Oriol Busquets

Oriol Busquets Mas (born 20 January 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch club FC Twente on loan from 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
 Twente
(on loan from Barcelona)
Number 20
Youth career
2007–2017 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Barcelona B 54 (1)
2017– Barcelona 0 (0)
2019– → Twente (loan) 20 (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 29 February 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, Busquests 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 February 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 180200000200
Career total 721400000761

    Honours

    Barcelona

    Spain U17

    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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