Sergio Busquets Career Achievements, Records and Stats

Sergio Busquets has woꦛn eveജrything there is to win for club and country. 

A continental and world champion with Spain an🐼d a stalwart through years of Barcelona dominance, the Sabadell native is not the flashiest or most athletic player, but he has been invaluable to ꦐhis teams. 

Busquets is into the twil📖ight years at the top, perhaps nearing the stage where a move to MLS becomes a realistic poꦏssibility. 

Here’s a look at Busquets’ greatest achievements and honour❀s in his decorated playing career. 

Sergio Busquets’ Barcelona Achievements

• Busquets has won eight La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues with Barcelona.
• Busquets has made 696 appearances and scored 18 goals for the Barcelona first team.
• His tally of 463 La Liga appearances is joint-20^th on the all-time list.
• Busquets has made 129 Champions League appearances, which ranks 13^th all-time ahead of Gerard Pique and Clarence Seedorf.
• Only Xavi and Lionel Messi have made more appearances for Barcelona.
• Among active players, Joaquin Sanchez and Raul Garcia are the only players with more La Liga appearances than Busquets.
• Busquets run of 25 consecutive La Liga wins between 2009-10 and 2010-11 is the most by any Barcelona player.
• Busquets is tied with Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Jose Maria Belauste and Piru Gainza for the most Copa del Rey wins with seven.
• Only Busquets and Messi have appeared in 10 Copa del Rey finals.
• Busquets was awarded La Liga Breakthrough Player in 2009.
• He also received the Bravo Award in 2009 for being the ‘most outstanding young European footballer’.
• Busquets was included in the Champions League Squad of the Season in 2014-15.
• Surprisingly, he has only been named in the La Liga Team of the Season once, which came in 2015-16.
• Busquets has won the Supercopa de España on six occasions (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018).
• Busquets is a three-time winner of the Club World Cup (2009, 2011, 2015).
• Busquets made his first-team debut for Barcelona in 2008-09 and scored his first goal for the senior team against Basel in the Champions League group stage.
• When he won the 2009 Champions League after starting in the final against Manchester United, Sergio and his father Carles became just the third father-son duo to have won Europe’s premier club competition with the same team.
• Busquets was a regular as Barcelona completed a domestic league, domestic cup and European cup treble in 2014-15, becoming the first club ever to achieve the feat twice.
• Busquets captained Barcelona for the first time on 3^rd October 2015 in an away defeat to Sevilla.
• On 24^th November 2018, Busquets made his 500^th appearance for Barcelona.
• In August 2021, he was named club captain following Lionel Messi’s move to PSG.

Sergio Busquets’ Spain Achievements

• Busquets has made 140 appearances for Spain, scoring two goals in the process.
• Busquets won Euro 2012 and the 2010 World Cup with La Roja.
• Only Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos have made more appearances for Spain.
• Just 18 Europeans have more international caps than Busquets, who continues to climb the list.
• Busquets played every minute of Spain’s Euro 2012 campaign, and was ultimately named to the Team of the Tournament along with nine fellow Spaniards.
• He made his international debut against Turkey in 2009, playing 16 minutes off the bench after replacing David Silva.
• Busquets’ first international goal was scored in September 2014 against Macedonia in a qualifying match for Euro 2016.
• On 9^th October 2017, Busquets made his 100^th appearance for Spain.
• Busquets captained Spain for the first time on 7^th October 2020 and was named skipper for Euro 2020.
• Busquets was integral as Spain reached the final of the 2020-21 Nations League.
• He was rewarded with being named Player of the Nations League Finals.

Sergio Busquets’ World Cup Achievements

• Busquets won the 2010 World Cup with Spain.
• Busquets has competed in four World Cups (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).
• As of November 24^th 2022, Busquets has made 14 World Cup appearances.
• Only four Spaniards have appeared in more World Cup matches than Busquets (Xavi, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Andoni Zubizarreta).
• Just four players overall have played in more than Busquets’ total of four World Cups (Antonio Carbajal, Lionel Messi, Rafael Marquez, Lothar Matthäus).
• Busquets was named to the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 2010 alongside teammates Joan Capdevila, Carles Puyol, Sergio Ramos and David Villa.
• Busquets played all but 30 minutes of Spain’s victories 2010 World Cup campaign, and finished with the third-highest pass completion in the competition.