Corey Albano (born July 28, 1975) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player.
Albano grew up in Toms River, New Jersey played high school basketball at Toms River High School South, graduating in 1993. 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 20âÂÂ9 they earned a 13 seed. During that 95âÂÂ96 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.
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, Panathinaikos and Olympias Patras in Greece and Saint-Quentin in France.
While playing with Panathinaikos he won the 2001âÂÂ02 Euroleague championship.