18 Years Sergio Busquets With Barcelona Has The Result Of Honor And Pride

Barcelona player, Sergio Busquets. (Photo: Twitter/@FCBarcelona)

JAKARTA - Sergio Busquets made a touching announcement. The 34-year-old finally decided to separate from Barcelona at the end of the 2022/2023 season.

This is the end of the player's path after 18 years of defending the club that made his name.

Busquets joined Barcelona in 2005 as a young player. He then grew up to Barcelona B and then made his senior team debut under coach Pep Guardiola in the 2008/2009 La Liga season against Racing Santander.

The end of the Spanish footballer's trip in the Blaugrana uniform was announced through the club's social media, Wednesday, May 10, local time.

On the same day, Busquet also uploaded a farewell video on his Instagram account containing his career journey with El Barca.

"It's been an honor, dreams, sources of pride, and means everything to defend and represent this badge for years, but everything has its beginning and ending, and even though it's not an easy decision, I think. The time has come," said Busquet, quoted by @5sergiob.

"Being a Barca fan is the best thing ever," he continued, as quoted via Antara.

The footballer, who plays defensive midfielder, has played 718 games with Barcelona in all competitions or the third most in club history and contributed 18 goals and 40 assists.

As a midfielder known to be good at reading the game, Busquet has also become the Barcelona player who played at El Clasico for the most with 48 games, 23 of which ended in wins.

During 18 years with the club, which is now at the top of the Spanish League standings, Busquet has won 31 trophies divided into 8x La Liga, 7x Copa del Rey, 7x Spanish Super Cup, 3x European Super Cup, 3x Club World Cup.

Busquets = titles ❤️‍🔥 pic.twitter.com/awgLIaFlzi

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 10, 2023

Busquets = title pic.twitter.com/awgLIaFlzi

This trophy collection can still increase if Barcelona manages to secure the Spanish League trophy, considering that they are now 13 points ahead of the second position of Atletico Madrid with the remaining five matches this season.

This season, Busquet is also still the mainstay player for coach Xavi Hernandez in midfield with 27 appearances in the Spanish League with a total of 2,087 minutes of playing.