Jordi Alba
Jordi Alba ( 2012)
Jordi Alba Ramos i [ ʒɔɾði aɫbə ] ( born March 21, 1989 in L' Hospitalet de Llobregat ) is a Spanish football player at the position of left-back. Since 2012, he plays for FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga, the top division of the country.
- 2.1 club
- 2.2 national team
- 2.3 Awards
Career
Karriebeginn
His active career as a football player began born in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia Alba youngsters is the Spanish top club FC Barcelona. After years in the local youth of the left-sided player joined in 2005 in the youth section of the gambling in the Viertklassigkeit UE Cornella. In the offspring of unterklassig gambling clubs it kept the talented young players but not long after one season at UE Cornella he came for an education allowance of 6000 euros in the youth department of FC Valencia. There he played in the 2007/ 08 season in the youth team and also to the B- team of the club División parallel with gaming operations in the Tercera, the fourth highest football league of Spain. With the team he rose at end of the season after recovering from play-offs on in the Segunda División B third-rate.
Professional debut at Gimnàstic de Tarragona
After he was admitted for the 2008/ 09 Liga for the first time in the first team in La Liga, he was almost at the same time in the second Spanish Liga, Segunda División, the awarded. There he received Gimnàstic de Tarragona end of July 2008 a loan agreement with a term for the entire season 2008/09. He was 30 August 2008 his professional debut when he came in the 2:3 away defeat against CD Tenerife in injury time for Alejandro Fernández Castro on the lawn. Already on his third deployment, a 1-1 home draw against FC Alicante, he was 20 September 2008 already from the start and over the full duration in use. His first professional matches he scored on his twelfth championship use when he 's 2-1 away win over the later finishers Deportivo Xerez in the 58th minute scored the game-winning ducks a 2-1 final score on December 21, 2008.
After the early exit in the Copa del Rey 2008/ 09 Alba came over the whole season on 35 league operations, in which he played in 22 games from the start and came to a total of three goals for his team. At the end of the season the team was ranked passable tenth place in the table, with Alba with a total of ten yellow cards was one of the most carded players in the team. After the successful apprenticeship at the Spanish second division Alba returned at end of season back to his original club back and was then to create on the best way to produce one professional team.
Breakthrough at Valencia
As soon as he arrived at his home club, he gave over the pre-season before the season 2009/10 his team debut when he came on 22 July 2009 in a 4-1 away win over ADO Den Haag used. Already during the preparatory acted Alba often very offensive and score goals and also against international top clubs. His competitive debut for Valencia gave the young Spaniard finally on September 13, 2009, when he over Real Valladolid from the 79 minutes, replaced the international David Silva in a 4-2 away win. Only four days later, Alba made his debut in the UEFA Europa League 2009/10, when he came in the group stage in a 1-1 away draw against Lille OSC from the outset to use and in the course of the game for the aspiring striker talent Juan Mata the lawn came. As group winners managed the team without any major problems in the Round of and launch from there to march through to the quarter- finals, where the team finally the subsequent UEFA Cup winners Atletico Madrid on the away goals rule was defeated by a total score of 2:2. Alba came here in nine Europa League games for use and was about even with two quarter-finals in use.
In the official league events it ran for Alba, which is mainly used on the left wing, initially less well. After two operations at the turn of the midfielder mid-March 2010 celebrated the breakthrough within the league. He was first employed in the 0-3 defeat against Barcelona in the league over the full duration. On 11 April 2010 he was with the two goals of his team, the away almost with 2:3 lost to RCD Mallorca, heavily involved: The first goal he scored himself, the second goal, which led to the 2:3 final score, he prepared for Pablo Hernández Domínguez before. Over the entire season, it brought Alba on 15 league bets. Due to an injury-related loss of much of the Valencia defender came Alba this season more often on the position of the left full-back used. In the season 2011/12 he made the final breakthrough as a left-back first-team regular.
Returning to FC Barcelona
During the summer 2012, the FC Barcelona obliged the left-back. Alba signed for the Catalans a five-year contract until 30 June 2017.
National
For the Spanish national youth selections Alba was first used for the U-19 national team for use, for which he came to a total of six caps for use, scoring a hit. His tournament debut was on 22 May 2008 in the elite round of qualifying for the U-19 Championship 2008, where he ran aground in the game against the age colleague from the Ukraine; while the Spaniards won clearly 3-1. In the course of the later European Alba stood as a regular player in the squad of the U-19 national team of his native land and came up in a game against the German U-19 Juniors to use, in which he in the 1-2 defeat of the Spaniards the only Hits his team scored. As a group of third parties, the Spaniards left pending in the preliminary round of the current competition. At the end of the tournament the Germans for the first time in its history, U-19 European Championship.
In the same year the 1.65 m wide Spaniards were also be U-20 national team debut, where he was initially used only in friendlies, but was even appointed to the Spanish squad during the year by the Spanish U-20 coach Luis Milla, who took part in the Junior world Cup in 2009 in Egypt. This Alba came in the preliminary round in Group B to two inserts in the three games of Spain in the first round. He was the 8-0 drubbing over the surprise participants, the U-20 national team of Tahiti, a 73 -minute deployment, and was in a 2-0 win over Nigeria's U -20 one more time on full playing time in use. In the final Alba came in the 1-3 defeat against the Italian Age colleagues for a further half -time lasting use. He also participated with the U-20 National Team at the football tournament of the Mediterranean Games in 2009. In the years 2008-2009 Alba participated in nine appearances for Spain's U-20 national team.
In addition, Alba debuted in 2009 in the Spanish U- 21 team and came up with the team, among other things in a game of qualifying for the U-21 Championship 2011 against Netherlands's U -21 are used.
On October 11, 2011 Jordi Alba in Alicante was in a European Championship qualifier against Scotland in his debut in the Spanish national team. Alba took as starting players participated in the 2012 European Football Championship and was in every game in the starting eleven. National coach Vicente del Bosque made him play in his Vierabwehrkett as left -back alongside Sergio Ramos (right defender ). On July 1, 2012 Alba became European Champion with the Spanish team. In the final against the Italian team, he scored his first international goal.
Achievements
Association
- Spanish Cup: 2013
- Promotion to the Segunda División B: 2007 /08 Valencia B
National
- European Championship: 2012
- Confederations Cup: Finalist 2013
Awards
- All- star team of Euro 2012