Albert Ferrer Llopis (Catalan pronunciation: [əlˈβɛɾ(t) fəˈre]; born 6 June 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right-back, and was also a manager.

[5] He began his senior career with FC Barcelona B, then served a loan with CD Tenerife in the 1989–90 season, with whom he made his La Liga debut at the age of 19.

As the Dutch dominance at the Camp Nou in terms of players was still an important one (the club was coached by Louis van Gaal), he left in June 1998 amongst other greats as Guillermo Amor.

[16] Out of favour and facing strong competition from younger teammates, he played just seven times in his final two years, and left in May 2003 upon the expiry of his contract, totalling 113 overall matches for the Londoners and retiring shortly after at 33.

Subsequently, Ferrer was a regular in the national side, starting at the 1994 FIFA World Cup[19] and playing once in the 1998 edition, the 3–2 group stage loss against Nigeria,[20] missing Euro 1996 and 2000 through injury (with Barcelona teammate Sergi on the other flank in all these tournaments).

[27] After finishing the season in the seventh place, they defeated UD Las Palmas in the play-off final to return to the top flight for the first time in 42 years.