Jordi Alba, the former Barcelona and Spain fullback, announced on social media that he will retire at the end of the MLS season.
Alba, who won the 2012 European Championship with Spain after scoring in the final, as well as a host of accolades from the Club of Champions, Leoni Busquets and Luis Suarez, plays for Inter Miami.
The 36-year-old, who joined Miami in 2023, helped the club qualify for the MLS playoffs, which are due to end in early December.
“It’s time to close a really meaningful chapter of my life,” Alba said in a video posted to his Instagram profile on Wednesday.
“I do this with complete conviction, peace, and happiness. I feel that I have walked this path with every ounce of passion that I possess. And now is the moment to open a new chapter and close the previous one with the best feeling possible.”
The news comes as something of a surprise considering Alba signed a multi-year contract extension with Miami just a few months ago.
“I am happy to renew my contract because I have the desire to continue competing, and because of my feeling at the club, with the affection I receive from the fans in every match,” Alba said in May.
“We have this desire to keep competing, keep winning, and hopefully win as many titles as we can.”
Alba, who also played for Valencia, Gimnastic and Cornella early in his career, was on the books at Barcelona as a youth player, but was released in 2005.
He returned to the Catalan club in 2012 and went on to enjoy 11 years at Camp Nou. Alba earned 93 senior goals for Spain, scoring nine goals.
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