Alejandro Balde – Spanish Defender Skills

Alejandro Balde – Spanish Defender Skills

Alejandro Balde Martínez (born 18 October 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Barcelona Atlètic.

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Dominican mother, Balde joined FC Barcelona in 2011 at the age of eight after coming up through ranks at RCD Espanyol. In July 2021, he signed a contract renewal with Barcelona until 2024 with a release clause of 500 million euros.

Balde has impressed during pre-season, summer 2021, and set to start the new campaign as Jordi Alba’s primary back-up at Camp Nou. He was sitting on the bench at the opening match against Real Sociedad and also at the second match of the season against Athletic Bilbao.

On 14 September 2021, he played his first official match for Barcelona’s first team replacing Alba in the 74th minute of a 3–0 loss to Bayern Munich in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

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