Alba Torrens

Alba Torrens
	Torrens, playing for Galatasaray in 2014
No. 7 – UMMC Ekaterinburg
Position	Small forward
League	RBPL
Personal information
Born	30 August 1989 (age 34); Binissalem, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
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
	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
	5× EuroLeague champion (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019); Europe SuperCup champion (2016); Spanish League champion (2011); Turkish League champion (2014); 4x Russian League champion (2015–2018); 3x Turkish Cup champion (2012, 2013, 2014); Russian Cup champion (2017); 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);
Representing Spain
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroBasket

Template:Spanish name 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 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 three EuroLeague Women titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019, as well as one Russian Cup and four Russian Leagues.

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
Total		153	24.2	10.2	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]