Alejandro balde

Barcelona have confirmed that Alejandro Balde will be out for 6-7 weeks with an ankle injury sustained against Real Mallorca. Balde had to be carried off the pitch on Sunday at the Camp Nou after being on the end of a horror challenge from Amath Ndiaye that saw the Real Mallorca winger shown a straight red card. Balde looked in agony as he received treatment on his ankle and eventually had to be carried off by the medical team and Jules Kounde. Barcelona have now offered an update and confirmed the severity of the injury. MEDICAL NEWS | Alejandro Balde has a partial tear of the lateral collateral ligament of the right ankle. He will be out approximately between 6 and 7 weeks. Balde was replaced by Sergi Roberto, with Barcelona leading 1-0 thanks to Ansu Fati’s early strike in what is the team’s final home game of the season. Fati then added a second midway through the first half. Barcelona finish off their season next weekend against Celta Vigo at Balaidos and will then head straight to Japan for a friendly against Andres Iniesta’s Vissel Kobe.

Current team Number 28 Youth career 2007–2009 2009–2011 2011–2021 Senior career* Years Team Apps ( Gls) 2020–2022 29 (0) 2021– 38 (1) International career ‡ 2019 6 (0) 2019–2020 9 (0) 2019 3 (0) 2021 5 (0) 2022 2 (0) 2022– 5 (0) *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 28 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2023 Career statistics Club As of match played 28 May 2023 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 15 0 — — 1 0 16 0 14 0 — — 0 0 14 0 Total 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 La Liga 33 1 4 0 6 0 1 0 44 1 Total 38 1 4 0 8 0 1 0 51 1 Career total 67 1 4 0 8 0 2 0 81 1 • ^ a b . Retrieved 14 August 2021. • www.fcbarcelona.com . Retrieved 26 September 2021. • sport.es. 13 July 2021. • Rogé, Albert (12 November 2020). sport. • Soldevila, Adrià (11 August 2021). Goal. Archived from • sport.es. 22 July 2021. • fotmob. • fotmob. • • sport.es. 17 September 2022. • Marsden, Sam; Llorens, Moises (18 November 2022). . Retrieved 18 November 2022. • • EU-Football.info . Retrieved 27 November 2022. • FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023. • BBC Sport. 15 January 2023. • . Retrieved 21 May 2023.

Alejandro Balde Martínez tiene solo 20 años, ya es titular en el FC Barcelona recién campeón de la liga española donde ha sustituido en la defensa al veterano Jordi Alba y en noviembre jugó el Mundial de Qatar con la selección ibérica. Balde es un todo terreno, donde destaca su velocidad, su habilidad defensiva y es visto como una de las grandes joyas del fútbol español. Nacido en Barcelona en 2003, su madre, Gledys Martínez, es dominicana, y su padre Saliu Balde, de Guinea-Bisau, que trabajaban en un locutorio (centro de llamadas) en la ciudad catalana. En una entrevista reciente con la edición española de la revista GQ, Balde puso el sancocho dominicano como uno de las 10 "esenciales" que ocupan un lugar importante en su vida, una lista que incluye desde zapatillas hasta un poster de Will Smith. En la entrevista, adelantó que tiene planes de vincularse con el desarrollo del fútbol en la República Dominicana. "Nunca he podido viajar al país de mi padre. Quiero conocer mis orígenes, conocer a mi familia. Pero también quiero ayudar a la gente de allí a través del deporte. Con la Fundación del Barça vamos a empezar un proyecto en República Dominicana. En Guinea-Bisáu haremos una primera toma de contacto", asegura.

Life is very different for Alejandro Balde now to what it was 12 months ago. An excellent showing on the US Tour earned him a spot in the first team squad this season, and he has ended up proving to be the natural successor to his role model, Jordi Alba. It's the perfect time to catch up with the player, and to start by enquiring about his injury. You got a nasty injury against Mallorca at Spotify Camp Nou. What did you think at the time and how do you feel now? "It was really nasty to get injured in the last home game, but my mind is already on next season, getting fit again and thinking positive. That's the best thing I can do right now, prepare to come back and help them team as much as I can. Luckily I'm feeling better every day." Did it spoil such a great season? Or are you only looking at the positives? "It has been an incredible year both personally and for the team. I've learned a lot and played a lot more than I expected. I am still young and have a lot to learn. The injury didn't spoil the season, it happened right at the very end." ¡COMPRA! It was your breakthrough year, and you played 44 games. How have you consolidated your place in the team? "I am only 19 and it has all happened so fast. I didn't know how things were going to turn out at the start of the season, but I worked hard and got opportunities and have ended up playing a lot of football." You were excellent on the US Tour. Was that the turning point for you? "Last season I had one foot in the senior t...

Alejandro Balde has opened up on his breakthrough season at Barcelona after playing a key role for Xavi’s title-winners. The 19-year-old fought off competition from Jordi Alba and Marcos Alonso to become Xavi’s first choice at left-back and admits it’s been a whirlwind campaign for him. “I am only 19 and it has all happened so fast. I didn’t know how things were going to turn out at the start of the season, but I worked hard and got opportunities and have ended up playing a lot of football,” he said. “A lot has happened. It all happens so fast in this sport and I had very little time for it all to sink in. Now the season is over I can start analysing things and it’s been mad.” Barcelona won La Liga with games to spare, ensuring a title in his first full season in charge for Xavi. Balde is already looking ahead to the new campaign and a European push. “Next season we have to go full-on for the Champions League. We’ve gone out in the group stage in the last two years, but we have the team to do much better than that,” he added. “People talk a lot about attack in football, but defence should be considered too. If you don’t let goals in, you always have a better chance of winning. To be quite honest, we never took much notice of the records. We just tried to win every game and part of that is about not letting goals in.” Source | Balde’s season ended with the youngster being carried off after sustaining an ankle injury that will rule him out for almost two months. However, the...

Alejandro Balde, born in Barcelona to Guinean and Dominican parents, joined Barça in 2011 at the age of eight after coming up through ranks at Espanyol. He is of the 2003 generation, but has always played a year above. He has won the league at U10 A, B and C, U12 A and C, U 14 A and B, A16 A and B levels, and although he would normally now be in the U19B squad, he is instead playing for Barça B. Balde made his debut for the Spanish national side in the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. Profile Skill and strength make Alejandro Balde a fast, explosive fullback who can also support the attack.