Sergio Busquets

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Sergio Busquets
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Personal information
Full name Sergio Busquets Burgos
Date of birth 16 July 1988 (1988-07-16) (age 23)
Place of birth Badia del Vallès, Spain
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club Barcelona
Number 16
Youth career
CD Badía
Barberà Andalucía
1999–2003 Lleida
2003–2005 Unió Jabac
2005–2007 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006 Barcelona C 1 (0)
2007–2008 Barcelona B 32 (1)
2008– Barcelona 105 (2)
National team‡
2008–2009 Spain U21 3 (1)
2008– Spain 38 (0)
2008– Catalonia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2012
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Busquets and the second or maternal family name is Burgos.

Sergio Busquets Burgos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈserxjo βusˈkets], Catalan: [βusˈkɛts]; born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team, as a defensive midfielder.

He was a relatively obscure player when he arrived in FC Barcelona's first team in July 2008, but eventually made a name for himself in a relatively short period of time, reaching the Spanish national team in less than one year after making his professional club debut.

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[edit] Club career

Busquets was born in Badia del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia. In 2005, he joined local FC Barcelona's youth ranks, scoring seven goals in 26 matches for the Juvenil A team in his second season. Two years later, he was promoted to the B team under Josep Guardiola, and helped it achieve promotion to the third division, with one goal in his 32 appearances.[1] In that same season, Busquets would make his first team debut, in a Catalonia Cup match, coming on as a substitute.

On 13 September 2008, Busquets played his first La Liga match, 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Racing de Santander.[2] During Barcelona's UEFA Champions League match against FC 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.[3] In early December, in another start, he scored his second goal with Barça in the competition, netting in the 83rd minute of a 2–3 home loss against FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[4] On 22 December, Busquets signed a contract extension until 2013, with a buy-out clause of €80 million.[5][6]

Busquets with Robin van Persie and Cesc Fàbregas in a Champions League match in 2011.

On 7 March 2009, Busquets netted his first goal in La Liga in a 2–0 home win over Athletic Bilbao. On 27 May, having been regularly used in the league as he competed for the spot with internationals Seydou Keita and Yaya Touré, he also featured in Barcelona's starting eleven in the Champions League final, a 2–0 win over Manchester United. With that victory, Carles and Sergio Busquets became only the third father-and-son combo to both have won Europe's top club competition playing for the same team, joining Manuel Sanchís Martínez and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (won it with Real Madrid) and Cesare Maldini and Paolo Maldini (A.C. Milan).

Busquets' fine form continued in the 2009–10 season,[7][8] with Guardiola preferring him to Yaya Touré as Barcelona's holding midfielder. In the Champions League semi-final against F.C. Internazionale Milano at Camp Nou on 28 April 2010, he went down to the ground after Thiago Motta had raised his arm and supposedly pushed Busquets in the face.[9] As a result of this action, Motta was shown a second yellow card and sent off. Busquets was subsequently criticised by the media for apparently feigning injury.[9][10][11] Ironically, the incident involved Busquets and Thiago Motta, another graduate of Barcelona's famous La Masia academy. Motta had spent five years in Barcelona's first team between 2002 and 2007 and, coincidentally, had been playing for the Catalans in the same holding midfielder role as Busquets.

Busquets was again everpresent for Barcelona in 2010–11, even playing as a central defender on occasion. On 27 January 2011, he signed a contract extension with Barcelona, keeping him at the club until 2015; the buyout clause was increased to €150 million.[12] On 8 March, 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).[13]

[edit] International career

Busquets with his 2010 World Cup medal

On 11 October 2008, Busquets earned his first cap for Spain's under-21, in their 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification play-offs first leg match, against Switzerland. He scored in the 17th minute but Spain lost the match 2–1, eventually emerging victorious 4–3 on aggregate.

On 6 February 2009, he was called-up to the senior squad for the friendly against England, on 11 February.[14] Busquets finally made his debut for La Furia Roja on 1 April 2009, in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey, playing 16 minutes in a 2–1 win in Istanbul, after replacing David Silva. Four days earlier, he had been named as a substitute when the same sides met in Madrid, where Spain ran out 1–0 winners, with a goal from team mate Gerard Piqué.

