The 34-year-old former player of FC Barcelona ends his international career with La Roja.
The Spanish national team announced on Friday, September 1, 2023 that Jordi Alba, currently with Inter Miami, is leaving La Roja and will no longer play internationally.
“Jordi Alba beat me in the League of Nations. We have a very good relationship and he told me with confidence that he didn’t want to continue and concentrate on his club. Of course we had him,” Luis de la Fuente told a press conference . conference.
ANDIn his 12 years as an international, the former left-back of Valencia CF and FC Barcelona, who he left after the 2022-2023 season, has played 92 games, scoring 9 goals for Spain. He represented Red at three World Cups, three European Championships, the London Olympics and a Confederations Cup.
As it happens in Barcelona, the left lane of the Squad is now expected to be the young Alejandro Balde, who has earned an important place both in Can Barça for Xavi Hernández and in Spain for Luis de la Fuente.
That is the statement of the Selection
“Fate had a perfect ending in store for him with the shirt of the national team: until the call of champions, champions. His last image in defense of the shield of Spain, on June 18 in Stadion Feijenoord “De Kuip, is already the history of our football.
Wearing the captain’s armband, Jordi Alba took Spain’s first UEFA Nations League title, the second of his career with any team, and was the perfect epilogue to a storied career with the Spanish national team.
On October 11, 2011, he played his first game for Spain in Alicante. At the age of 22, he established himself in a team that achieved victory after winning a Euro Cup and a World Cup, and quickly became a key player in achieving another success, Euro 2012, in which he was one of four scored goals that served to defeat Italy in the final and take its first title with the national team.
In his 12 years as an international, he has played 92 games, scoring 9 goals. He has represented Spain at three World Cups, three Euro Cups, the London Olympics and a Confederations Cup.
Jordi Alba ends this beautiful international career at the age of 34. From the Royal Spanish Football Federation, eternal gratitude for this wonderful path. Thank you, Jordan.”
Source: Goal