Alba Torrens
![]() Torrens, playing for the Spanish senior team in 2021 | |
No. 7 – UMMC Ekaterinburg | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | RBPL |
Personal information | |
Born | Binissalem, Spain | 30 August 1989
Nationality | Spanish |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Career information | |
WNBA draft | 2009 / Round: 3 / Pick: 36th overall |
Selected by the Connecticut Sun | |
Playing career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
2006–2009 | Celta Vigo |
2009–2011 | Perfumerías Avenida |
2011–2014 | Galatasaray |
2014–present | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Alba Torrens Salom (born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of five EuroLeague titles with three clubs and seven medals with the Spanish senior team, she is considered one of the best European players of the 2010s.
Club career[]
Torrens started playing basketball in clubs in her native Balearic Islands before moving in 2003 to , 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.[1][2]
She moved abroad in 2011 to play for Galatasaray S.K., winning one League, three Cups and her second Euroleague in 2014.
At UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2014, she won three EuroLeague Women titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019, as well as one Russian Cup and four Russian Leagues.
EuroLeague statistics[]
Euroleague winner |
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 |
Total | 153 | 24.2 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
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 2017, she had 151 caps with 13 PPG,[3] participating in two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, Rio 2016), two World Championships and five European Championships:[4]
(youth) (MVP)
(youth)
(youth)
(youth)
- 4th 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth)
2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth) (MVP)
- 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
2009 Eurobasket
2010 World Championship
- 9th 2011 Eurobasket
2013 Eurobasket
2014 World Championship
2015 Eurobasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Eurobasket (MVP)[5]
2018 World Championship
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[6]
- EuroLeague Final Four MVP: 2011, 2014[7]
- EuroBasket Women MVP: 2017[8]
- 3x EuroBasket All-Tournament Team: 2013, 2015, 2017
References[]
- ^ Allard, Marc. "Connecticut Sun coach says team needs roster stability". The Bulletin. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ http://www.fiba.com/eurobasketwomen/2017/news/mvp-torrens-leads-all-star-five[bare URL]
- ^ Alba Torrens has been named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year FIBA.com
- ^ Avenida still in the clouds FIBA.com
- ^ MVP Torrens leads All-Star Five FIBA.com
External links[]
- Alba Torrens at FIBA
- Alba Torrens at Eurobasket
- Alba Torrens at Olympics.com
- Alba Torrens at Olympedia
- Alba Torrens at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Alba Torrens Salom at the Comité 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 of 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