argyle 2013–14 League Two 42 7 5 2 1 2 1[lower-alpha 1] 1 49 12
2014–15 League Two 44 11 2 0 1 0 4 2 51 13
Total 86 18 7 2 2 2 5 3 100 25
Career total 235 33 15 2 10 3 9 3 269 41
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References

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