Jordi Alba: biography of the football player

Jordi Alba is a Spanish football player who acts as a left-back. Now playing for the Catalan "Barcelona". As part of the national team of Spain has achieved significant success and won Euro 2012. In addition, he became the first defender, who managed to score in the finals of the European Championships. It is known about Alba Jordi quite a bit, and especially about personal life. A talented player carefully avoids meeting with cameras and reporters. The fans are known as a humble, cheerful guy, completely laid out on the field. His hard work and earned the respect of fans.

Biography

Alba Jordi was born on March 21, 1989 in the Catalan town of Hospitalet de Llobregat. He started soccer at the Barcelona school, but became a graduate of the Valencia Academy. In the period from 2005 to 2007 he trained in the canter "Cornelia".

"Gymnastics"

In 2007, the young Alba Jordi began to be involved in the "bats" irregularly. Footballer competed in his position with other good players, so he could not gain a foothold in the basis. The second half of the 2008/2009 season he spent in the "Gymnastics", speaking in Segunda. Here he got the opportunity to play, and became indispensable for the club, but could not enter the prestigious division. At the end of the lease, he returned to the camp of Valencia.

"Valencia"

Here Jordi Alba got number 28 and already in the beginning of September 2009 appeared on the field. The defender quickly learned and grew up as a football player. Gradually, he became the main player. In April 2010, for the first time distinguished himself for "bats". Season "Valencia" managed to finish in third place. The player started to take interest in other clubs. In the "Valencia" Jordi Alba held 73 matches and scored 5 goals.

"Barcelona"

In 2012, the media reported that Alba left the "Valencia" and joined the "Barcelona". The cost of the transfer cost the Catalan club at 14 million euros. Already in August he held his first match in the T-shirt of the new team, getting number 18. Played "Barcelona" against "Manchester United" and confidently won, scoring 2 goals.

A few days later he already made his debut in official meetings. In the match of the championship of Spain against Real Sociedad, he spent both halves on the field and helped the team to win a major victory. In the next game, Jordi Alba marked a scoring for Messi. In October, he himself scored a goal in the national championship, by the way, in the same mast against "Deportivo" he "scored" and into his own net.

In March 2013 he scored in the match with "Milan". Teams met in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. Jordi Alba, having overcome the whole field, distinguished himself with a beautiful ball.

The debut season for the "blue-garnet" brought Alba gold medals of the national championship. "Barcelona", by the way, scored that season 100 record points.

In the summer of 2015, he signed a new contract with the Catalans, calculated until 2020.

Career in the national team

For games in the Spanish team began to be involved since 2006. In the compositions of different ages he spent eighteen matches.

Invitations to the main team arrived in September 2011, and already in October Jordi Alba made his debut in the match against "Ireland". Together with the team went to the European Championship in 2012 , where he scored in the finals to the Italians, becoming the first defender, "distinguished" in the final of the tournament. He was part of the symbolic team and won the "Player-Opening" prize.

Together with the "Red Furia" he participated in other major tournaments, including Euro-2016 in France.

Personal life

Jordi Alba is not just one of the fastest defenders on the planet. He is also a handsome, maddening female sex. Often in the Spanish newspapers appear headlines "Jordi Alba and his girlfriend." For a long time he met with Melissa Morales - a simple, non-mediocre personality. It's no wonder that he did it all with her, because he himself is devoid of "star sickness" and is simple in communication. Despite the fact that Morales is not a fashion model, her appearance is bright and memorable. Often, Alba appeared with her at various events, but no one knew about her life. And then in the newspapers there was information that the couple broke up.

Soon enough, Jordi had a new girlfriend. She became an actress Hiba Abuk. The news was picked up by all Spanish media. A lot of time the football player spent with her, which he could not hide from the cameras.

Now he meets with the girl Romari, but nothing is known about her. The defender prefers to talk about football and trophies, and not about personal life. Perhaps he thus tries to protect his beloved from gossip.