Albert Español

Albert Español Lifante^[a] (born 29 October 1985) is a Spanish water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6 ft 2 inches tall.^[1] At club level, he plays for Spanish powerhouse CN Atlètic-Barceloneta.

Albert Español
Personal information
Full name	Albert Español Lifante
Born	(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 39)
Nationality	Spanish
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position	Right Driv
Club information
Current team	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2001–2007	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2007–2008	CN Mataró
2008–2011	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2011–2013	Florentia
2013–2016	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2016–2017	Olympiacos
2017–2018	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2018–2019	Ortigia
2019–	CN Echeyde
National team
Years	Team
2009-2016	Spain
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Spain World Championships 2009 Rome Team competition

Honours

Florentia

• LEN Euro Cup runners-up: 2012–13

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

• LEN Champions League: 2013–14
• LEN Super Cup: 2014
• Spanish Championship: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07,2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
• Copa del Rey: 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007,2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
• Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,2009, 2010, 2011,2013, 2015, 2016, 2018

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2016–17

Awards

• European Championship Top Scorer: 2014 Budapest
• Spanish Championship Top Scorer: 2013–14 with CN Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2020–21 with CN Echeyde^[2]
• LEN Champions League Final Six MVP: 2014 with CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

See also

• Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Español and the second or maternal family name is Lifante.

References

1. "Albert Espanol Lifante". London 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
2. LEVERADE. "Premiaciones individuales de las Divisiones de Honor de Waterpolo". Real Federación Española de Natación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.

External links

• Albert Español at Olympics.com
• Albert Español at Olympedia