Professional Debut at Gimnastic de Tarragona
After he officially became a member of the first team of Valencia at the beginning of the 2008/2009 season, he left the club on loan to join Gimnàstic de Tarragona end of July 2008.
He made his professional debut on 30 August 2008 in the 2:3 away defeat against CD Tenerife. Over the whole season, Alba played in 35 league games and started 22 of them. He scored 3 goals for Tarragona. At the end of the season the team was in tenth place in the table.
Breakthrough at Valencia
As soon as he returned at his home club Valencia, he made his competitive debut for Valencia on September 13, 2009, when he replaced David Silva in a 4:2 win over Real Valladolid. Only four days later, Jordi Alba made his debut in the UEFA Europa League 2009/10, when he was substituted in the group stage game against Lille OSC. Alba appeared in nine Europa League games during that season.
The first league games were less successful for him since he was used as left wing most of the time and the star of the team David Silva was playing in this position. Alba had his final breakthrough in March 2010.
He played the full 90 min in the 0:3 defeat against FC Barcelona in the league and scored 1 goal himself and assisted another goal against RCD Mallorca only 2 weeks later. Over the entire season, Jordi Alba played in 15 league games.
Due to major injury problems in the Valencia defense, Alba was used as left defender for the last games of the season, which helped him to be more involved in the game. In the season 2011/12 he had his final breakthrough as a left-back and was a regular starter for Valencia.
Returning to FC Barcelona
During the summer 2012, FC Barcelona signed Alba to replace Eric Abidal. Jordi Alba signed a five-year contract until 30 June 2017 and has appeared in 44 league games since then.
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