Alba Torrens
Torrens, playing for the Spanish senior team in 2021
Valencia Basket (women)
PositionSmall forward
Personal information
Born (1989-08-30) 30 August 1989
Binissalem, Spain
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2009: 3rd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2009Celta Vigo
2009–2011Perfumerías Avenida
2011–2014Galatasaray
2014–2022UMMC Ekaterinburg
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2010 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place2013 France
Gold medal – first place2017 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place2023 Israel/Slovenia
Bronze medal – third place2009 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place2015 Hungary/Romania

Alba Torrens Salom (born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position. She is currently captain of Valencia Basket.[1]

She previously played for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of six EuroLeague titles with three clubs and eight medals with the Spanish senior team, she is considered one of the best European players of the 2010s. After the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg.[2][3][4]

Club career

Celta Vigourban, Perfumerias Avenida

Torrens started playing basketball in clubs in her native Balearic Islands before moving in 2003 to Segle XXI, where young talents are developed. She made her debut in the Spanish top-tier league with Celta Vigourban in the 2007–08 season. Perfumerías Avenida was her clubs for the next two seasons, winning the Spanish league and the Euroleague in 2011 under coach Lucas Mondelo. Despite being picked by the Connecticut Sun in the 2009 WNBA draft, she has repeatedly refused to join the WNBA 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 for Galatasaray S.K., winning one League, three Cups and her second Euroleague in 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 team UMMC Ekaterinburg in 2014, she won three EuroLeague Women titles in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021, as well as two Russian Cup and seven Russian Leagues.[8]

With a sixth winners' medal in 2021, she equaled the modern-era record for EuroLeague Women titles, drawing even with Diana Taurasi and Natalia Vieru.[9] 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 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the team.[8][10][11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

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

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

National team

Torrens started playing with Spain'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 the 2008 Summer Olympics when she was 18 years old. Up to 2021, she had 183 caps with 13 PPG:[14][15]

Individual awards and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Morenilla, Juan (November 27, 2022), The war brings Alba Torrens home, El Pais, retrieved May 18, 2023
  2. ↑ Salvador, Joseph. "Report: Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley Leave Russian Team, Returning to United States". Sports Illustrated.
  3. ↑ "Alba Torrens abandona Rússia i torna a Mallorca". dBalears. 2 March 2022.
  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. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Alba Torrens, la estrella que renuncia una y otra vez a la WNBA por la selección. Noticias de Baloncesto". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Alba Torrens signs for Valencia Basket and returns to Spain eleven years later, ABC, May 16, 2022, retrieved May 18, 2023
  8. 1 2 Salvador, Joseph. "Report: Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley Leave Russian Team, Returning to United States". Sports Illustrated.
  9. ↑ Six-time champion Torrens eyeing a record breaking haul of EuroLeague Women titles, FIBA, April 20, 2021, retrieved May 18, 2023
  10. ↑ "Alba Torrens abandona Rússia i torna a Mallorca". dBalears. 2 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "CT Sun's Jonquel Jones Safely Flees Russia After Invasion Of Ukraine". 2 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Alba Torrens scores 32 points as Spain routs China 89-68, The Associated Press, August 10, 2016, retrieved May 18, 2023
  13. ↑ Torrens helps Spain beat Serbia, remain unbeaten, TSN The Canadian Press, July 29, 2021, retrieved May 18, 2023
  14. ↑ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "MVP Torrens leads All-Star Five - FIBA EuroBasket Women 2017 - FIBA.basketball". Archived from the original on September 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ Alba Torrens has been named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year FIBA.com
  18. ↑ Avenida still in the clouds FIBA.com
  19. ↑ MVP Torrens leads All-Star Five FIBA.com
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