Sergio Busquets first on the team sheet

Sergio Busquets finished his 2011/12 season on Sunday night having played 67 games in all for club and country. Only Messi, with 69, has played more .

The Barça midfielder has played 83% of the possible fixtures this season, 52 with FC Barcelona and 15 with Spain.
Busquets is one of the first names on the team sheet for both Barça and Spain and despite not yet being 24 – his birthday is July 16th – he is virtually irreplaceable. He was given his debut by Pep Guardiola in the coach’s second game in charge, on September 13th 2008 and has made incredible progress since then. “He’s one of the best midfielders in the world, as competitive as Messi and just like him, he never plays badly in a final and what’s more, he’s a great lad”, according to Guardiola in the last number of the BARÇA magazine.