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Sergio Busquets

Sergio Busquets was born in the year 1988 and he is a Spanish professional footballer and played like a defensive midfielder of FC Barcelona and in Spain National Team. He started as an obscure player when he joined Barcelona in 2008. However, afterwards, he was able to make a name for himself and he became one of best central midfielder in a short period and reached to Spanish National team in just one year after making a debut in his professional club. He helped Spain to win in the World Cup of 2010 and in Euro 2012 tournaments. He represented his nation in the World Cup of 2014 and in Euro of 2016. He earned 90 caps in these games.

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From his biography, Sergio Busquets was born in the city of Sabadell, Barcelona in Catalonia. He started to play with the local team called CD Badia Del Valles and he had some spells with CEF Barbera Andalucia, UFB Jabac Terrassa and UE Lleida before starting to play under FC Barcelona in his youth ranks of 2005. He scored seven goals in the 26 games of Juvenil A team in the second season and after two years later, he was promoted to join B-Team under the Pep Guardiola and it helped in achieving third division. In same season, he got the first team debut when he was a substitute in the Match of Catalonia Cup.

Sergio Busquets played for the first time in La Liga match when he played in 1-1 home draw in a 90 minutes game. They placed against Racing de Santander. He played in UEFA Champions League match with FC Basel at St Jakob-Park on 22 October 2008. He scored the second goal of 16 minute in the 5-0 group state win. He signed a contract extension in 2008 to extend until the year 2013. It was a buyout clause of 80 million dollars. In March, for the following year, he scored the first league goal in the 2-0 home win against Athletic Bilbao. He had played regularly and he competed for his sport with other international players like Yaya Toure and Seydou Keita. He featured in the starting eleven games with Barcelona in the Champions League Final and won a 2.0 against Manchester United.

In the year 2008, he got his first cap in Under -21 for Spain during the 2009 qualification play-offs for UEFA European under 21 Football Championship. He was chosen by Manager Vicente Del Bosque for South Africa Finals and he assumed the midfielder role which naturalized Marcos Senna had played in before. His parents are Charles Busquets and Loli Burgos. He has one sibling, a brother called Aitor Busquets. His current girlfriend is Elena Galera Moron and he dated Vanessa Augilera before. His weekly salary is 120,000 dollars. His net worth is 45 million dollars. He had to withdrawn in a game playing for Spain because of injury.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 16 Jul, 1988
Age: 31 yrs
Occupations: Association football player
Citizenship: Spain
Birth Place: Sabadell
residence: Sabadell
Gender: Male
Description: Spanish association football player
Net Worth 2021: 45 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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