Overview
- Alba announced on Instagram Tuesday that he will end his professional career after the 2025 MLS season.
- He will see out the campaign with Inter Miami, and multiple reports say he rescinded a May 2025 deal that would have kept him under contract through 2027.
- Since arriving in 2023, he helped Inter Miami win the inaugural Leagues Cup and the 2024 Supporters' Shield and logged 10 goals and 27 assists in 63 MLS regular-season matches.
- Before Miami, the left back spent 11 seasons at Barcelona, where he won six LaLiga titles and a Champions League.
- A longtime Spain international, he lifted Euro 2012 and the 2023 Nations League, and his decision comes weeks after teammate Sergio Busquets also announced plans to retire.