{{Short description|Spanish basketball player (born 1995)}} {{family name hatnote|Abalde|Díaz|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Alberto Abalde | image = Alberto Abalde 6 Real Madrid Baloncesto Euroleague 20250206 (5).jpg | caption = Abalde with Real Madrid in 2025 | position = [[Small forward]] / [[shooting guard]] | height_m = 2.02 | weight_kg = 95 | league = [[Liga ACB]]<br>[[EuroLeague]] | team = Real Madrid | number = 6 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ferrol|Ferrol, Spain]] | draft_year = 2015 | career_start = 2013 | career_end = | years1 = 2013–2016 | team1 = [[Joventut Badalona|Badalona]] | years2 = 2013–2014 | team2 = →[[CB Prat|Prat]] | years3 = 2016–2020 | team3 = [[Valencia Basket|Valencia]] | years4 = 2016–2017 | team4 = →Badalona | years5 = 2020–present | team5 = [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] | highlights =
* [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2022-23 EuroLeague|2023]]) * [[Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament|Euroleague NGT]] MVP (2013) * 3× [[Liga ACB]] champion ([[2021–22 ACB season|2022]], [[2023–24 ACB season|2024]], [[2024–25 ACB season|2025]]) * [[ACB Best Young Player Award|Spanish League All-Young Players Team]] ([[2016–17 ACB season|2017]]) * [[All-Liga ACB Team|All-Liga ACB Second Team]] ([[2019–20 ACB season|2020]]) * [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion ([[2018–19 EuroCup Basketball|2019]]) * Spanish Cup winner (2024) * 2× [[Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|Spanish Supercup]] champion ([[2020 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|2020]], [[2022 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|2022]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2014 Greece]] | [[Spain national under-20 basketball team|Spain]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|2013 Latvia]] | [[Spain national under-18 basketball team|Spain]]}} }}
'''Alberto Abalde Díaz''' (born 15 December 1995) is a Spanish professional [[basketball]] player for [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]] and the [[EuroLeague]]. He has experience on the [[Spain national under-18 basketball team|Spain under-18]] and [[Spain national under-20 basketball team|under-20]] national teams, having won the bronze and silver medals on the international stage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Abalde Player Profile |url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Alberto-Abalde/Summary/32824 |website=[[RealGM]] |accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=profile>{{cite web |title=Alberto Abalde |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=8C4 |website=ACB.com |accessdate=2 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606234141/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=8C4 |archive-date=6 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He also competed with the senior national team at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Toyko2020">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n1322233-abalde-alberto.htm |title=ABALDE Alberto |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
==Career== After playing in [[Joventut Badalona]]'s youth setup, Abalde made his debut with the first team in 2013. In that year, Abalde became the MVP of the final of the [[Nike International Junior Tournament]], where Joventut beat [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|Barcelona]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euroleague.net/events/adidas-next-generation-tournament/2012-13 |title=Club Joventut Badalona is 2013 NIJT champ! |publisher=Euroleague |accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref>
The [[National Basketball Association]] released a list noting that Abalde had entered the [[2015 NBA draft]] in late April 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA announces early entry candidates for draft |url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/2015/04/28/nba-draft-early-entry-candidates/26542547/ |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref>
On 17 August 2016, Abalde signed a four-year contract with [[Valencia Basket]], who loaned him one more season to the team from [[Badalona]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.marca.com/baloncesto/acb/2016/08/17/57b433f2ca4741cf048b4610.html |newspaper=Marca |language=es |date=17 August 2016 |accessdate=17 August 2016 |title=El Valencia Basket ficha a Alberto Abalde}}</ref>
On July 21, 2020, Abalde parted ways with Valencia, after his buyout clause was exercised, and he signed a lucrative five-year deal with [[EuroLeague]] powerhouse [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Real Madrid sign Alberto Abalde to 5-year deal |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/real-madrid-sign-alberto-abalde-to-5-year-deal/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
In September 2021, Abalde suffered a [[quadriceps]] injury during a game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Real Madrid’s Alberto Abalde suffers injury |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1244386/real-madrids-alberto-abalde-suffers-injury/ |website=Eurohoops |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=en |date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
In September 2024, Abalde signed a contract extension with Real Madrid. The new contract would keep him on the team until the end of the 2026-2027 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Real Madrid extends Abalde until the end of the 2026-2027 season |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1712127/alberto-abalde-signs-contract-extension-real-madrid-euroleague/ |website=Eurohoops |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=en |date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
In August 2025, Abalde had to leave the LaFamilia training camp ahead of the Eurobasket 2025 after suffering a [[myofascial]] tear in the short adductor muscle of his left leg during Spain's match against France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Abalde to miss 2025 EuroBasket |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/eurobasket/1857859/alberto-abalde-to-miss-2025-eurobasket/ |website=Eurohoops |access-date=5 September 2025 |language=en |date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
==Awards and accomplishments==
===Spain national team=== ;Junior national team * [[2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]]: {{bronze medal}} * [[2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]: {{silver medal}}
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague===
{| class="wikitable" |- | style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|† | Denotes seasons in which Abalde won the [[EuroLeague champion|EuroLeague]] |}
{{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2017–18 EuroLeague|2017–18]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Valencia Basket|Valencia]] | 25 || 9 || 19.1 || '''.497''' || '''.519''' || .870 || 2.1 || 1.7 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 7.6 || 6.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2019–20 EuroLeague|2019–20]] | 23 || 4 || '''21.7''' || .427 || .283 || .735 || '''4.0''' || 1.7 || '''.5''' || {{sort|-|—}} || '''7.8''' || '''8.9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2020–21 EuroLeague|2020–21]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] | '''39''' || '''23''' || 19.5 || .451 || .435 || .841 || 2.7 || '''2.3''' || '''.5''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 7.2 || 8.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2021–22 EuroLeague|2021–22]] | 30 || 19 || 18.8 || .396 || .338 || .750 || 3.0 || 1.5 || '''.5''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 6.0 || 5.4 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2022–23 EuroLeague|2022–23]]† | 24 || 10 || 14.4 || .302 || .250 || .667 || 2.1 || 1.6 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 2.6 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2023–24 EuroLeague|2023–24]] | 24 || 9 || 12.8 || .441 || .413 || '''.875''' || 1.9 || .7 || .4 || .0 || 3.6 || 4.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 165 || 74 || 17.9 || .431 || .386 || .778 || 2.6 || 1.6 || .4 || .0 || 5.9 || 6.3 {{S-end}}
===Individual=== * [[Nike International Junior Tournament]] MVP: (2013)
==Personal life== Abalde's sister [[Tamara Abalde|Tamara]] is also a professional basketball player.
On June 1, 2023, Abalde got engaged to Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs9OVl_KIWB/ |website=www.instagram.com |access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
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