Albert Virgili Fort (born 12 February 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Virgili emerged through Gimnàstic de Tarragona's youth ranks. He was promoted to the first team for 2001–02, but did not make any Segunda División appearances for the club – the season also ended in relegation – going on to resume his career in the lower leagues. In 2006, he returned to his native region and joined CF Pobla de Mafumet, Nàstic's farm team.
Virgili moved abroad in 2009, signing with Kitchee SC in Hong Kong.L'ex del CF Reus i La Pobla de Mafumet Albert Virgili s'estrena amb la samarreta del Kitchee SC (Ex-Reus and Pobla de Mafumet's Albert Virgili makes debut with Kitchee SC shirt); Reus Digital, 18 August 2009 (in Catalan) In the following transfer window, however, he rejoined Pobla;Albert Virgili, de la Pobla, torna de Hong Kong (Albert Virgili, from Pobla, returns from Hong Kong) ; Notícies TGN, 4 January 2010 (in Catalan) during his spell with the latter, he consistently ranked as team top scorer.
In March 2011, Virgili signed a contract with Gimnàstic, being an emergency replacement to severely injured Borja Viguera.El momento de Virgili (Virgili's time) ; Diari de Tarragona, 16 March 2011 (in Catalan) His first match for the side occurred on 2 April, coming from the bench for Berry Powel in a 1–1 home draw against CD Tenerife;El Tenerife cosecha un punto pero no cambia su situación (Tenerife harvest one point but do not improve situation); Marca, 2 April 2011 (in Spanish) he scored his first second level goal on 15 May, netting the last in a 3–1 home win over Real Betis.El Nástic aplazó el alirón matemático del Betis... pero sólo unas horas (Nàstic postponed Betis' mathematical celebration... but only for a few hours); Marca, 15 May 2011 (in Spanish)
At the end of the campaign, Virgili was released and signed with neighbouring UE Llagostera in Segunda División B.Albert Virgili marxa al Llagostera i Tuni renova (Albert Virgili goes to Llagostera and Tuni renews) ; La Jornada, 6 July 2011 (in Catalan) On 15 July 2012, he returned to his previous team, freshly relegated from division two.Albert Virgili torna al Nàstic (Albert Virgili returns to Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 15 July 2012 (in Catalan)
On 26 June 2013, after scoring just twice in 486 minutes of play during the third division season, Virgili was released by Gimnàstic.Virgili, Perico i Bueno tampoc seguiran al Nàstic (Virgili, Perico and Bueno will also not continue with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 26 June 2013 (in Catalan) On 15 July, he signed with FC Ascó; L'Ebre Digital, 15 July 2013 (in Catalan) and, after just one season, the 30-year-old was appointed football coordinator at another former club Pobla de Mafumet,Albert Virgili e Iván López coordinarán el fútbol base del CF Pobla (Albert Virgili and Iván López will coordinate CF Pobla's youth football); Diari de Tarragona, 7 July 2014 (in Spanish) but continued to play as a senior for Ascó.
In July 2016, Virgili left Ascó and signed for CD Tortosa in the regional leagues, helping the club in their promotion to Primera Catalana in his first season. He moved to Andorran side Inter Club d'Escaldes in February 2018, subsequently retiring with the club in the end of the season at the age of 35.
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