In just 12 days, Barcelona has retired with another merit! Alba waved goodbye, a total of 21 championships in 17 years

In the early morning of October 8, on the last day of the National Day holiday, 36-year-old Spanish left-back Alba officially announced on social media that he would not fulfill his contract renewal with Miami International until the end of 2027; and would end his 17-year player career after the season; after Busquets, another Barcelona meritorious man waved goodbye to the green field.

Alba himself came from the Lamacia youth training camp, but was terminated in 2005 due to height reasons, and then joined the Valencia youth training camp and started his career here. After being loaned to Tarragona for one season, Alba began to gain a foothold in the Bats; and after playing for 3 seasons, he left 110 appearances to contribute 6 goals and 8 assists, he returned to the Camp Nou in the summer of 2012 to join Barcelona for the second time.

After returning to Barcelona, ​​Alba immediately replaced Abidal and Adriano as Barcelona's new main left-back; Alba played for 11 seasons in Barcelona; it can be said that he kept his entire peak in his career at Camp Nou. According to statistics, Alba made a total of 459 appearances for Barcelona, ​​contributing 27 goals and 99 assists; of which 3 goals and 17 assists were 3 goals and 17 assists in the 18-19 season; the left link with Messi is also known as the "Brazil link".

Messi's final victory over Real Madrid in the national derby and showing off his jersey was precisely the assist from Alba. At his peak, Alba was also regarded as the top left-back in football; in 11 seasons, Alba and Barcelona won 18 championship trophys including 1 Champions League, 6 La Liga, 5 Cups of Kings, 4 Super Cups of Spain, 1 Super Cup in Europe and 1 Club World Cup. In terms of the national team; in October 2011, Alba made his debut in the Spanish national team. He played for the Spanish national team in a total of 93 appearances, contributing 9 goals and 22 assists; and played in three World Cups and three European Cups as the main player. In the 2012 European Cup final, Spain defeated Italy and successfully defended the European Cup championship. Alba scored a single goal and scored a key goal. This was his most impressive moment in the national team. In addition, Alba also helped Spain win the 22-23 European League championship as the captain; it is worth mentioning that the European League final that year was also the curtain call of Alba's national team. In the summer of 2023, due to annual salary and age issues, Alba left Barcelona again and came to the other side of the ocean to join hands with Messi and Suarez joined Miami International. Alba has made 95 appearances for Miami, scored 14 goals and 28 assists, winning two championship trophys. In the 17 seasons of his career, Alba won a total of 21 championship trophys; Miami International has advanced to the playoffs, which is Alba's chance to compete for his last championship in his career.

12 days ago, Busquets had just announced his retirement after the end of the season. Now Alba has followed his friends to say goodbye to Green Field. After the two players retired, Barcelona's last (14-15 season) Champions League finals were only Messi, Neymar, Suarez and Ter Stegen had not yet retired.