[72], In 2014, Busquets started a relationship with Elena Galera. Milan). Born in Sabadell, he joined the Barça youth system in the summer of 2005 from Jabac. Junior Lionel Xavi – 27 (Barcelona and Al-Sadd) Again, Xavi can count the illustrious Emir of Qatar Cup and Qatar … [60][63][64][65][66], Manager del Bosque praised Busquets, saying, "If you watch the whole game, you won't see Busquets—but watch Busquets, and you will see the whole game. Iniesta added that Busquets, the club's third captain behind him and Lionel Messi, could do with practice of lifting trophies for when he eventually assumes control of the captain's armband. An underappreciated cog in the Barcelona machine, he was an integral part of the Barcelona side that won continued to win trophies without fail over the last decade. Their father, Carles, was a retired professional footballer. Sergio Busquets will play his 600th Barcelona game after he was named in Ronald Koeman's side for the LaLiga clash with Granada. [28][29] On 27 January 2011, he signed a contract extension that would keep him at the club until 2015 – the buyout clause was increased to €150 million. Ronald T here is no single moment which can define Sergio Busquets. 2016/17 • 2017/18 • 2015/16, 2009/10 • The flagship Barça school. Shop now at Barça's Official Store Camp Nou. The following season, Busquets moved up to Barça B under coach Pep Guardiola, making 23 appeaarances, scoring twice, and making a major contribution to the promotion to Division 2B. Busquets is widely regarded as one of the best defensive milieus of his generation. [46] He was named as a substitute for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey on 28 March 2009,[47] making his debut in the return match on 1 April, playing 16 minutes in a 2–1 win in Istanbul after replacing David Silva. [34] On 1 August 2014, after the retirement of long time club captain and defender Carles Puyol and at the veteran's personal request, he was given the number 5 shirt for the upcoming campaign and was named one of the four captains for the club alongside Xavi, Andrés Iniesta and Lionel Messi. Sergio Busquets Burgos Spanish: born 16 July 1988 is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive player and is the vice-captain of both Barcelona and the Spanish national team. [15] During Barcelona's 2008-09 UEFA Champions League clash against Basel at St. Jakob-Park on 22 October 2008, he scored the second goal in the 15th minute in a 5–0 group stage win;[16] in early December, in another start, he scored his second with Barça in the competition, netting in the 83rd minute of a 2–3 home loss against Shakhtar Donetsk. 22 Sergio Busquets: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. Sergio Busquets is probably the best defensive midfielder in the world. He became a member of the Catalonia national football team and the Spain national football team in 2008 and 2009 respectively. In 2016, the couple welcomed their son Enzo. He was part of their squads that won a treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League in 2008–09 and 2014–15. "[71], Busquets' father, Carles, was also a footballer. [42], On 9 January 2021, Busquets made his 600th appearance for Barcelona in a 4–0 win against Granada at the Los Cármenes. [35], On 6 June 2015, Busquets started in the Champions League final, as the team won their fifth accolade in the competition by beating Juventus 3–1 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. Sergiño He helped the country win the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 tournaments, and also featured at two other World Cups and Euro 2016. 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Barcelona could only draw 2–2 against ten men as Chelsea came back from being 0–2 down; Barcelona eventually lost 2–3 on aggregate, after already having lost 1–0 in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. In the 2006-07 season, Sergio Busquets continued with U19A and was one of the core players in the side coached by Àlex Garcia. In 2017/18, the superstar midfielder surpassed the 450-game plateau, more than Barça legend Carles Rexach. [38], On 1 October 2017, Busquets opened the scoring in a 3–0 win against Las Palmas which was played inside closed doors at the Camp Nou due to the ongoing Catalan independence referendum. 