Sergi Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Busquets playing for Barcelona at the 2015 UEFA Super Cup
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Busquets Burgos
Date of birth	(1988-07-16) 16 July 1988 (age 29)
Place of birth	Sabadell, Spain
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Barcelona
Number	5
Youth career
1995–1996	Badia
1996–1999	Barberà Andalucía
1999–2003	Lleida
2003–2005	Jàbac Terrassa
2005–2007	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Barcelona B	25	(2)
2008–	Barcelona	296	(7)
National team‡
2008–2009	Spain U21	3	(1)
2009–	Spain	102	(2)
2008–	Catalonia	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2017

Sergio Busquets Burgos (Catalan: [busˈkɛts], Spanish pronunciation: [ˈserxjo βusˈkets]; born 16 July 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barcelona and the Spain national team.

He arrived in Barcelona's first team in July 2008, and eventually made a name for himself in a relatively short period of time. He reached the Spain national team less than one year after making his senior club debut.

Busquets helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup and the Euro 2012 tournaments. He also represented the nation at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Busquets began playing football with local team CD Badia del Vallès, followed by spells with CEF Barberà Andalucía, UE Lleida and UFB Jàbac Terrassa, before joining Barcelona's youth ranks in 2005. He 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 him achieve promotion to the third division. In that same season he would make his first-team debut, coming on as a substitute in the Copa Catalunya.