If he plays against Espanyol in the derby, the winger will reach another round figure as a Barça player
The third captain of Barça has won 71% of the games he has played in the regular season
Jordi Alba continues to reach records with Barça. On Saturday he will sign another round figure if he has minutes against Espanyol. It will be, neither more nor less, than his party number 300 as a blaugrana in the League. If a derby is always special for each of its protagonists, for the one in L’Hospitalet it will be even more so.
And it is that Jordi Alba is celebrating his eleventh season at the club of his life, of which he has been a staunch supporter since he was a child and in which he was trained as a footballer and also as a person. The same that has happened to other Catalans, he had to leave to return through the front door. The man from L’Hospitalet went through Cornellà, Valencia and Nàstic and on August 19, 2012 he fulfilled his dream of playing his first league game with FCBarcelona. It was at the Camp Nou against Real Sociedad. He started as a starter with Tito Vilanova in the 5-1 win.
debut day
Ten years, four months and eleven days have passed, and Jordi Alba is still at the foot of the canyon. La Liga is one of his fetish competitions, he has won it five times. The first, his debut season, the last, 2018-2019 under Ernesto Valverde, one of the nine coaches he has had at Barça.
The Catalan has played the most games with (84) has been with Luis Enrique, that kept him confident as the Spanish coach during the World Cup in Qatar, where Jordi, despite the premature elimination of La Roja, came out stronger.
These 299 league games have gone a long way. And the majority, with the sweet taste of victory, specifically 213, 71 percent. Of the 897 points that have been put at stake with Jordi Alba participating in the matches, Barça has emerged triumphant in 691. It is, therefore, a born winner and without a doubt, one of his great objectives is to raise the League this season. At the moment, she is well on track and already plays a joy.
His speciality
If any aspect of his game defines him, it is his ability to assist his teammates. Add 63 goal passes in the 299 league games. The one who took advantage of his speed on the flank the most and formed a great partnership was Leo Messi, but also Luis Suárez and Griezmann in the recent past, or Ferran Torres, Ansu and Lewandowski, to whom he gave his first assist in the 3-0 win against Villarreal . There will surely be many more to come.
But during these eleven seasons, Jordi Alba has not limited himself to giving goals, he has also scored, 15 in total in the Leaguewhich is not bad for a side.
The first, the season of its debut, 2012-2013, in a spectacular match at the Riazor that ended 4-5 for the Catalans. He opened the scoring after 3 minutes with a left-footed shot after receiving from Cesc Fábregas.
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Three hundred are the matches that he will meet in the derby if he has minutes. Xavi has options on the left side, also with Balde and Marcos Alonsobut Jordi aims to start after his good World Cup and having already reversed his situation in the last games with Barça before the break.
There will be 300 in the League and if we add all the competitions, he will meet the 442nd as a Barça player against the Blanquizules. A few months ago, in April, Jordi Alba entered the historical top-ten of Barça footballers after beating Andoni Zubizarreta and is now nine behind Rexach to move up to ninth.
He is also the third captain of the squad and his identification with Barça is total.