Albert Jorquera

Albert Jorquera

Jorquera training with Barcelona in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Albert Jorquera Fortià
Date of birth	(1979-03-03) 3 March 1979 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bescanó, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Vilobí
1994–1998	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Barcelona C	7	(0)
1999–2004	Barcelona B	49	(0)
2000–2001	→ Ceuta (loan)	3	(0)
2001–2002	→ Mataró (loan)	31	(0)
2003–2009	Barcelona	7	(0)
2009–2010	Girona	33	(0)
Total		130	(0)
National team
2007–2010	Catalonia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Albert Jorquera Fortià (born 3 March 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He spent the bulk of his professional career with Barcelona (ten years, including loans), but could never be more than second or third-choice at his main club, which he left in 2009.

Born in Bescanó, Girona, Catalonia, Jorquera started playing in FC Barcelona's youth ranks in 1994. After that he went to its C-team in 1998, being promoted to FC Barcelona B the following year.

After loan stints with third division club AD Ceuta and CE Mataró, Jorquera returned as first-choice for the B-side. His first appearance in La Liga was against Athletic Bilbao on 17 January 2004 (a 1–1 home draw where he put on a Man of the match performance) and, the following season, following the departure of unsettled Rüştü Reçber, he joined the main squad permanently.

In March 2007, Jorquera signed a contract extension with Barcelona until June 2008. However, on 29 December, playing an unofficial game for the Catalonia national team, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee, which kept him out of the pitches for six months; Barcelona signed Celta de Vigo's José Manuel Pinto until the end of the campaign.