A Celebrity: Carles Puyol

This week the theme is “A Celebrity” and I’m going to talk about my favorite soccer player, Carles Puyol. His full name is Carles Puyol Saforcada, he was born in Pobla de Segur, Spain on April 13, 1978. His nickname is “Tiburon”, he played on the defense and his number was number 5. When Puyol signed with Barcelona B in 1995 he started his schooling at La Masia, the club’s academy and debuted with FC Barcelona pro on October 2, 1999 under Coach Louis van Gaal and with the national team (Spain) in 2000 under Coach Jose Antonio Camacho. He was very intelligent playing on the field and able to anticipate the plays, due to that he became one of the most skilled and important defenders on Europe.

Carles Puyol is retired now but a real Barca’s fan is never going to forget him. He was the Barcelona’s captain, also he was the captain of the national team of Spain. Puyol got almost forty injuries but those injuries never stopped him. He won 21 major titles with FC Barcelona and scored 18 goals in 593 games with FC Barcelona team. Puyol said: “After my last two major operations, I find it is taking me a lot of effort to reach the level required here, even more of an effort than myself and the surgeons thought necessary. That's the reason I have reached this decision.” That decision he’s talking about is the decision of retirement from professional soccer. It’s hard to realize that he is leaving professional soccer because seeing him playing was amazing but every player gets old and need to retire so this years that Puyol played were days of glory for professional football.