Corey Albano

Corey Albano (born July 28, 1975) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player.

Corey Albano

Personal information
Born	(1975-07-28) July 28, 1975 (age 50) New York City, New York
Nationality	American / Italian
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Toms River (Toms River, New Jersey)
College	Monmouth (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997: undrafted
Playing career	1997–2010
Position	Power forward
Career history
1997–1999	Ginásio C.F.
1999–2001	Scaligera Verona
2001–2002	Panathinaikos
2002–2003	Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2003–2005	S.S. Basket Napoli
2005–2006	Pallacanestro Varese
2006–2007	Olympias Patras
2007–2008	Gruppo Triboldi Basket
2009	Saint-Quentin
2009–2010	Toms River Shooters
Career highlights
EuroLeague champion (2002) 1x Portuguese All-Star (1999)

College career

Albano grew up in Toms River, New Jersey played high school basketball at Toms River High School South, graduating in 1993.^[1] After high school, he played college basketball at the Monmouth University, where he was a member of the Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team, from 1993 until 1997. In 1996, as a Junior, Albano led the Monmouth Hawks to the school's first ever division 1 NCAA tournament appearance, where after going 20–9 they earned a 13 seed. During that 95–96 season, Albano was the team's leading scorer, averaging 17.2 points per game. The team has been back to the tournament 4 times since Albano led the Hawks there his Junior year.^[2][3]

Professional career

Albano played for Ginásio C.F. in Portugal, Scaligera Verona, Victoria Libertas Pesaro, S.S. Basket Napoli, Pallacanestro Varese and Gruppo Triboldi Basket in Italy,^[4][5] Panathinaikos and Olympias Patras in Greece and Saint-Quentin in France.^[6]

While playing with Panathinaikos he won the 2001–02 Euroleague championship.