{"id":2873,"date":"2022-11-24T22:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2023-11-14T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:47:20","slug":"sergio-busquets-career-achievements-records-and-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/blog\/sergio-busquets-career-achievements-records-and-stats","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Busquets Career Achievements, Records and Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sergio Busquets has won everything there is to win for club and country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A continental and world champion with Spain and a stalwart through years of Barcelona dominance, the Sabadell native is not the flashiest or most athletic player, but he has been invaluable to his teams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Busquets is into the twilight years at the top, perhaps nearing the stage where a move to MLS becomes a realistic possibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at Busquets\u2019 greatest achievements and honours in his decorated playing career.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sergio-busquets-barcelona-achievements\">Sergio Busquets\u2019 Barcelona Achievements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Busquets has won eight La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues with Barcelona.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets has made 696 appearances and scored 18 goals for the Barcelona first team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His tally of 463 La Liga appearances is joint-20<sup>th<\/sup> on the all-time list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets has made 129 Champions League appearances, which ranks 13<sup>th<\/sup> all-time ahead of Gerard Pique and Clarence Seedorf.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only Xavi and Lionel Messi have made more appearances for Barcelona.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Among active players, Joaquin Sanchez and Raul Garcia are the only players with more La Liga appearances than Busquets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets run of 25 consecutive La Liga wins between 2009-10 and 2010-11 is the most by any Barcelona player.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets is tied with Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Jose Maria Belauste and Piru Gainza for the most Copa del Rey wins with seven.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only Busquets and Messi have appeared in 10 Copa del Rey finals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets was awarded La Liga Breakthrough Player in 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He also received the Bravo Award in 2009 for being the \u2018most outstanding young European footballer\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets was included in the Champions League Squad of the Season in 2014-15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surprisingly, he has only been named in the La Liga Team of the Season once, which came in 2015-16.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets has won the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a on six occasions (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets is a three-time winner of the Club World Cup (2009, 2011, 2015).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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\u2019s premier club competition with the same team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets captained Barcelona for the first time on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2015 in an away defeat to Sevilla.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On 24<sup>th<\/sup> November 2018, Busquets made his 500<sup>th<\/sup> appearance for Barcelona.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In August 2021, he was named club captain following Lionel Messi\u2019s move to PSG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sergio-busquets-spain-achievements\">Sergio Busquets\u2019 Spain Achievements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Busquets has made 140 appearances for Spain, scoring two goals in the process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets won Euro 2012 and the 2010 World Cup with La Roja.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos have made more appearances for Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just 18 Europeans have more international caps than Busquets, who continues to climb the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets played every minute of Spain\u2019s Euro 2012 campaign, and was ultimately named to the Team of the Tournament along with nine fellow Spaniards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He made his international debut against Turkey in 2009, playing 16 minutes off the bench after replacing David Silva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets\u2019 first international goal was scored in September 2014 against Macedonia in a qualifying match for Euro 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On 9<sup>th<\/sup> October 2017, Busquets made his 100<sup>th<\/sup> appearance for Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets captained Spain for the first time on 7<sup>th<\/sup> October 2020 and was named skipper for Euro 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets was integral as Spain reached the final of the 2020-21 Nations League.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was rewarded with being named Player of the Nations League Finals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sergio-busquets-world-cup-achievements\">Sergio Busquets\u2019 World Cup Achievements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Busquets won the 2010 World Cup with Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets has competed in four World Cups (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of November 24<sup>th<\/sup> 2022, Busquets has made 14 World Cup appearances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only four Spaniards have appeared in more World Cup matches than Busquets (Xavi, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Andoni Zubizarreta).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just four players overall have played in more than Busquets\u2019 total of four World Cups (Antonio Carbajal, Lionel Messi, Rafael Marquez, Lothar Matth\u00e4us).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets was named to the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 2010 alongside teammates Joan Capdevila, Carles Puyol, Sergio Ramos and David Villa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busquets played all but 30 minutes of Spain\u2019s victories 2010 World Cup campaign, and finished with the third-highest pass completion in the competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergio Busquets has won everything there is to win for club and country.&nbsp; A continental and world champion with Spain and a stalwart through years of Barcelona dominance, the Sabadell native is not the flashiest or most athletic player, but he has been invaluable to his teams.&nbsp; Busquets is into the twilight years at 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