Juan Ángel Albín Leites (born 17 July 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger.
[1] Albín featured sparingly in his first season (13 La Liga games),[1] but became first choice the following campaign as the Madrid outskirts team reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup[2] and a mid-table league position.
After a coaching change brought Míchel to the bench, however, he began appearing less regularly;[3] on 29 November 2008, in a rare start, he scored in a 3–1 home win over Real Madrid.
On 6 September 2013, Albín signed a one-year contract with FC Petrolul Ploiești in Romania, rejoining his former Getafe teammate Cosmin Contra who was now a manager.
Albín scored against GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the second leg of the Europa League play-off round, on 28 August 2014; however, his side lost 5–2 on aggregate and failed to progress to the group stage.
[20] In March 2009, he was called to the full side by Óscar Tabárez ahead of a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Paraguay,[21] but remained unused in the 2–0 victory and never won a cap.