Busquets - Sergio Busquets Burgos - Biography

Born in Sabadell, he joined the Barça youth system in the summer of 2005 from Jabac. That season, playing for the Juvenil A side, he won three major trophies in a team that also included the likes of Bojan, Giovani, Jeffren and Marc Crosas..

In the 2006-07 season, Sergi Busquets continued with Juvenil A and was one of the core players in the side coached by Àlex Garcia. In his third year at the level, and despite still being a midfielder, Sergio scored 7 goals in 26 games.

The following season, Busquets moved up to Barça B under Pep Guardiola. It was not until the twelfth match that Sergio started a game, but he immediately impressed, and was picked 23 more times that season. He scored twice and made a major contribution to the promotion to Division 2B.

He got to play with the first team in the Copa Catalunya matches of 2007-08 and 2008-09, and then Sergio made his League debut on September 13, 2008 against Racing Santander (1-1). He came on from the start and stayed out the full 90 minutes. Busquets would get more and more chances as the season drew on, and was very much involved in the famous treble win. He started the Cup final and the Champions League final, thus ending an incredible twelve months in which he progressed from the third division to being a European champion!

In the 2009-10 season, he established his name as one of the most talented central midfielders on the international scene. Despite stiff competition from Touré Yaya, he played in 33 matches in the league, 10 in the Champions League and 4 in the Cup. In the 2010/11 season, he consolidated his position in midfield as the team won the Spanish Supercup, the league and the Champions League.

In 2011/2012, Sergio Busquets continued his meteoric rise and helped the team to victories in the Spanish Supercup, European Supercup, Clubs World Cup and Copa del Rey, scoring two goals in 52 appearances and establishing a regular place in the first eleven.

His fine form for Barça has won him international recognition. He played his first game for Spain on April 1, 2009, at the Ali Sami Yen, against Turkey (1-2). He also travelled to the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Vicente del Bosque used Busquets as a starting midfielder in the side than won the country’s first World Cup at South Africa 2010, and he also starred in the successful defence of the European Championship crown in 2012.

Sergi Busquets is the son of Carles Busquets, who played in goal for FC Barcelona in the 1990s.