Busquets was selected by manager Vicente del Bosque for the finals in South Africa, assuming the holding midfielder role naturalized Brazilian Marcos Senna had previously had in the conquest of UEFA Euro 2008. He was involved in all of Spain's games at the World Cup and played every minute, bare the last 30 in their opening game against Switzerland, which finished in a 1-0 defeat.

[edit] Club statistics

As of 26 February 2012[15][16]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other [17] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2007–08 30 1 — 30 1
2008–09 2 0 — 2 0
Total 32 1 — 32 1
Barcelona 2008–09 24 1 9 0 8 2 — 41 3
2009–10 33 0 4 0 10 0 5 1 52 1
2010–11 28 1 5 0 12 0 1 0 46 1
2011–12 20 0 7 0 5 0 3 0 35 0
Total 105 2 25 0 35 2 9 1 174 5
Career total 137 3 25 0 35 2 9 1 206 6

[edit] Honours

[edit] Barcelona

[edit] Spain

[edit] Individual

[edit] Decorations

[edit] Personal

Busquets' father, Carles, was also a footballer, having played as goalkeeper for Barcelona for several years during the 1990s, although almost exclusively as a backup.[19]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "2007–08 Tercera División". Wikipedia. 31 December 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tercera_Divisi%C3%B3n_2007-08. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "Racing Santander vs. Barcelona". Soccerway. 13 September 2008. http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2008/09/13/spain/primera-division/futbol-club-barcelona/real-racing-club-de-santander/659645/. Retrieved 13 September 2008. 
  3. ^ "Basel overwhelmed by five-star Barça". UEFA.com. 22 October 2008. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2009/round=15276/match=302726/report=rp.html. Retrieved 22 October 2008. 
  4. ^ "Shakhtar brush aside youthful Barcelona". UEFA.com. 9 December 2008. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2009/round=15276/match=302782/report=rp.html. Retrieved 15 January 2010. 
  5. ^ "Busquets thrilled to commit future to Barça". UEFA.com. 22 December 2008. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=789548.html. Retrieved 22 December 2008. 
  6. ^ "Busquets signs new Barcelona contract". TribalFootball. 23 December 2008. http://www.tribalfootball.com/busquets-signs-new-barcelona-contract-218065. Retrieved 23 December 2008. 
  7. ^ Barcelona responds like a true champion; The New York Times, 25 November 2009
  8. ^ Distractions looming as Barca bid for the double; BBC, 16 March 2010
  9. ^ a b Giles Mole (29 April 2010). "Barcelona v Inter Milan: Thiago Motta fumes at Sergio Busquets' 'terrible behaviour'". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/championsleague/7650407/Barcelona-v-Inter-Milan-Thiago-Motta-fumes-at-Sergio-Busquets-terrible-behaviour.html. Retrieved 29 April 2010. 
  10. ^ Matt Dickinson (29 April 2010). "Inter Milan hold off Barcelona to reach Champions League final". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article7110895.ece. Retrieved 29 April 2010. 
  11. ^ Pete Jenson (30 April 2010). "Banned Motta asks Uefa to act over Busquets 'theatre'". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/banned-motta-asks-uefa-to-act-over-busquets-theatre-1958467.html. Retrieved 29 April 2010. 
  12. ^ Busquets signs new Barca deal; ESPNsoccernet, 27 January 2011
  13. ^ "Brilliant Barcelona outgun ten-man Arsenal". UEFA.com. 8 March 2011. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000119/match=2003764/postmatch/report/index.html#brilliant+barcelona+outgun+arsenal. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  14. ^ "Lista de convocados para el amistoso ante Inglaterra (Callup for friendly with England)" (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Fútbol. 6 February 2009. http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=39&ID=1120. Retrieved 6 February 2009. 
  15. ^ Official site statistics
  16. ^ Transfermarkt player statistics
  17. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup
  18. ^ "Royal Order of Sporting Merit 2011". http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20111005/futbol/seleccion-espanola/las-campeones-del-mundo-de-futbol-ya-tienen-la-real-orden-del-merito-deportivo_54226408413.html. 
  19. ^ "Tú, tranquilo; ya me pondré nervioso yo" ("You, be cool; i'll be nervous for two"); El País, 26 May 2009 (Spanish)

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