Sergio Busquets was born in 1988 on July 16th. This is a famous Spanish footballer who currently holds the position of a midfielder at the Catalan club Barcelona. He also defends the colors of the Spanish national team. This person is considered one of the most professional defensive midfielders in modern football, so it’s worth telling more about him.
The beginning of professional activity
Sergio Busquets made his debut for the main team of “Barcelona” in the match, held in the framework of the championship of Spain. It happened in 2008, September 13th. Then his club opposed FC Racing (Santander). In a more solid meeting (in particular, in the Champions League), the player first participated in the same year, but on October 22. Then the enemy of “Barcelona” was the Swiss “Basel”. In the same game, Sergio Busquets scored his first goal. The final score of the match was 5: 0. And he scored the second goal as part of the last match of the group stage. Then the Catalans played against the Donetsk “Miner”. True, they entered the field as a reserve team.
In 2009, on March 7, the footballer scored the first goal in the Spanish Championship. Then the opponent of “Barcelona” was “Athletic Bilbao”. Sergio Busquets spent the first season “excellent”. He entered the field 24 times in the national championship, played 7 matches in the Spanish Cup and eight games of the Champions League. It was an extremely successful start.
Way to success
Sergio Busquets began to appear especially often on the field in the second half of his first season, since at first the head coach wanted to watch how he would play. The result pleased him, and the player began to be released on the field much more often, and often - in the main team. As a result, the promising midfielder of “Barcelona” was named the best young player in the Spanish Championship 2008/09 season. And not surprisingly, after all, few are released into the final of the Champions League and the Spanish Cup at the age of twenty.
By the way, then, in 2009, he was awarded the Bravo Trophy. This award is usually awarded to the best young football player in Europe.
Further career
In his next season, the Catalan slowly but surely received the status of the leading defensive midfielder of the whole team. He even began to succeed in ousting from the base of such a good player as Yaya Toure. In the Spanish championship Sergio entered the field 33 times. To this should be added 10 matches of the Champions League, and a good result for the season is obtained. Sergio played a significant role in winning a team of six (!) Trophies for that year. After all, it was he who managed to equalize the score in the game, which took place as part of the semifinal of the club World Cup. Then, “Barcelona” was inferior to the Mexican club “Atlanta”.
True, in 2010/11, he scored only one goal. Then he increased the score of the game against Athletic Bilbao to 3: 1 and, of course, it was a victory. By the way, in 2010 and 2011 this player was included in symbolic teams.
The following season, sent his first ball into the goal of “Chelsea” - it was a match taking place in the semifinals of the Champions League. He scored the second goal in the last, 38th round of the championship of Spain. The opponent then was FC Betis. And in 2013 it became known that the contract with the player was extended until 2018. The retreats amounted to ... 250 million euros.
By the way, before the start of the 2014/15 season, the player changed his number - if he had previously played under the sixteenth, now his “five” is on his shirt. And he is the vice-captain of his club.
Interesting Facts
Many people claim that Sergio Busquets is a simulator. Is it so? Despite the fact that the player has more than good success in football, he is not ashamed of simulations. There was once a case that struck the memory of fans of this sport for a long time. Then “Barcelona” played against Milan “Inter”. There was a brawl between Thiago Motta and Sergio, as a result of which Busquets effectively fell on the lawn, covering his face with his hands. This was supposed to portray Sergio's severe pain. But only the cameras captured his cunning gaze and cheerful smile, which he himself showed to the public, opening his face with his fingers, believing that no one would notice. This event inspires online pranksters to create different memes and funny pictures.
True, the rest of the players do not approve of the player’s behavior. Sergio Ramos, for example, was offended even by Busquets. Then he was removed from the field due to a foul, which he applied to the player, “Barcelona”. He even wrote on Twitter: the way the Busquets rolled around the lawn is something. Here is a dishonest habit observed by a player like Sergio Busquets.
The football player’s personal life, as you know, has developed well. True, he hides it with all his might from the public and the press. So no details other than the fact that he has a girlfriend, no. Sergio does not consider it necessary to make public his life outside the stadium.