Alba Torrens
![]() Torrens, playing for theSpanish senior teamin 2021 | |
Valencia Basket (women) | |
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Position | Small forward |
Personal information | |
Born | Binissalem,Spain | 30 August 1989
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Career information | |
W NBA draft | 2009:3rd round, 36th overall pick |
Selected by theConnecticut Sun | |
Playing career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
2006–2009 | Celta Vigo |
2009–2011 | Perfumerías Avenida |
2011–2014 | Galatasaray |
2014–2022 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
2022– | Valencia Basket |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Alba Torrens Salom(born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish femalebasketballplayer at thesmall forwardposition. She is currently captain ofValencia Basket.[1]
She previously played forUMMC Ekaterinburg.Winner of sixEuroLeaguetitles with three clubs and eight medals with theSpanish senior team,she is considered one of the best European players of the2010s.After the February2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,she left the Russian teamUMMC Ekaterinburg.[2][3][4]
Club career
[edit]Celta Vigourban, Perfumerias Avenida
[edit]Torrens started playing basketball in clubs in her nativeBalearic Islandsbefore moving in 2003 toSegle XXI,where young talents are developed. She made her debut in theSpanish top-tier leaguewithCelta Vigourbanin the 2007–08 season.Perfumerías Avenidawas her clubs for the next two seasons, winning theSpanish leagueand theEuroleaguein 2011 under coachLucas Mondelo.Despite being picked by theConnecticut Sunin the2009 W NBA draft,she has repeatedly refused to join the W NBA because of the commitment to the national team.[5][6]
Galatasaray
[edit]She left Spain at the age of 22, having already been named the best female basketball player in Europe.[1]She then spent three seasons at Galatasaray, and eight at Yekaterinburg, earning six European champion awards.[1]
She moved abroad in 2011 to play forGalatasaray S.K.,winning oneLeague,threeCupsand her secondEuroleaguein 2014.
She was Euroleague MVP in 2011 and 2014,[7]and Best Player in Europe in 2011 and 2014.[7]
UMMC Ekaterinburg
[edit]Joining the Russian teamUMMC Ekaterinburgin 2014, she won threeEuroLeague Womentitles in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021, as well as two Russian Cup and sevenRussian Leagues.[2]
With a sixth winners' medal in 2021, she equaled the modern-era record for EuroLeague Women titles, drawing even withDiana TaurasiandNatalia Vieru.[8]By May 2022 she had titles from 3 European Super Cups, 1 League and 1 Super Cup in Spain, 1 League, 3 Cups and a Super Cup in Turkey and 7 Leagues and 2 Cups in Russia.[7]In her last season with Ekaterinburg, she averaged "10.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and a PIR of 14.3."[7]After the February2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,she left the team.[2][3][4]
Olympics
[edit]Playing for Spain, by early 2022 she held 8 medals: two gold (Eurobasket 2013 and 2017), two silver (World Cup 2014 and Olympic Games 2016) and four bronze (Eurobasket 2009 and 2015 and World Cup 2010 and 2018).[7]
In 2016, she scored 32 points over China in the Rio Olympics, leading Spain to a 89-68 win.[9]In the Euroleague, she was named Eurobasket MVP in 2017.[7]
In July 2021, in a matchup of Olympic medalists at the Rio Olympics, TSN reported that Torrens had scored 25 points in a win over Serbia, leading the Spanish team.[10]
Valencia Basket
[edit]In the summer of 2022, she signed with Valencia Basket, becoming captain of the Spanish team[1]and a power forward after eleven years abroad. The club announced the hire in May 2022.[7]
EuroLeague statistics
[edit]Euroleaguewinner |
Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
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2009–10 | ![]() |
15 | 24.4 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
2010–11 | ![]() |
16 | 28.0 | 15.8 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
2011–12 | ![]() |
9 | 25.1 | 14.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
2012–13 | ![]() |
