| Alberto Baldé | |
| Fullname: | Alberto Baldé Almánzar |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Height: | 1.78m |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Portadown |
| Youthyears2: | 2017-2022 |
| Youthclubs2: | Middlesbrough |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Portadown |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Pickering Town (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Portadown |
| Caps4: | 29 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Loughgall |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Northern Ireland U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Northern Ireland U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 4 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam3: | Dominican Republic |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 June 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 09:34, 1 July 2022 (UTC) |
Alberto Baldé Almánzar (born 21 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for NIFL Premiership side Loughgall. Born in Spain and raised in Northern Ireland, he plays for the Dominican Republic national team.
Baldé was born in Madrid, Spain to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Afro-Dominican mother. He moved to Northern Ireland with his mother at a young age.[1]
Baldé joined the youth academy of the Northern Ireland club Portadown at the age of 12 when he knew no English, and gained national attention as the focus of a Google advertisement highlighting how his coaches used Google Translate to communicate with him.[2] At 15, he became their youngest ever goalscorer in a 2–1 NIFL Championship win over Knockbreda.[3] He joined Middlesbrough's reserves in 2018.[4] He briefly joined non-league club Pickering Town on loan in November 2021.[5] He was released by Middlesbrough when his contract ended in June 2022,[1] and rejoined Portadown.
Baldé is a youth international for the Northern Ireland U15s and Northern Ireland U16s in 2017.[6] [7] He was called up to the Dominican Republic national team for matches in June 2022.[8] He debuted with the Dominican Republic in a 3–2 CONCACAF Nations League loss to French Guiana on 5 June 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.[9]