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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sergio Busquets i Burgos | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Sabadell, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Barcelona | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Lleida | ||
| 2003–2005 | Unió Jabac | ||
| 2005–2007 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2008 | Barcelona B | 31 | (1) |
| 2008– | Barcelona | 47 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Spain U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2009– | Spain | 11 | (0) |
| 2008– | Catalonia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sergio Busquets i Burgos (born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona, as a defensive midfielder.
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Busquets was born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia. In 2005–06, he joined local FC Barcelona's youth ranks, scoring seven goals in 26 matches for the Juvenil A team in the following season. Two years later, he was promoted to the B team under Josep Guardiola, and helped it achieve promotion to the third level, with one goal in his 31 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 top flight 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 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]
On 7 March 2009, Busquets netted his first goal in the championship 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 XI 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 (Milan).
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.[7] It was another peak in the career of a player who went from playing third level football to the national side in only nine months.
Busquets finally made his debut for La Furia Roja on 1 April 2009, in a 2010 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.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other [10] | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2007–08 | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 1 | |
| Barcelona | 2008–09 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 41 | 3 |
| 2009–10 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 4 | |
| Career totals | 78 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 109 | 5 | |
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.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sergi Busquets Burgos | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Sabadell, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Barcelona | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unió Jabac i Terrassa | |||
| 2005–2007 | FC Barcelona | ||
| Senior career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (Gls)2 | |
| 2007–2008 | FC Barcelona B | 25 (2) | |
| 2008– | FC Barcelona | 24 (1) | |
| National team3 | |||
| 2008– | Spain U21 | 3 (1) | |
| 2009– | Spain | 5 (0) | |
| 2008– | Catalonia | 1 (0) | |
| 1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2009. 2 Appearances (Goals). | |||
Template:Spanish name 2 Sergi Busquets Burgos (born 16 July 1988 in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona as a defensive midfielder.
He is the son of another club former player, Carles Busquets, who played goalkeeper during the 1990s.
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In 2005–06, Busquets joined FC Barcelona's youth ranks, scoring seven goals in 26 matches for the Juvenil A in 2006–07.
In 2007–08, he was promoted to the B team under Josep Guardiola, and helped it achieve promotion to third level, with two goals in 23 appearances. In that season, Busquets would make his main squad debut, in a Catalonia Cup match.
On 13 September 2008, Busquets played his first top flight match, 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Racing de Santander. Busquets began playing regularly in the starting XI, being preferred over internationals Yaya Touré and Seydou Keita. During Barcelona's Champions League match against FC Basel at St. Jakob-Park on 22 October 2008, he scored the second goal in a 5–0 win. In early December, in another start, he scored his second goal with Barça in the Champions League 2–3 home loss against Shakhtar Donetsk. On 22 December, Busquets signed a contract extension until 2013, with a buy-out clause of €80 million.[1]
On 7 March 2009, Busquets netted his first goal in the championship in a 2–0 home win over Athletic de Bilbao. On 27 May, Busquets featured in Barcelona's starting XI in the Champions League final in a 2–0 win over Manchester United. With Barcelona's 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 Martinez and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (won with Real Madrid) and Cesare and Paolo Maldini (won with AC Milan).
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, Busquets was called up to the senior squad for the friendly against England, on 11 February.[2] It was another peak in the career of a player who went from playing third level football to the national side in only nine months.
Busquets finally made his debut for La Furia Roja on 1 April 2009, in a 2010 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.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Barcelona B | 2007–08 | 23 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 2 |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 2 | |
| FC Barcelona | 2008–09 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| Total | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 3 | |
| Career totals | 49 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 66 | 5 | |
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  | Busquets thrilled to commit future to ''Barça'' - uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - News & Features - News specific |
| | Lista de convocados para el amistoso ante Inglaterra. - Noticias - Real Federación Española de Fútbol |
| | Soccernet statistics - Sergi Busquets Profile, Statistics, News, Game Log - Barcelona, Spanish Primera División - ESPN Soccernet |
| | National team data - Fútbol en la Red |
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