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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 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.[1][2][3]

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 (age 32)
Binissalem, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2009 / Round: 3 / Pick: 36th overall
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
  • 6× EuroLeague champion (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
  • Europe SuperCup champion (2016)
  • Spanish League champion (2011)
  • Turkish League champion (2014)
  • 7x Russian League champion (2015–2021)
  • 3x Turkish Cup champion (2012–2014)
  • 2x Russian Cup champion (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)
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2014 Turkey
2010 Czech Republic
2018 Spain
EuroBasket
2013 France
2017 Czech Republic
2009 Latvia
2015 Hungary/Romania

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.[4][5]

She moved abroad in 2011 to play for Galatasaray S.K., winning one League, three Cups and her second Euroleague in 2014.

At Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2014, she won three EuroLeague Women titles in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021, as well as two Russian Cup and seven Russian Leagues. After the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the team.[6][7][8]


EuroLeague statistics


Euroleague winner
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 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:[9][10]


Individual Awards and accomplishments



References





На других языках


- [en] Alba Torrens

[it] Alba Torrens

Alba Torrens Salom (Palma di Maiorca, 30 agosto 1989) è una cestista spagnola.

[ru] Торренс, Альба

Альба Торренс (исп. Alba Torrens; родилась 30 августа 1989 (1989-08-30), Бинисалем, Райгер, Балеарские острова, Испания) — испанская баскетболистка, выступающая в амплуа атакующего защитника. Участник Олимпийских игр, серебряный и бронзовый призёр чемпионатов мира, чемпионка Европы, трёхкратный победитель Евролиги ФИБА. Игрок года ФИБА Европа (2011) и молодой игрок года ФИБА Европа (2009).



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