Juan Ángel Albín
Juan Ángel Albín Leites (born 17 July 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Uruguayan Segunda División club Rampla Juniors. He spent most of his career in Spain after starting out at Nacional, going on to acquire Spanish citizenship. He amassed La Liga totals of 129 matches and 21 goals over seven seasons, representing Getafe and Espanyol in the competition. Other than his native country and Spain, Albín has played professionally in Romania, Mexico and Cyprus. Club career. Nacional. Born in Salto, Salto Department, Albín started his career  at Nacional, where he won two Primera División championships. His strong performances earned him a transfer to Spanish team Getafe during the 2006 summer transfer window. Getafe. Albín featured sparingly in his first season (13 La Liga games), but blossomed as first choice the following campaign as the Madrid outskirts team reached the quarter-finals in the UEFA Cup, and a mid-table league position. After a coaching change brought Míchel to the club's bench, however, he began appearing less regularly; on 29 November 2008, in a rare start, he scored in a 3–1 home win over Real Madrid . On 21 April 2009, also against Real Madrid, Albín was struck in the face by Pepe, in the mêlée which resulted after the Portuguese's aggression on Javier Casquero. He continued being used intermittently in 2010–11, netting a last-minute winner at home against Villarreal on 11 December 2010 but also being sent off for lifting his shirt, in a second bookable offence. Espanyol. In mid-April 2011, Getafe agreed to sell Albín to fellow league side Espanyol for €3 million, as his contract was set to expire in June 2012. He spent several months of his first season  on the sidelines, nursing a leg injury. On 4 February 2012, Albín scored his first goal for the Catalans, netting in the 92nd minute for a 3–3 away draw against Athletic Bilbao. Later career. On 6 September 2013, Albín signed a one-year contract with Petrolul Ploiești in Romania, rejoining former Getafe teammate Cosmin Contra who was now a head coach. He made his Liga I debut on the 21st, scoring his team's goal in a 1–1 draw at Dinamo București. On 31 March 2014, Albín chose to extend his link by one year even if at that time  Contra had already left. He ended the campaign with 28 matches and ten goals in all competitions. Albín scored against Dinamo Zagreb in the second leg of the Europa League play-off round, on 28 August 2014. However, his team lost 2–5 on aggregate and failed to progress to the group stage. On 16 December 2014, as Petrolul faced financial issues which led to insolvency and ultimately bankruptcy, he was transferred to Veracruz of Mexico. Albín returned to Romania and its top division nearly three years later, joining Dinamo București on a season-long loan with an option to buy  in June 2017. On 18 July 2018, 32-year-old Albín moved to Omonia. He only recorded two Cypriot First Division games, before returning to play football in Uruguay. International career. Albín represented Uruguay at under-17 and under-20 level. Style of play. Albín is a left-footed attacking midfielder who can also be deployed as a winger. He was described as a footballer with "great speed and a very good technique". During his first stint in Romania, Albín was known as an excellent free kick taker, and in 2016 former international Adrian Mutu even went as far to state that  he was the best foreigner that the championship ever had. Honours. Nacional Getafe Veracruz