.jpg) Albrighton playing for Leicester City in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Kevin Albrighton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Tamworth, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Wing-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2009 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Aston Villa | 86 | (7) |
| 2013 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2024 | Leicester City | 236 | (13) |
| 2023 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 343 | (20) | |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | England U21 | 8 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marc Kevin Albrighton (born 18 November 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger or wing-back.
Albrighton joined Aston Villa at the age of eight, and made his professional debut for them in 2009. he totalled nine goals in 101 professional appearances for Villa, also spending a loan spell at Wigan Athletic in 2013.
After being released in 2014, he signed for Leicester City, going on to make over 300 appearences for the club. He was a regular during the club's most successful ever era, winning the Premier League in 2016 whilst playing in every league match of the season, as well as the FA Cup in 2021, and scored key goals against both Club Brugge and Sevilla in the club's run to the quarter-finals of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.[4]
Albrighton also represented the England U21 and U20 sides.
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ^ "Marc Albrighton". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Marc Albrighton writes heartfelt Leicester City and Aston Villa message after deciding to retire". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 19 September 2024.