9 Anssumane He joined FC Barcelona's youth league in 2005, winning three major trophies and making himself an integral part of the team. Sergio Busquets is a professional Spanish footballer known for his impressive career with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he won numerous trophies. The match ended with a draw (1-1). Marc-André Sergio Busquets is the latest Player Moments SBC to be released on FIFA 21 Ultimate Team. Sergio Busquets is the son of Carles Busquets, who played in goal for FC Barcelona in the 1990s. [30] On 8 March 2011, playing at centre back, he scored an own goal from a corner kick against Arsenal, in the season's Champions League round-of-16, levelling the score at 1–1; Barcelona eventually won the game 3–1 (and 4–3 on aggregate). Dest, Piqué 2012/13 • 21 [14][59][60][61][62] Due to his vision, ball control, physical prowess, technical skills and accurate passing ability, he rarely relinquishes possession, and alongside both his current and former midfield teammates, such as Iniesta, Xavi and Ivan Rakitić, he has also played an important creative role in setting his team's tempo in midfield as a deep-lying playmaker through his passing game. This statistic shows the achievements of FC Barcelona player Sergio Busquets. [21], Busquets' fine form continued in the 2009–10 campaign,[22][23] with Guardiola preferring him to Touré as Barcelona's central holding midfielder. is $8 Million Reference: Wikipedia, FaceBook, Youtube, Twitter, Spotify, Instagram, Tiktok, IMDb. 2011/12 • Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, to his parents Carles Busquets Burgos and Loli Burgos, Sergio is of pure Spanish descent. [51] He finished the tournament with the third–highest pass success rate, alongside his teammate Puyol, completing 88% of his passes. 2011/12 • About Sergio Busquets. Martin Let's take a look at his career stats after more than a decade on the first team, Albert Roca, Daniel Romero and Jaume Bartrés. He gave debuts to Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Thiago Alcantara. Busquets, Pjanic Messi, Dembélé [55], Busquets celebrated his 100th appearance for Spain on 9 October 2017, in a 1–0 away win against Israel for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. 2015/16, 2009/10 • He is considered to be a deep lying playmaker capable of directing the game play through short and calm passes. Without the ball, he gives us a lesson: that of being in the right place to intercept and running just to recover the ball. Matheus Fernandes, Jong Samuel Busquets, Lenglet & Coutinho take the challenge! Neto, Dest Alba, Roberto [40] On 24 November 2018 he played his 500th game for Barcelona away to Atlético Madrid,[41] and he made his 100th Champions League appearance on 11 December, in a 1–1 group stage home draw against Tottenham Hotspur. The center for sports knowledge and innovation. Sergio Busquets claims he ‘could talk for hours’ about the current situation at Barcelona. In the 2009-10 season, he established his name as one of the most talented central midfielders on the international scene. Barcelona veteran Sergio Busquets reportedly faces a difficult decision this summer as he faces a potentially lesser role under Ronald Koeman moving forward. Sergio Busquets is the kind of player that does not exactly take up much of the spotlight. 19 Sergio Busquets Burgos (Catalan: [busˈkɛts],[3] Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo βusˈkets];[A] born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barcelona and the Spain national team. [11][12] In that same season he would make his first-team debut, coming on as a substitute in the Copa Catalunya. The organisation that unites ex-players from all FC Barcelona football teams. The Catalan giants are currently top of La Liga but are ahead of Real Madrid on goal difference only and have collected 40 points from their 19 league games - three fewer than at the same stage last season. 14 In 2014/2015, he made it to 300 career games played. [36] This made Barcelona the first club in history to win the treble of domestic league, domestic cup and European Cup twice, and Dani Alves, Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Gerard Piqué and Xavi the only players to achieve the same feat. Ronald Koeman. [45], On 11 February 2009, Busquets was called up to the senior squad for a friendly against England. 2014/15 • Araujo, Lenglet [39] Around a year later, he signed a new contract until June 2023, which increased his buyout clause from €200 million to €500 million. 2018/19, Only Messi, Xavi and Iniesta have reached this figure in the domestic competition, Granada game marks sixth century of competitive games for the midfielder in a Barça jersey, Midfielder describes how it feels to become the player with the fourth most appearances for FC Barcelona, Sergio Busquets equals Puyol's 593 games for Barça, The midfielder becomes the Barça player with the fourth most appearances in club history, The club's Medical Services have confirmed the diagnosis for the midfielder, who was injured during Spain's match against Switzerland, Sergio, in Barça's Top-5 of players with most matches, With his appearance against Celta, the midfielder occupies a privileged position in the ranking of Barça legends, Barça number 5 joins the 100 club alongside Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Messi, Valdés and Piqué in Europe’s premier club competition, The Barça midfielder appeared in his 500th game at Atlético