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Carles Puyol Rank Player 39
Birth name Carles Puyol i Saforcada
Nickname Tiburón
Birth date April 13, 1978
Birth place La Pobla de Segur, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Current club Barcelona
Number 5
Biography
Carles Puyol is a Spanish/Catalan footballer who is the current team captain of FC Barcelona. He is a regular in the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender, he can also play on either flank, especially as a right back. He served as a longtime team captain for his only club FC Barcelona after taking over from Luis Enrique in August 2004, going on to appear in more than 500 official games for the team and win 18 major titles, notably five La Liga and three UEFA Champions League championships. A Spanish international on more than 100 occasions, Puyol was part of the squads that won the Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup tournaments.
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All-out intensity, brave and unmatched effort. Occasionally has positional lapses but makes up for it with sheer hustle.
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