- Sandro Grande
Infobox Football biography
playername = Sandro Grande
fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|9|29
cityofbirth =Montreal
countryofbirth =Canada
currentclub =Montreal Impact
clubnumber = 12
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-03 2001-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
2008-
clubs = Potenza Frosinone Brescia Catanzaro ("loan") Frosinone ("loan") Potenza AlbalongaMontreal Impact Viking FK Molde FK Montreal Impact
caps(goals) = 22 (1) 27 (1) 0 (0) 8 (1) 7 (0) 18 (0) 21 (1) 30 (6) 7 (0) 14 (0) 6 (1)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 (1)
manageryears =
managerclubs =Sandro Grande (born
September 29 1977 inMontreal ) is a professionalsoccer player fromQuebec with caps for the Canadian national team and played currently forMontreal Impact . He has been sidelined for eight months recovering from surgery on both knees and is was formerly without a club.A 5'8
midfielder , Grande became the first Quebec-born footballer to sign with anSerie A club, signing a three-year deal withBrescia Calcio in 2001. Appearing in just one match for the first team, in theIntertoto Cup in July 2001, Grande was loaned toSerie C sideFrosinone Calcio , for whom he had played before in the late 1990s. He has played in Italy withSerie D sides Potenza and Albalonga. Grande returned to Canada in 2004 to play for theMontreal Impact of theUSL First Division , where he played 30 games and was selected to the First All-Star Team for 2004.In July 2005, he moved to
Viking FK , and in March 2006 toMolde FK of theNorwegian Premier League . After his contract with Molde FK expired in 2007, the club chose not to renew it. After fully recovering from surgery on both knees, he is looking to resume his career in Italy.In July 2008, he returned to
Montreal Impact after playing three seasons in Norway.References
* [http://montrealimpact.com/players_detail.asp?joueur_id=63 "MontreaImpact.com" with Grande's profile]
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