albano started playing football as early as 2004. in that year she played for a representative side of davao in an open tournament in marikina which gave way for an opportunity to train with the philippines women's national football team for a month. she then debuted for her country at the 2004 aff women's championship in vietnam and also played in the 2007 edition of the tournament which was hosted in myanmar. she played for the national team until 2008 often spending time training in manila. she decided to retire from the national team due to financial issues and being away from her family in davao city. she also served as a playing coach for sakya fc of the maharlika sports development institute organized she futsal league.