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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 36)
Place of birth:    Sabadell, Flag of Spain Spain
Height: 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Playing position: Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of United States Inter Miami
Number: 5
Youth clubs
1995–1996
1996–1999
1999–2003
2003-2005
2005-2007
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Flag of Spain Lleida
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Senior clubs
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2006
2007–2008
2008–2023
2023–
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National team
2008–2009
2009–2022
2008–
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Sergio Busquets Burgos (born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. He is considered to be a deep-lying playmaker capable of directing gameplay through short and calm passes, exceptional positioning, and his singular reading of the game. These attributes make him exceptionally press-resistant. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time.

He arrived in Barcelona's first team in July 2008. Since then he has made over 700 total appearances for the club and has won 32 trophies, including 9 La Liga titles, 7 Copa del Rey titles and 3 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 is set to leave the club after 14 years at the end of the 2022–23 season, and will join Inter Miami CF during the MLS July transfer window in the 2023 season.

Busquets made his senior international debut for Spain in April 2009, and has since made 143 appearances for the national side. He helped the country win the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 tournaments, and also featured at three other World Cups and two European Championships. He retired from international football following the 2022 World Cup.

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Barcelona

International[]

Individual
  • Bravo Award: 2009
  • La Liga's Breakthrough Player: 2009
  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15
  • La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16
  • UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16
  • UEFA Nations League Finals Player of the Tournament: 2021

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Inter Miami CF squad - 2024–25

Callender · Yedlin · Arroyo · McVey · Busquets · Mota · Gómez · Campana · 10 Messi (c) · 13 Ulloa · 14 Jean · 15 Sailor · 16 Taylor · 17 Martínez · 18 Alba · 19 Robinson · 20 Neville · 21 Marsman · 22 Stefanelli · 24 Fray · 26 Gregore · 27 Kryvtsov · 28 Azcona · 29 Dos Santos · 30 Cremaschi · 31 Miller · 32 Allen · 33 Negri · 35 Valencia · 41 Ruiz · 49 Borgelin · 99 Jensen · – Farías ·

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Spain – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup – Third place

1. Casillas (c) 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Marchena 5. Puyol 6. Pablo 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Capdevila 12. Busquets 13. López 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Llorente 17. Güiza 18. Riera 19. Arbeloa 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Mata 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Winners (1st title)

1. Casillas 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Marchena 5. Puyol 6. Iniesta 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. F. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Capdevila 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Pedro 19. Llorente 20. Martínez 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – UEFA Euro 2012 - Winners (3rd title)

1. Casillas (c) 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Martínez 5. Juanfran 6. Iniesta 7. Pedro 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Negredo 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Alba 19. Llorente 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup - Runner-up

1. Casillas 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Martínez 5. Azpilicueta 6. Iniesta 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Pedro 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Soldado 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Alba 19. Monreal 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – 2014 FIFA World Cup - Group stage

1. I. Casillas (c) 2. R. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Javi Martínez 5. Juanfran 6. A. Iniesta 7. David Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Pedro 12. De Gea 13. Mata 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Koke 18. Alba 19. Diego Costa 20. S. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Azpilicueta 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – UEFA Euro 2016 – Round of 16

1. Casillas 2. Azpilicueta 3. Piqué 4. Bartra 5. Busquets 6. Iniesta 7. Morata 8. Koke 9. Vázquez 10. Fàbregas 11. Pedro 12. Bellerín 13. De Gea 14. Thiago 15. Ramos 16. Juanfran 17. San José 18. Alba 19. Bruno 20. Aduriz 21. Silva 22. Nolito 23. Rico Manager:  Flag of Spain Vicente del Bosque

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Spain – 2018 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16

1. De Gea 2. Carvajal 3. Piqué 4. Nacho 5. Busquets 6. Iniesta 7. Saúl 8. Koke 9. Rodrigo 10. Thiago 11. Vázquez 12. Odriozola 13. Arrizabalaga 14. Azpilicueta 15. Ramos (c) 16. Monreal 17. Aspas 18. Alba 19. Costa 20. Asensio 21. Silva 22. Isco 23. Reina Manager:  Flag of Spain Fernando Hierro

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Spain – UEFA Euro 2020 – Semi-finals

1. De Gea 2. Azpilicueta 3. D. Llorente 4. P. Torres 5. Busquets (c) 6. M. Llorente 7. Morata 8. Koke 9. Gerard 10. Thiago 11. F. Torres 12. García 13. Sánchez 14. Gayà 16. Rodri 17. Fabián 18. Alba 19. Olmo 20. Traoré 21. Oyarzabal 22. Sarabia 23. Simón 24. Laporte 26. Pedri Manager:  Flag of Spain Luis Enrique

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Spain – 2022 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16

1. Sánchez 2. Azpilicueta 3. García 4. P. Torres 5. Busquets (c) 6. Llorente 7. Morata 8. Koke 9. Gavi 10. Asensio 11. F. Torres 12. Williams 13. Raya 14. Balde 15. Guillamón 16. Rodri 17. Pino 18. Alba 19. Soler 20. Carvajal 21. Olmo 22. Sarabia 23. Simón 24. Laporte 25. Fati 26. Pedri Manager:  Flag of Spain Luis Enrique

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