Sandro Grande
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Grande | ||
| Date of birth | September 29, 1977 | ||
| 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 | Viking | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Molde | 14 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Montreal Impact | 17 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | FK Sūduva | ||
| 2012 | FC St-Léonard | 13 | (3) |
| 2013 | Les Étoiles de l'Est | 2 | (0) |
| 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. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 December 2009 |
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Alessandro "Sandro" Grande (born September 29, 1977) is a former Canadian soccer player.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Grande began his career in Italy, He played four years with U.S.Frenter Larino and Potenza and Frosinone in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Grande became the first Quebec-born footballer to sign with an Serie A club, signing a three-year deal with Brescia in 2001. 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.
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 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.
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