Álex Valle

Álex Valle
Personal information
Full name	Álex Valle Gómez
Date of birth	25 April 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Badalona, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Celtic; (on loan from Barcelona)
Number	11
Youth career
	Gramenet
	Sant Gabriel
2014–2022	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–	Barcelona B
2023	→ Andorra (loan)
2023–2024	→ Levante (loan)
2024–	→ Celtic (loan)
International career‡
2021–2022	Spain U18
2022–2023	Spain U19
2022–	Spain U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:47, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Álex Valle Gómez (born 25 April 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic, on loan from Barcelona B.

Club career

Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Valle joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2014, from CE Sant Gabriel. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 19 March 2022, starting in a 2–1 Primera División RFEF home win over UE Cornellà.^[1]

On 1 November 2022, Valle was named amongst the substitutes in Barcelona's UEFA Champions League match against FC Viktoria Plzeň;^[2] he remained unused in the 4–2 away win.^[3] The following 31 January, he renewed his contract until 2025, and was immediately loaned to Segunda División side FC Andorra for the remainder of the season.^[4]

Valle made his professional debut on 3 March 2023, replacing Jacobo González in a 0–0 home draw against UD Las Palmas.^[5] On 14 August, he was loaned to fellow second division Levante UD for the 2023–24 season.^[6]

On 28 August 2024, Valle extended his contract with Barça until 2026, and was loaned to Celtic FC for one year.^[7]

As of match played 5 November 2024^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	2021–22	Primera División RFEF	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2022–23	Primera Federación	19	0	—		—		—		19	0
	Total		22	0	—		—		—		22	0
Andorra (loan)	2022–23	Segunda División	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Levante (loan)	2023–24	Segunda División	29	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
Celtic (loan)	2024–25	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	3^[a]	0	2^[b]	0	9	0
Career total			62	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	67	0

Individual

^ "Fabio Blanco: "Ha sido mi primera gran tarde"" [Fabio Blanco: "That was my first big afternoon"] (in Spanish). Vavel. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Las cuatro 'perlas' que Xavi convoca ante el Viktoria Plzen" [The four 'pearls' that Xavi calls up against Viktoria Plzen] (in Spanish). Relevo. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Agridulce final de trayecto" [Bittersweet ending of path] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Àlex Valle extends contract and goes on loan to FC Andorra". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "El líder no puede con un Andorra en inferioridad desde el primer minuto" [The leader cannot deal with an Andorra with one man down from the beginning] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "Àlex Valle loaned to Levante UD". FC Barcelona. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Álex Valle extends contract to 2026, loaned to Celtic Football Club". FC Barcelona. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
^ Álex Valle at Soccerway
^ "2023 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.