.jpg) Torrens, playing for theSpanish senior team in 2025 | |
| Valencia Basket (women) | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (age 36) Binissalem, Spain |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2009: 3rd round, 36th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Connecticut Sun |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2009 | Celta Vigo |
| 2009–2011 | Perfumerías Avenida |
| 2011–2014 | Galatasaray |
| 2014–2022 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| 2022– | Valencia Basket |
| Career highlights | |
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Alba Torrens Salom (born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish femalebasketball player at thesmall forward position. She is currently captain ofValencia Basket.[1]
She previously played forUMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of sixEuroLeague titles with three clubs and eight medals with theSpanish senior team, she is considered one of the best European players of the2010s. After the February2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the Russian teamUMMC Ekaterinburg.[2][3][4]
Torrens started playing basketball in clubs in her nativeBalearic Islands before moving in 2003 toSegle XXI, where young talents are developed. She made her debut in theSpanish top-tier league withCelta Vigourban in the 2007–08 season.Perfumerías Avenida was her clubs for the next two seasons, winning theSpanish league and theEuroleague in 2011 under coachLucas Mondelo. Despite being picked by theConnecticut Sun in the2009 WNBA draft, she has repeatedly refused to join the WNBA because of the commitment to the national team.[5][6]
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 forGalatasaray S.K., winning oneLeague, threeCups and her secondEuroleague in 2014.
She was Euroleague MVP in 2011 and 2014,[7] and Best Player in Europe in 2011 and 2014.[7]
Joining the Russian teamUMMC Ekaterinburg in 2014, she won threeEuroLeague Women titles in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021, as well as two Russian Cup and sevenRussian Leagues.[2]
With a sixth winners' medal in 2021, she equaled the modern-era record for EuroLeague Women titles, drawing even withDiana Taurasi andNatalia Vieru.[8] 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 February2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the team.[2][3][4]
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.[9] 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.[10]
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 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 |
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Torrens started playing withSpain'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 the2008 Summer Olympics when she was 18 years old. Up to 2021, she had 183 caps with 13 PPG:[11][12]
2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth) (MVP)2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth) (MVP)
2009 Eurobasket
2010 World Championship2013 Eurobasket
2014 World Championship2015 Eurobasket
2016 Summer Olympics2017 Eurobasket (MVP)[13]2018 World Championship
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