1. Sergio 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.
24 Facts About Sergio Busquets
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Sergio Busquets made his senior international debut for Spain in April 2009, making 143 appearances for the national side, scoring twice.
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Sergio Busquets helped his country win the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 tournaments, and he featured at three other World Cups and two European Championships.
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Sergio Busquets retired from international football following the 2022 World Cup.
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Sergio Busquets scored seven goals in 26 games for the Juvenil A team in his second season and, two years later, Busquets was promoted to the B team under Pep Guardiola, and helped them achieve promotion to the third division.
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On 16 July 2013, the day he celebrated his 25th birthday, Sergio Busquets agreed to a new deal until 2018, with the buyout clause remaining unaltered.
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On 10 May 2023, Sergio Busquets announced he would leave Barcelona by the end of the season.
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Sergio Busquets was joined at the club with former Barcelona teammates Messi and Jordi Alba.
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Sergio Busquets won his first title with the club on 20 August 2023, helping Inter Miami beat Nashville SC in the 2023 Leagues Cup final.
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On 11 October 2008, Sergio Busquets earned his first cap for Spain's under-21 in their 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs first-leg away match against Switzerland.
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On 11 February 2009, Sergio Busquets was called up to the senior squad for a friendly against England.
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Sergio Busquets was selected by manager Vicente del Bosque for the 2010 World Cup in the same country, assuming the holding midfielder role naturalized Brazilian Marcos Senna had previously occupied in the conquest of UEFA Euro 2008.
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At UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, Sergio Busquets played every minute as Spain won the title, and he was named in the Team of the Tournament.
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Sergio Busquets was selected for the final tournament in France.
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On 7 October 2020, Busquets captained the Spanish for the first time in a goalless friendly draw away to Portugal, as Sergio Ramos was on the bench.
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Sergio Busquets tested positive for COVID-19 eight days before Spain's first game, causing the entire squad to withdraw from their final warm-up match against Lithuania.
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At the 2022 World Cup, Sergio Busquets captained the national team during the tournament in Qatar.
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On 16 December 2022, Sergio Busquets announced his retirement from international football, having made 143 appearances over a 14-year period.
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The first time I saw Sergio Busquets playing, I called a friend and said: 'I saw a player from an extinct species'.
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Sergio Busquets is known for redefining the deep-lying midfield position by focusing on football intelligence, precision passing, and a 'genius' ability to read the game rather than overwhelming strength or physicality.
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Sergio Busquets's role has been likened to that of a metodista, due to his ability to dictate play in midfield as well as assist his team defensively.
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Sergio Busquets has been accused of play-acting in the past, due to his tendency of exaggerating fouls.
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Sergio Busquets played as a goalkeeper for Barcelona for several years during the 1990s, although almost exclusively as a backup.
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Sergio Busquets has 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.