Oriol Busquets

Oriol Busquets Mas (born 20 January 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for FC Barcelona.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Busquets and the second or maternal family name is Mas.
Oriol Busquets
Personal information
Full name Oriol Busquets Mas[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999
Place of birth Sant Feliu, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Youth career
2007–2017 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Barcelona B 54 (1)
2017– Barcelona 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Twente (loan) 21 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Spain U16 8 (1)
2015–2016 Spain U17 13 (1)
2017 Spain U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Spain U19 4 (0)
2019– Spain U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2019

Club career

Born in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Catalonia, Busquets joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2007 at age 8, after a successful trial.[2] After progressing through the ranks, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 29 April 2017, while still a youth, coming on as a late substitute for Alberto Perea in a 2–0 Segunda División B home win against AE Prat.[3]

Busquets played his first game as a professional on 19 August 2017, starting in a 2–1 away victory over Real Valladolid for the Segunda División.[4] His maiden appearance for the first team came on 29 November, when he started and played 62 minutes in the 5–0 defeat of Real Murcia for the Copa del Rey.[5]

On 9 February 2018, Busquets sustained a serious knee injury in a training session, tearing the meniscus in a fashion similar to fellow youth graduate Rafinha one year earlier.[6] Having returned to active, he scored his first senior goal on 1 December of the same year in a 2–2 home draw to Valencia CF Mestalla.[7]

On 27 August 2019, Busquets joined Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente on a one-year loan deal.[8] His maiden appearance in top-flight football took place on 1 September when he replaced compatriot Javier Espinosa for the final 15 minutes of a 3–1 home win against FC Utrecht, where fellow Spaniards Aitor Cantalapiedra (Twente) and Adrián Dalmau (Utrecht) also scored.[9]

Personal life

Busquets' older brother, Pol, is also a footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper.[10]

Career statistics
As of 23 July 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División B 20—20
2017–18 Segunda División 220—220
2018–19 Segunda División B 301—301
Total 541—541
Barcelona 2017–18 La Liga 0010000010
2018–19 La Liga 0010000010
Total 0020000020
Twente (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 210200000230
Career total 751400000791

    Honours

    Barcelona

    Spain U17

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    References
    1. "Acta del partido celebrado el 11 de noviembre de 2018, en Teruel" [Minutes of the match held on 11 November 2018, in Teruel] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
    2. Capdevila, Josep (8 July 2014). "Oriol Busquets: un lujo de centrocampista que se fijaba en Deco" [Oriol Busquets: deluxe midfielder who looked up to Deco]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2017.
    3. "FC Barcelona B 2–0 AE Prat: Reserves clinch top spot". FC Barcelona. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    4. Galicia, Samuel (19 August 2017). "El Barça B se escapa vivo de Zorrilla" [Barça B escape from Zorrilla alive]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2017.
    5. Casademont, Sergi (29 November 2017). "FC Barcelona – Real Murcia: Noche especial para certificar los octavos (5–0)" [FC Barcelona – Real Murcia: Special night to confirm last-16 (5–0)] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
    6. "Oriol Busquets out for season". Football España. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
    7. "Barça B – Valencia Mestalla: Empate en el último suspiro (2–2)" [Barça B – Valencia Mestalla: Draw in the dying breath (2–2)] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
    8. "Oriol Busquets naar FC Twente" [Oriol Busquets to FC Twente] (in Dutch). FC Twente. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
    9. "Specialist Aitor schiet Twente langs Utrecht in duel vol VAR-momenten" [Specialist Aitor shoots Twente past Utrecht in VAR-laden duel] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
    10. "Los hermanos Busquets, cara a cara por primera vez" [The Busquets brothers, face to face for the first time] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
    11. Oriol Busquets at Soccerway
    12. "España pierde la final ante Portugal en la tanda de penaltis (1–1 /5-4)" [Spain lose final against Portugal on penalty shootout (1–1 /5-4)] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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