Career
Between 1996 and 1998 he played three international games for the German national football team As both a youth player and apprentice he played for PSV Mönchengladbach and Borussia Mönchengladbach. His first professional contract was signed in 1990 for Fortuna Düsseldorf, where he earned himself the nickname The Hammer for his powerful long range shots.
When the team from the Rhineland were relegated to the second tier of the Bundesliga, Albertz moved to Hamburger SV where he soon became the public hero of the team
Two seasons later he became the club captain. In 1996, Albertz signed for Scottish Premier League club for £4m, and he helped them to their ninth championship title in a row and scored a famous free-kick against rivals Celtic in January 1997.
Albertz became a huge favourite with the fans. However, after the departure of manager Walter Smith in June 1998, he was frequently left out of the starting line-up by the incoming Dick Advocaat.
Unfortunately in 2013 the Chinese Football Association would revoke the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be bias to Shenhua in games that season.
Having had a moderately successful spell in China, Albertz moved back to Germany in 2004, his re-initiation into the German game coming with Greuther Fürth. On the receiving end of many injuries, he switched to Fortuna Düsseldorf once again, where he retired at the end of the 2006-2007 season. On 11 March 2008, Albertz confirmed he was training with Clyde with a view to a short-term move, to help out Clyde manager and former team-mate John Brown.
Albertz signed for Clyde on 14 March 2008.
He made his debut the following day, scoring a trademark free kick in a 1–1 draw with Stirling Albion. He scored Clyde"s winning goal with another free kick in an important 2–1 victory over Street Johnstone on 25 March, to lift Clyde out of the relegation play-off zone.
After helping Clyde stay in the Scottish First Division via the playoffs, Albertz went into retirement once again, after making eight appearances for the club, scoring twice. In 2008, Albertz played for a select 11 to play Northern Irish side Linfield for the testimonial of Linfield star William Murphy.