Alejandro Balde
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Balde Martínez[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 October 2003||
Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sant Gabriel | |||
2009–2011 | Espanyol | ||
2011–2021 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Barcelona B | 20 | (0) |
2021– | Barcelona | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Spain U17 | 6 | (0) |
2019– | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:04, 18 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2021 |
Alejandro Balde Martínez (born 18 October 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Barcelona B.
Club career[]
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Dominican mother,[3] Balde joined FC Barcelona in 2011 at the age of eight after coming up through ranks at RCD Espanyol.[4] In July 2021, he signed a contract renewal with Barcelona until 2024 with a release clause of 500 million euros.[5]
Balde has impressed during pre-season, summer 2021, and set to start the new campaign as Jordi Alba's primary back-up at Camp Nou.[6] He was sitting on the bench at the opening match against Real Sociedad[7] and also at the second match of the season against Athletic Bilbao.[8]
On 14 September 2021, he played his first official match for Barcelona's first team replacing Alba in the 74th minute of a 3–0 loss to Bayern Munich in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.[9]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 18 December 2021[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona B | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 16 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 4 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Barcelona | 2021–22 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Career total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
References[]
- ^ a b "Alejandro Balde Martínez". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Alejandro Balde". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Alejandro Balde: A great opportunity for the la Masia left back". sport.es. 13 July 2021.
- ^ Rogé, Albert (12 November 2020). "Profile: Electric Alejandro Balde has a lot to offer". sport.
- ^ "Barca tie down Alejandro Balde, their Jordi Alba backup". sport.es. 22 July 2021.
- ^ Soldevila, Adrià (11 August 2021). "Alejandro Balde: Barcelona's 'spectacular' teenage left-back with a €500m release clause". Goal. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Barcelona vs Real Sociedad lineup in LaLiga". fotmob.
- ^ "Athletic Club vs Barcelona lineup in LaLiga". fotmob.
- ^ "Champions League vs Barcelona".
- ^ Alejandro Balde at Soccerway
External links[]
- Alejandro Balde at BDFutbol
- FC Barcelona official profile
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Barcelona
- Spanish footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spanish sportspeople of African descent
- Spanish people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- European sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Spanish people of Dominican Republic descent
- European sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Primera División RFEF players
- Segunda División B players
- FC Barcelona B players
- FC Barcelona players
- Spanish football defender stubs