12 | 17.7 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
2013–14 | ![]() |
17 | 29.4 | 13.7 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
2014–15 | ![]() |
16 | 23.0 | 9.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
2015–16 | ![]() |
16 | 21.8 | 8.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
2016–17 | ![]() |
18 | 19.5 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
2017–18 | ![]() |
18 | 27.5 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 3.3 |
2018–19 | ![]() |
16 | 25.3 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 3.7 |
2019–20 | ![]() |
5 | 16.7 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
2020–21 | ![]() |
10 | 22.2 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
2021–22 | ![]() |
National team
[edit]Torrens started playing withSpain's youth teams at 14, winning a total of five medals from 2004 to 2009. She made her debut with the senior team in 2008, and went to play with the2008 Summer Olympicswhen she was 18 years old. Up to 2021, she had 183 caps with 13 PPG:[11][12]
2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship(youth) (MVP)
2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship(youth)
2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship(youth)
2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship(youth)
- 4th2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship(youth)
2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship(youth) (MVP)
- 5th2008 Summer Olympics
2009 Eurobasket
2010 World Championship
- 9th2011 Eurobasket
2013 Eurobasket
2014 World Championship
2015 Eurobasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Eurobasket(MVP)[13]
2018 World Championship
- 6th2020 Summer Olympics
2023 Eurobasket
Individual awards and accomplishments
[edit]- FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award:2009
- FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year:2011, 2014[14]
- EuroLeague Final Four MVP:2011,2014[15]
- EuroBasket Women MVP:2017[16]
- 3xEuroBasket All-Tournament Team:2013, 2015, 2017
References
[edit]- ^abcdMorenilla, Juan (November 27, 2022),The war brings Alba Torrens home,El Pais,retrievedMay 18,2023
- ^abcSalvador, Joseph (3 March 2022)."Report: Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley Leave Russian Team, Returning to United States".Sports Illustrated.
- ^ab"Alba Torrens abandona Rússia i torna a Mallorca".dBalears.2 March 2022.
- ^ab"CT Sun's Jonquel Jones Safely Flees Russia After Invasion Of Ukraine".2 March 2022.
- ^Allard, Marc."Connecticut Sun coach says team needs roster stability".The Bulletin.Retrieved1 October2017.
- ^"Alba Torrens, la estrella que renuncia una y otra vez a la W NBA por la selección. Noticias de Baloncesto".El Confidencial(in Spanish).Retrieved1 October2017.
- ^abcdefgAlba Torrens signs for Valencia Basket and returns to Spain eleven years later,ABC, May 16, 2022,retrievedMay 18,2023
- ^Six-time champion Torrens eyeing a record breaking haul of EuroLeague Women titles,FIBA, April 20, 2021,retrievedMay 18,2023
- ^Alba Torrens scores 32 points as Spain routs China 89-68,The Associated Press,August 10, 2016,retrievedMay 18,2023
- ^Torrens helps Spain beat Serbia, remain unbeaten,TSN The Canadian Press, July 29, 2021,retrievedMay 18,2023
- ^"Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto".seleccionfemenina.feb.es.Retrieved4 January2022.
- ^"archive.fiba: Players".archive.fiba.Retrieved1 October2017.
- ^"MVP Torrens leads All-Star Five - FIBA EuroBasket Women 2017 - FIBA.basketball".Archivedfrom the original on September 11, 2017.
- ^Alba Torrens has been named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the YearFIBA
- ^Avenida still in the cloudsFIBA
- ^MVP Torrens leads All-Star FiveFIBA
External links
[edit]- Alba TorrensatFIBA
- Alba TorrensatEurobasket
- Alba TorrensatOlympics
- Alba TorrensatOlympedia
- Alba TorrensatOlympics at Sports-Reference(archived)
- Alba Torrens Salomat theComité Olímpico Español(in Spanish)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Connecticut Sun draft picks
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Spain
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Mallorca
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics