In 1996, Albertz signed for Rangers for £4 million, and he scored a famous free-kick against rivals Celtic in January 1997 to help them on the way to their ninth consecutive Scottish league championship title.

[3] He scored two more important goals against Celtic, both of a similar nature involving individual runs from midfield, in April 1998 as Rangers closed in on another title and the Scottish Cup, but missed out on both trophies.

[6][7] Having had a moderately successful spell in China, Albertz moved back to his homeland in 2004, his re-initiation into the German game coming with Greuther Fürth.

On 11 March 2008, Albertz confirmed he was training with Clyde with a view to a short-term move, to help out their manager and his former Rangers teammate John Brown.

[9] He registered to play on 14 March, [10] and made his debut the following day, scoring a trademark free kick in a 1–1 draw with Stirling Albion.