Madrid this weekend. ... six Copa del Rey triumphs and three Champions League trophies. Miralem ... he won three major trophies. Sergio Busquets is a product of the FC Barcelona youth system, he plays as a deep midfielder who dictates the team’s build-up with clever, short and longer passes. More established as a defensive midfielder, Busquets played 45 games in the 2012/13 season, helping Barça win the La Liga title with 100 points, and reaching the milestone of 200 Barça appearances. ... six Copa del Rey triumphs and three Champions League trophies. In total, the midfielder has won a behemoth 31 trophies with Barcelona including three Champions Leagues and eight league titles. "[67] The latter's height also allows him to be effective in the air, and enables him to advance into more offensive positions on occasion, providing an additional attacking outlet for his team. 2018/19, 2008/09 • In the 2010/11 season, he consolidated his position in midfield as the team won the Spanish Super Cup, the league and the Champions League. 2011/12 • [53] His second came during the same tournament on 15 November, in the 3–0 defeat of Belarus in Huelva. 12 Although it is much more than trophies and points, Barcelona are losing their fear factor. Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Busquets began playing football with local team CD Badia del Vallès,[8] followed by spells with CEF Barberà Andalucía, UE Lleida and UFB Jàbac Terrassa,[9] before joining Barcelona's youth ranks in 2005. Trincão, Fati The Spanish veteran has enjoyed a stellar career at the top of … In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final 1–0 victory (and an eventual 2–3 aggregate defeat) against Inter Milan at Camp Nou on 28 April 2010, he went down to the ground after Thiago Motta had raised his arm and appeared to push Busquets directly in the face. ", "He's one of the greatest talents that has been given to Spanish football. He scored in the 17th minute of a 1–2 loss,[44] though they eventually emerged victorious 4–3 on aggregate. 20 Though we have to go back almost six years for the last time Xavi and Iniesta played alongside Sergio Busquets, Barca have still managed to dominate in that area of the pitch… until now. He played as a goalkeeper for Barcelona for several years during the 1990s, although almost exclusively as a backup. 13 This is a discovery. [61][69], Often considered to be one of the most underrated footballers in the world,[70] Busquets earned praise from his peers, with club teammate Messi saying "When there will be trouble, he [Busquets] will be there. Only his contemporaries Xavi, Iniesta and Messi had played more games in the history of the club. Vicente del Bosque used Busquets as a starting midfielder in the side than won the country’s first World Cup in South Africa in 2010, and he also starred in the successful defence of the European Championship crown in 2012 . Trivia. [37], On 3 October 2015, Busquets captained Barcelona for the first time in the absence of regular captain Iniesta and vice-captain Messi in a 1–2 away defeat to Sevilla. 2010/11 • The Official site of the Barça Foundation. Players with more collective trophies during the st century . [52], On 8 September 2014, Busquets scored his first international goal in a 5–1 win over Macedonia during Euro 2016's qualifying phase. The first time I saw Busquets playing, I called a friend and said: ‘I saw a player from an extinct species’. 4 [59] A hard-working player, he excels at intercepting loose balls and breaking down opposition plays due to his positional sense, defensive attributes, tackling, tactical intelligence, and ability to read the game, despite his lack of pace. 2 2014/15, 2008/09 • de Jong, Griezmann Sergio Busquets Burgos is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barcelona and the Spain national team. His brilliance lies in his consistency, his unerring efficiency, his ethereal, almost otherworldly, elegance. 16 [24][25][26][27], Busquets was again ever-present in 2010–11, even playing as a centre back on occasions. Barcelona's Sergio Busquets will bring up his 600th appearance for the club after he was named in the starting XI against Granada. 2010/11 • [57], Busquets is usually deployed as either a central or defensive midfielder, although he is also capable of playing as a central defender. 2015/16 • Fati, Koeman 2009/10 • 23 Philippe Coutinho, Pedri [73] He sported an Arabic tattoo on his left forearm translating to "A thing for you, the life in my country", dedicated to his maternal grandfather to whom he was very close. Ousmane Busquets remained a dark knight with an eagle-eye view of the field. 2010/11 • Jordi Sergio Last name Busquets i Burgos Nationality Spain Date of birth 16 July 1988 Age 32 Country of birth Spain Place of birth Sabadell Position Midfielder Height 189 cm Weight 76 kg Foot ... 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