Alba Torrens

Alba Torrens
	Torrens, playing for theSpanish senior teamin 2021
Valencia Basket (women)
Position	Small forward
Personal information
Born	30 August 1989(age 35); Binissalem,Spain
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
	6×EuroLeaguechampion (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021); Europe SuperCupchampion (2016); 2xTriple Crown(2014, 2019); Spanish Leaguechampion (2011); Turkish Leaguechampion (2014); 7xRussian Leaguechampion (2015–2021); 3xTurkish Cupchampion (2012–2014); 2xRussian Cupchampion (2017,2019); FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award(2009); 2×EuroLeague Finals MVP(2011, 2014); 2×FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year(2011, 2014);
	Statsat Basketball Reference
RepresentingSpain
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroBasket

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

Celta Vigourban, Perfumerias Avenida

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

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

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

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

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

	Euroleaguewinner

Season	Team	GP	MPP	PPP	RPP	APP
2009–10	Halcón Avenida	15	24.4	7.5	3.4	2.4
2010–11	Halcón Avenida	16	28.0	15.8	4.2	2.3
2011–12	Galatasaray S.K.	9	25.1	14.7	2.8	2.3
2012–13	Galatasaray S.K.	12	17.7	6.4	2.0	1.1
2013–14	Galatasaray S.K.	17	29.4	13.7	3.8	2.8
2014–15	UMMC Ekaterinburg	16	23.0	9.7	3.6	3.1
2015–16	UMMC Ekaterinburg	16	21.8	8.4	3.6	2.5
2016–17	UMMC Ekaterinburg	18	19.5	8.3	2.6	2.9
2017–18	UMMC Ekaterinburg	18	27.5	9.4	7.0	3.3
2018–19	UMMC Ekaterinburg	16	25.3	9.6	5.7	3.7
2019–20	UMMC Ekaterinburg	5	16.7	6.2	2.2	3.2
2020–21	UMMC Ekaterinburg	10	22.2	9.9	4.1	4.1
2021–22	UMMC Ekaterinburg

National team

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

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

^^a ^b ^c ^dMorenilla, Juan (27 November 2022),The war brings Alba Torrens home,El Pais,retrieved18 May2023
^^a ^b ^cSalvador, Joseph (3 March 2022)."Report: Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley Leave Russian Team, Returning to United States".Sports Illustrated.
^^a ^b"Alba Torrens abandona Rússia i torna a Mallorca".dBalears.2 March 2022.
^^a ^b"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.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^gAlba Torrens signs for Valencia Basket and returns to Spain eleven years later,ABC, 16 May 2022,retrieved18 May2023
^Six-time champion Torrens eyeing a record breaking haul of EuroLeague Women titles,FIBA, 20 April 2021,retrieved18 May2023
^Alba Torrens scores 32 points as Spain routs China 89-68,The Associated Press,10 August 2016,retrieved18 May2023
^Torrens helps Spain beat Serbia, remain unbeaten,TSN The Canadian Press, 29 July 2021,retrieved18 May2023
^"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 11 September 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

Alba TorrensatFIBA(also atFIBA Archive)
Alba TorrensatEurobasket
Alba TorrensatFEB(in Spanish)
Alba TorrensatOlympedia
Alba TorrensatOlympics
Alba Torrensat theParis 2024 Summer Olympics
Alba Torrens – COE – Paris 2024(in Spanish)
Alba Torrens Salomat theComité Olímpico Español(in Spanish)

[1:3:elapis:2022-1] Morenilla, Juan (27 November 2022),The war brings Alba Torrens home,El Pais,retrieved18 May2023

[1:7:si:2022-2] Salvador, Joseph (3 March 2022)."Report: Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley Leave Russian Team, Returning to United States".Sports Illustrated.

[dbalears.cat-3] "Alba Torrens abandona Rússia i torna a Mallorca".dBalears.2 March 2022.

[nesn.com-4] "CT Sun's Jonquel Jones Safely Flees Russia After Invasion Of Ukraine".2 March 2022.

[5] Allard, Marc."Connecticut Sun coach says team needs roster stability".The Bulletin.Retrieved1 October2017.

[6] "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.

[1:4:abc:2022-7] ^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^gAlba Torrens signs for Valencia Basket and returns to Spain eleven years later,ABC, 16 May 2022,retrieved18 May2023

[1:2:fiba:2021-8] Six-time champion Torrens eyeing a record breaking haul of EuroLeague Women titles,FIBA, 20 April 2021,retrieved18 May2023

[1:5:ap:2016-9] Alba Torrens scores 32 points as Spain routs China 89-68,The Associated Press,10 August 2016,retrieved18 May2023

[1:1:tsn:2021-10] Torrens helps Spain beat Serbia, remain unbeaten,TSN The Canadian Press, 29 July 2021,retrieved18 May2023

[11] "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto".seleccionfemenina.feb.es.Retrieved4 January2022.

[12] "archive.fiba: Players".archive.fiba.Retrieved1 October2017.

[13] "MVP Torrens leads All-Star Five - FIBA EuroBasket Women 2017 - FIBA.basketball".Archivedfrom the original on 11 September 2017.

[14] Alba Torrens has been named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the YearFIBA

[15] Avenida still in the cloudsFIBA

[16] MVP Torrens leads All-Star FiveFIBA

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