Sports star

FC Barcelona captain Carles Puyol started his footballing career at a small local team, La Pobla de Segur, in the North of Catalonia. His talent soon attracted the wider attention of many clubs and also the scouts of Barcelona had him on their talent list. At the age of 17 he was signed up for the Barça Academy at La Masía.
He soon started to play for the Barca B Team and then progressed to make his debut with the first team under coach Louis van Gaal on 2nd October 1999. Thanks to his determination to improve and a tremendous work rate he appeared more and more as a regular player in the starting line up until until he made the right back position his own. Due to his determination and fighting spirit he became a favourite for the Nou Camp crowd. In the meantime Carles Puyol developed his skills as an outstanding central defender.

In the 2004-05 season Carles Puyol won his first Spanish Championship medal with Barça. By then he was already the captain of the team and an essential part of Frank Rijkaard's La Liga championship winning side.
At the end of the season he finally saw his dream come true, lifting the league trophy in the Nou Camp

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