Jordi Alba Biography, Career, Age, Net Worth, Market Value, Salary, Family, Girlfriend, Awards and Many More

Spanish footballer Jordi Alba Ramos currently plays as a left-back for the La Liga club Barcelona FC besides appearing regularly for the Spain national football team. Known for his amazing speed, Alba can also operate as a left winger for his squads. He started his football journey with the youth academy system of Barcelona in 1997, and later moved to Cornellà in 2005. He came into prominence while training at the Academy of Valencia since 2007, and participated in La Liga with the club from 2009 to 2012.

Jordi Alba Biography

He caught the attention of several big football clubs of La Liga during his tenure at Valencia. He joined Barcelona in 2012 and till now, has played more than 150 official matches for the Catalan side as of 2018. Besides his club football, he also made his name in the international circuit through his defensive skills. After playing for the Spanish U-19, U-20, U-21 and U-23 team, he finally made his debut for the Spanish senior squad in 2011. Besides, he also appeared for the Catalonia football team at several friendly matches. Undoubtedly, Jordi Alba is definitely among the best defenders of La Liga now.

Jordi Alba Full Biography and Career

Jordi Alba Youth Career

Alba started his footballing journey with his native club Hospitalense in 1996. The following year, he joined ‘La Masia’ youth academy of Barcelona and started developing his skills. In 2005, Barcelona released him for being deemed too small, and he joined the neighbourhood club Cornellà. He took two years of training at Cornellà and finally joined La Liga side Valencia in 2007. Shortly after his joining, he earned his promotion to the Valencia B team and helped the side to gain promotion from Tercera División in the 2007–08 season. Alba then spent the whole 2008-09 season at the Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona on loan. He came back to Valencia again in 2009.

Jordi Alba Valencia Career

Alba made his La Liga debut for Valencia fist-squad against Real Valladolid on 13^th September 2009. He then made two UEFA Europa League group stage appearances against Lille and Slavia Prague. He scored his first goal for Valencia in a match against Mallorca on 11^th April 2010. Alba made 27 La Liga appearances in the 2010-11 season and helped Valencia to secure the third place in the Spanish league. Played mainly as a left-winger in the previous season, Valencia coach Unai Emery began using him in the left side defensive position in the 2011-12 season.

Jordi Alba Barcelona Career

Alba signed a five-year contract with Barcelona on 28^th June 2012, for a transfer fee of €14 million. Shortly after, he made his debut for the Catalan side against Real Sociedad on 19^th August 2012. He then scored his first goal for the club against Deportivo de La Coruña on 20^th October 2012. Tragically, he also scored an own-goal in that same match. He then scored his first UEFA Champions League goal for Barcelona in a group stage match against Celtic on 23^rd October 2012. With the help of his tremendous defensive skills, Barcelona regained the La Liga title from their arch-rival Real Madrid in the 2012-13 season.

Jordi Alba Full Club Career

Alba signed a five-year contract extension with Barcelona with an improved buy-out clause of €150 million on 2^nd June 2015. Shortly after the signing, his first big-goal came in the UEFA Champions League final against Juventus at Olympiastadion on 6th June 2015. The next year, he helped the club to secure the Copa del Rey title while scoring at the final against Sevilla from a through-pass of one of the greatest footballers of all time Lionel Messi at the Vicente Calderón Stadium on 22^nd May 2016.

Jordi Alba International Career

Alba represented the Spanish U-19 squad at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and also helped the side to win the Mediterranean Games gold medal in 2009. He then represented the U-20 squad at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. He earned his first call-up for the senior squad on 30^th September 2011, to participate in the last two UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against the Czech Republic and Scotland. Alba made his senior debut against Scotland in Alicante on 11^th October 2011. He then represented his nation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

He scored his first grand international goal in the UEFA Euro 2012 final against Italy on 1^st July 2012. Alba represented the Spanish squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil and scored twice in the group stage. The following year, he represented his nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup under the guidance of one of the most successful football managers Vicente del Bosque. He made appearances in all three group stage matches at the tournament.

Jordi Alba Spain national team career

Jordi Alba Personal Life

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, to his parents Miguel Alba and Maria Jose, Jordi Alba is of pure Spanish descent. He grew up playing football with his brother David Alba in the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat neighbourhood of Barcelona. Alba dated his former girlfriend Mellisa Morilas from 2009 to 2011. After their breakup, Alba started dating his now-wife Romarey Ventura. The couple had their first son Piero on 18th January 2018.

Jordi Alba Net Worth

The current net worth of Jordi Alba is estimated to be around €14 Million according to the recent reports of 2018. His market value now stands at €60 Million as of the ongoing football season. He currently gets around €113,516 weekly wage from his current La Liga side Barcelona. Alba earns around €4 Million yearly from his footballing profession. InterStarDeporte now acts as the agent of Jordi Alba.

Jordi Alba Individual Awards

Alba won several domestic and international titles till now with Barcelona. He helped the club to achieve La Liga and Copa del Rey four times each. He achieved the Supercopa de España twice and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2015. With Barcelona, he achieved both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup in 2015. Besides his club’ success, he received several individual awards till now. Some of the most notable awards among them are as follows:

• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
• FIFPro World XI: Second Team [2015], Third Team [2013, 2014 and 2016]
• UEFA Champions League: Team of the Season [2014–15]
• La Liga: Team of the Season [2014–15]