Sergio Busquets Biography, Career, Net Worth, Salary, Market Value, Awards, Family, Wife and Many More

Spanish footballer Sergio Busquets Burgos currently plays as a defensive midfielder for the La Liga side Barcelona besides making regular appearances for the Spain national team. He started his football journey with his native club CD Badia’s youth academy at the age of just 7, and eventually joined the La Masia academy of Barcelona in 2005. He earned his place in the Barcelona senior team for the first time in July 2008, and made regular appearances for the side since then. Over the years, he proved himself as one of the key playmakers of the Catalan side.

Sergio Busquets Biography

Besides club football, Busquets also made his name in the international circuit. Within one year of his senior debut with Barcelona, he earned his first call-up for the national team of Spain, and eventually became their permanent member over the years. He helped his national side to lift the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 UEFA Euro trophies. He also represented his team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 UEFA Euro. Without any doubt, Busquets definitely earned his place among of the greatest defensive midfielders Spain has ever produced.

Sergio Busquets Full Biography and Career

Sergio Busquets Childhood Career

At the age of just 7, Busquets started his footballing journey with the youth academy system of his native club CD Badia del Vallès in 1995. After spending a season, he moved to CEF Barberà Andalucía in 1996 and stayed there for three years. He then joined the academy of UE Lleida in 1999 and took 4 years of training there. He moved to the Jàbac Terrassa side in 2003 and spent another two-year at the academy. Busquets finally moved to the ‘La Masia’ youth system of one of the richest football clubs, Barcelona, in 2005 at the age of just 16. He took 2 years of training there and caught the attention of Barcelona’s reserve side and also several big clubs wanted to take him on their side.

Sergio Busquets Youth Career at Barcelona

After playing 26 matches and scoring 7 goals for the Barcelona Juvenil A team, Busquets caught the attention of Barcelona’s reserve side. He made his reserve team debut under Pep Guardiola. Eventually, he helped the squad to achieve the promotion to the third division Spanish league. Shortly after, he made his first-team debut in the Copa Catalunya as a substitute. He went on to make his first La Liga appearance for Barcelona against Racing de Santander on 13^th September 2008. Busquets scored his first UEFA Champions League goal against Basel on 22^nd October 2008 at St. Jakob-Park.

He signed his first professional contract with Barcelona on 22^nd December 2008. His five-year contract till 2013 had a buy-out clause of €80 million at that time. Shortly after, he scored his first La Liga goal against Athletic Bilbao on 7^th March 2009. He then helped the club to secure the 2009 UEFA Champions League trophy while defeating Manchester United at the final on 27^th May 2009. By securing the trophy, he with his father Carles Busquets became the third only father-son duo to win Europe’s top club tournaments for the same club.

Sergio Busquets Club Career

Sergio Busquets Barcelona Career

He secured his place in the first-squad of Barcelona during the 2009–10 season as Pep Guardiola preferring him over Yaya Touré for the central holding midfielder position. He played mainly as a central defender in the following 2010-11 season. Busquets then signed a contract extension with an increased buy-out clause of €150 million on 27^th January 2011. Tragically, he scored his first own-goal in the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 match against Arsenal on 8^th March 2011. Just a day after his 25^th birthday, he signed another five-year contract extension with the club on 16^th July 2013.

Busquets received the No.5 jersey at Camp Nou after the retirement of legendary Carles Puyol on 1^st August 2014. He then helped the side to secure their fifth accolade of the season, the UEFA Champions League trophy, while defeating Juventus in the final at Olympiastadion on 6^th June 2015. With this achievement, Barcelona became the first and the only club to secure a treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League twice. As an interesting fact, Busquets scored against Las Palmas in a closed-doors match at the Camp Nou on 1^st October 2017.

Sergio Busquets International Career

Busquets made his international debut for the Spanish U-21 side in a 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Switzerland on 11^th October 2008. Shortly after, he earned his first senior call-up for Spain to play a friendly match against England on 11^th February 2009. He then earned another call-up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign and made his debut against Turkey in Istanbul on 1^st April 2009, as a substitute for David Silva.

One of the greatest football managers, Vicente del Bosque, named him for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Busquets participated in every match of the grand tournament and helped his nation to lift the World Cup trophy. He scored his first international goal in a 2016 UEFA Euro qualifier match against Macedonia on 8^th September 2014. As an interesting fact, he made his 100^th appearance for the Spanish national team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel on 9^th October 2017.

Sergio Busquets Spain Career

Sergio Busquets Personal Life

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, to his parents Carles Busquets Burgos and Loli Burgos, Sergio is of pure Spanish descent. He grew up in the Sabadell city of Barcelona while playing football with his brother Aitor Busquets during their childhood. Their father, Carles, was a retired professional footballer. Carles Busquets is widely regarded for his stint as a goalkeeper for Barcelona during the 1990s. As a surprising fact, Sergio’s brother Aitor is also a professional footballer and is known for his stint with CF Gavà.

Busquets started his live-in relationship with his long-time sweetheart Elena Galera Moron in 2014. The couple had their first son Enzo in 2016. Besides, the couple has two bulldogs named Minnie and Lily. Busquets made an Arabic tattoo on his left forearm, dedicated to his maternal grandfather. His tattoo translates “A thing for you, the life in my country.”

Sergio Busquets Net Worth

The current net worth of Sergio Busquets is estimated to be around €40 Million according to the recent statistical reports. His current market value stands at €80 Million as of 2018. Busquets earns €205,000 weekly wage from his current La Liga club Barcelona. He generates around €7 Million yearly earning through professional football. Besides, he also made his wealth through his sponsorship deal with Nike. Busquets currently wears their Nike Magista Obra II boot since 2018.

Sergio Busquets Individual Awards

With Barcelona, Busquets won La Liga a record 7 times and the Copa del Rey six times as of 2018. Besides, he also achieved 5 Supercopa de España titles and 3 UEFA Champions League trophies with the Catalan side. He also helped his club to secure three FIFA Club World Cup trophies and three UEFA Super Cup trophies. In the international circuit, he lifted the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 UEFA European Championship with Spanish national team. Besides his team success, he received several accolades in his spectacular career. Some of the most notable awards that Busquets received till now are as follows:

• Bravo Award: 2009
• La Liga Breakthrough Player of the year: 2009
• Prince of Asturias Awards: 2010
• Royal Order of Sporting Merit: Gold Medal [2011]
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
• FIFPro World XI Team of the Tournament: Fourth Team [2013], Third Team [2015], Second Team [2016]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16
• UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16