59 Facts About Cesc Fàbregas

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Francesc "Cesc" Fabregas Soler is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie B club Como.

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Cesc Fabregas broke several of the club's records in the process, earning a reputation as one of the best players in his position, and won the FA Cup in 2005.

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Internationally, Cesc Fabregas made his debut for the Spanish national team in March 2006.

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Cesc Fabregas represented his country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008,2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012,2013 Confederations Cup, the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.

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Cesc Fabregas was a key figure in Spain's European Championship victories in 2008 and 2012 and their 2010 World Cup triumph in which he supplied the pass for Andres Iniesta's winning goal in the final.

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Cesc Fabregas began his club football career with CE Mataro before being signed for Barcelona's La Masia youth academy aged ten in 1997.

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Cesc Fabregas nevertheless made his debut for Arsenal not long after, on 28 October 2003, in a League Cup tie at home to Rotherham United.

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Cesc Fabregas signed his first professional contract with Arsenal in September 2004, which committed his long-term future to the club.

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Speculation that the player was Cesc Fabregas was confirmed in November 2011 by former Arsenal player Martin Keown on a phone-in show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

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Cesc Fabregas concluded his season by winning his first honours with Arsenal when he was in the starting eleven that defeated Manchester United on penalties in the 2005 FA Cup Final.

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Cesc Fabregas featured regularly in the Arsenal central midfield alongside Gilberto Silva.

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Further, as Cesc Fabregas possessed a smaller frame and played with less aggression than Vieira, there were initially doubts over his ability to fill in the void left by the Frenchman.

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Nevertheless, Cesc Fabregas asserted his own style of play and impressed pundits in the Champions League against Real Madrid and Juventus.

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Cesc Fabregas emerged as one of the key creative players for the team, playing in every single league game.

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Cesc Fabregas ended the season with several individual honours, including the Golden Boy award, presented by the Italian paper TuttoSport, based on a poll of leading writers across Europe.

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Cesc Fabregas was named in the 2006 UEFA Team of the Year, and named FA Premier League Player of the Month for January 2007.

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Cesc Fabregas knew that he would become the most important player for Arsenal, but stated he was ready for the challenge.

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Cesc Fabregas started the season well, chalking up goals and assists, and website soccernet attributed the early success of Arsenal to the young Spaniard.

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On 11 April 2008, Cesc Fabregas was nominated for the PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year awards for the second year running; he was later crowned the winner of the latter, and named in the PFA Team of the Year.

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In tandem with Arsenal's policy to groom its young players, the team that Cesc Fabregas led into the new season consisted mostly of the same young nucleus as before, with the likes of Nicklas Bendtner, Gael Clichy, Abou Diaby, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Alex Song and Theo Walcott in tow.

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Cesc Fabregas joined a team that had won three La Liga titles in a row and two Champions League titles in three years, and one that featured the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and David Villa.

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Cesc Fabregas made his debut in the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana, coming on as a substitute against Real Madrid.

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Cesc Fabregas drew a red card in the 90+4th after being the target of a dangerous challenge from Marcelo.

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24.

Cesc Fabregas ended his second season at Barcelona by winning the first league title of his career, with a record 100 points.

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Cesc Fabregas ended the season with 14 goals and 12 assists in 48 appearances in all competitions.

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Cesc Fabregas was a nominee for the Premier League Player of the Month in August 2014, with the accolade going instead to another new Chelsea signing, Diego Costa.

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Cesc Fabregas completed 123 passes, the most by any player on either side.

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28.

Cesc Fabregas saw his first league action since September in a game against Manchester City on 3 December 2016.

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Cesc Fabregas came off the bench against West Bromwich Albion on 11 December 2016 and immediately made an impact on the deadlocked match, finding Diego Costa with a long ball that led to the winning goal.

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On 14 December 2016, Cesc Fabregas led Chelsea to their tenth consecutive league victory with his first league goal of the season, scoring in the 40th minute against Sunderland.

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On 4 February 2017, Cesc Fabregas scored against former club Arsenal when he collected goalkeeper Petr Cech's poor clearance and chipped the ball back over him.

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Cesc Fabregas did not celebrate the goal out of respect to his former club.

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33.

On 1 August 2022, Cesc Fabregas was unveiled as a new player for Serie B club Como, signing a two-year contract.

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Cesc Fabregas was next involved in the 2004 UEFA U-17 European Championship, where Spain finished runners-up.

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Cesc Fabregas was named the Golden Player of the tournament by FIFA.

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In that game, Cesc Fabregas became the youngest player capped for Spain in 70 years, beating Sergio Ramos' record.

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On 15 May 2006, Cesc Fabregas was selected for the Spanish 2006 FIFA World Cup squad.

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Cesc Fabregas then started alongside Spain's reserve players in Spain's third group match against Saudi Arabia.

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Cesc Fabregas was later nominated for the Gillette Young Player of the World Cup, but Germany's Lukas Podolski won the award.

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In UEFA Euro 2008, Cesc Fabregas was handed the squad number 10, rather than 18 which he had previously held.

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41.

Cesc Fabregas was selected as a part of del Bosque's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Cesc Fabregas featured as a substitute in four of their seven matches, in which Spain lost their opening game before winning the next six en route to the final.

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Cesc Fabregas was selected as a part of del Bosque's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2012.

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Cesc Fabregas was named in the provisional squad in the lead up to the 2013 Confederations Cup by del Bosque.

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Cesc Fabregas was named in Spain's 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup, and was included in the final list for the tournament.

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Cesc Fabregas earned his 100th cap on 12 October 2015, becoming the tenth Spaniard to do so, in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Ukraine with Spain already qualified.

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Cesc Fabregas started all of Spain's matches at the finals, being substituted in each of the three group games and playing the entirety of the defeat by Italy in the Round of 16 which ended their participation.

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Cesc Fabregas was not selected for the Spain squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup ; he instead joined the BBC as a studio analyst for the tournament.

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However, it did not take long for Cesc Fabregas to become one of the most coveted and celebrated young talents in the game with his success at Arsenal.

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At Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas often assumed responsibility for set pieces, taking corners, free kicks and penalties.

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At Chelsea, Cesc Fabregas played a similar playmaking role in midfield, using his technique, ball control, vision, and passing ability to dictate the tempo of his team's play, while he was supported by defensive midfielders, in order to give him more space and time on the ball, due to his own lack of pace, stamina, defensive skills, and athleticism.

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At Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas continued to play a prominent midfield and playmaking role, although he was moved into a more offensive position than that which he had occupied at Arsenal.

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Cesc Fabregas was used in a variety of different roles under Guardiola, scoring several goals and providing many assists.

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Cesc Fabregas was still used in deeper roles on occasion, as an attacking, deep-lying or central playmaking midfielder, in particular under Guardiola's immediate successors, Tito Vilanova and Gerardo Martino.

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55.

Cesc Fabregas married his long time Lebanese girlfriend Daniella Semaan in May 2018.

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In July 2013, Cesc Fabregas won a court case over the marital home with Semaan's ex-husband.

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In 2011, Cesc Fabregas signed a sponsorship deal with German sportswear and equipment supplier, Puma.

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In 2012, Cesc Fabregas signed an endorsement deal with Soul Electronics to sport Ludacris' signature line of headphones.

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Cesc Fabregas featured alongside Rio Ferdinand, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker.

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