Alba Torrens

Alba Torrens
Torrens, playing for Galatasaray in 2014
No. 7 – UMMC Ekaterinburg
Position Small forward
League ŽSA
Personal information
Born (1989-08-30) August 30, 1989
Binissalem, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
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
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2014 Turkey
2010 Czech Republic
2018 Spain
EuroBasket
2013 France
2017 Czech Republic
2009 Latvia
2015 Hungary/Romania

Alba Torrens Salom (born August 30, 1989) is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of four 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 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.[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 two Euroleague titles in 2016 and 2018, as well as one Russian Cup and four Russian Leagues.

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
Total 125 24.6 10.6 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]

Individual Awards and accomplishments

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Allard, Marc. "Connecticut Sun coach says team needs roster stability". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Alba Torrens, la estrella que renuncia una y otra vez a la WNBA por la selección. Noticias de Baloncesto". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  4. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  5. ↑ http://www.fiba.com/eurobasketwomen/2017/news/mvp-torrens-leads-all-star-five
  6. ↑ Alba Torrens has been named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year FIBA.com
  7. ↑ Avenida still in the clouds FIBA.com
  8. ↑ MVP Torrens leads All-Star Five FIBA.com
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