.jpg) Busquets with Spain at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sergio Busquets Burgos[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1988[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sabadell, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Inter Miami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Badia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Barberà Andalucía | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Lleida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Jàbac Terrassa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Barcelona B | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2023 | Barcelona | 481 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Inter Miami | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Spain U21 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2022 | Spain | 143 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Catalonia | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:30, 20 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sergio "Sergi" Busquets Burgos (Catalan: [busˈkɛts],[2] Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo βusˈkets];[A] born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. A deep-lying playmaker capable of directing gameplay through short and calm passes and his singular reading of the game, he is considered one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time.[3][4][5]
Busquets arrived in Barcelona's first team in July 2008 and went on to receive the La Liga's Breakthrough Player in 2009. From the 2009–10 season, he was a first team regular and was part of a widely lauded midfield trio with Andrés Iniesta and Xavi. Busquets made over 700 total appearances for the club, winning 32 trophies, including nine La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and three UEFA Champions Leagues. He was part of the squads that won a continental treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League in 2008–09 and 2014–15. He left the club after 14 years at the end of the 2022–23 season.
Busquets made his senior international debut for Spain in April 2009, making 143 appearances for the national side, scoring twice. He helped his country win the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 tournaments, and he also featured at three other World Cups and two European Championships. He retired from international football following the 2022 World Cup.
- ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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- ^ "Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets is among best in the world, says Terry Gibson". Sky Sports. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Casemiro: Spain's Busquets is world's best in my position". Goal.com. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Lee Roden (5 February 2016). "Is it time to acknowledge Sergio Busquets as the best midfielder in the world?". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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