Carles Busquets
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carles Busquets Barroso | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1987 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Barcelona B | 61 | (0) |
| 1990–1999 | Barcelona | 79 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Lleida | 108 | (0) |
| Total | 248 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Carles Busquets Barroso (Catalan: [busˈkɛts]; born 19 July 1967) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mostly for Barcelona.
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Busquets was a FC Barcelona graduate who possessed very good technical skills for a player in his position, and he made his La Liga debut for the first team on 7 November 1993 in a 2–1 home win over Racing de Santander, going on to appear in the following two games. However, he was mostly back-up for Spanish international Andoni Zubizarreta during his first years; he did manage to feature in the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup final in a 1–2 loss against Manchester United, with two goals from Mark Hughes.
After Zubizarreta left for Valencia CF Busquets played 69 league matches in two seasons combined, and was also on goal in the 4–0 thrashing of Manchester United in the group stage of 1994–95's UEFA Champions League, but during this period Barça failed to win any silverware. For the following campaigns he was again back-up, first to Portugal's Vítor Baía then Dutchman Ruud Hesp, and also clashed with new manager Louis van Gaal.
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