Carles Puyol Profile

There is of data Carles Puyol:

• Full Name: Carles Puyol is aforcada
• Place of Birth: La Pobla de Segur, Spain
• Date of Birth: 13 April 1978
• Height: 178 cm
• Weight: 80 kg
• Player Position: Defender
• Squad Number: 5
• Club Football: Barcelona
• National Team: Spain

Carles Puyol is a Spanish-born footballer. He is the best defender at the club Barcelona. Puyol is also the captain of the Barca first team after Luis Enrique retired. Dai started playing football in the local team, Pablo de Segur. Initially he played as a goalkeeper. However, after he suffered an injury, he switched to striker.

He joined Barcelona through La Masia academy. In 1999, then coach Louis van Gaal promoted Puyol to the first team. first debut in La Liga while beating Real Valladolid 2-0. Puyol is also committed to being the captain of the Barcelona first team until he retired.

STATISTICAL DATA Carles Puyol:

Junior Career:

• 1993-1995: Pablo de Segur
• 1995-1997: Barcelona

Senior Career:

• 1997-2000: Barcelona B play 89 games 6 goals
• 1999-present: Barcelona played 351 games 7 goals

National team career:

• 1995: Spain U18 played 3 games 0 goals
• 2000: Spain U21 played 4 games 0 goals
• 2000: Spain U23 played 5 games 0 goals
• 2000-present: Spain played 96 games 3 goals
• 2001-present: Catalonia played 5 games 0 goals