Biography and path of carles puyol (1999 2014)

Biography and path of Carles Puyol (1999-2014)

Biography and path of Carles Puyol (1999-2014)

Published:15/05/2014 - 18:46h

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Carles Puyol gave his first steps like footballer in the team of his natal village, The Pobla of Segur. With the years showed that had a lot of projection and the season 95-96 incorporated to the basic football of the Barça and to the residence of The Farm

Very soon it turned into one of the basic pieces of the Barça B and, on 2 October 1999, did reality his dream to debut with the first team. The player woke up the interest of Go Gaal and the technician trusted he for a clash against the Valladolid. Since, Puyol began to go in regularly in the announcements of the Dutch technician until the point to turn into the reference of the Barcelona right band.

But thanks to his eagerness of superación and to his big capacity of work, Carles Puyol adapted to the position of head office where already turned into a fixed in all the alignments of the Barça. In the season 2003-2004, already like third captain of the team, went one of the basic pieces in the second final place in the classification. Puyol Played 27 parties of League and 7 parties in the Glass of the UEFA.

But Carles Puyol could not win his first title with the Barça until the season 2004-05. Already like first captain of the Barça and like one of the members of the vertebral column of the team of Rijkaard, Carles Puyol could raise the trophy of champions of League in the Camp Nou. Of this way, the Catalan defence saw done reality his dream.

In the season 2005-06, Puyol repeated the same image of the previous season. The captain was the attendant to offer the championship of League to the fans of the Barça in the derby citizen against the Espanyol and had the privilege to raise the Glass of Europe in the stadium of Saint-Dennis in Paris. That course Puyol only lost 5 parties in all the season.

At the end of the following season, the 2006/07 (in which it played 35 of the 38 parties of League), Carles Puyol suffered the first grave injury of his career, in a friendly party contested in Pretoria with the already concluded League. The break of the external lateral ligament of the knee that suffered on 20 June of the 2007 prevented him go back to play until 29 September. In spite of being drop in the first months of competition, the captain played finally 30 parties of League in the course 2007/08.

The season of the triplete, the 2008/09, Carles Puyol shows to be the most polyvalent defence of the Barça. Guardiola Does it play like right side (final of Champions) and left-handed (final of Glass) and also like head office, turning into the perfect joker. Besides, it sacks the course with a goal, the one who does of head in the historical 2-6 in the Bernabéu. In Rome goes in in the history of the club, when being the Barcelona captain that more Leagues of Champions has raised.

In the course 2009/10 raises his fourth League. The captain keeps a big regularity and is one of the most used defences in the axis of the saga by Pep Guardiola.

Less luck has Puyol in the season 2010/11, in which in spite of winning his fifth League and the third Champions, only plays 27 parties (had not played so few from the 2000/01). To final of season, is subjected to an arthroscopy in the left knee to extract a cartilaginous free body from the tróclea femoral. In Wembley, has the gesture to yield him the bracelet of captain to Éric Abidal so that it was the French the one who raise the fourth Glass of Europe.

Already in the course 2011/12, Carles Puyol lost the conquests of the Supercopa of Spain and of Europe, but contributed with his leadership to win the World-wide of Clubs and the Glass of Rey. Besides, it went his more effective season in the facet goleadora, since the captain saw goal in five occasions, in a total of 44 parties. His were two very important goals in front of Real Madrid and Valency in the quarter-finals and the semifinals of the Glass of Rey, respectively. With two magistrales finish of head, the central culé allanaba the classification to the final of the Calderón.

On 11 February 2012, in an Osasuna-Barça, Puyol concludes his series of 56 consecutive parties without knowing the defeat. This same course, in the turn of the quarter-finals of the Champions between Barça and Milan, the Barcelona defence surpasses to Migueli like the second player with more parties with the T-shirt barcelonista. In this way, only Xavi situates above the of The Pobla of Segur, that left backwards the 549 parties of the mythical ex player.

In the season 2012/13, andl Barcelona captain had a series of injuries that did not allow him have continuity in the team. In spite of playing few parties, and to be operated to half season of the knee, the captain could raise the trophy of champion of League 2012/13.

Besides, Carles Puyol is a fixed with the Spanish selection, with which already has participated in the World-wide of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 and in the Eurocopas of the 2004 and 2008. In this last was a key piece of the Spain that did with the title in Vienna. It lost the one of the 2012 by a problem in a knee.

In summer of the 2010, conquered with Spain the World-wide, the only official title that was missing him to level of club and of selection. Puyol Was one of the pillars of his selection. It contested the seven commitments and marked the only goal of the semifinal against Germany. A target, with the head, treaded to which signed in the Bernabéu in the historical 2-6.

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