Carles Puyol Saforcada (Catalan: [ˈkaɾləs puˈjɔl səfuɾˈkaðə], Spanish: [ˈkaɾles puˈʝol safoɾˈkaða]; born 13 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional...

Puyol is a Catalan surname and a variant of Pujol, meaning "hill". Notable people with the surname include: Carles Puyol (born 1978), retired Spanish footballer...

victory over Real Madrid on 2 May; he assisted four goals – once to Carles Puyol, once to Thierry Henry and twice to Lionel Messi. Xavi helped Barcelona...

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Champions League group stage match, in the absence of regular captain Carles Puyol and vice-captain Xavi. On 28 May 2011, Piqué played in his second Champions...

Olmo Cristóbal Parralo Patric Ángel Pedraza Pedro Carles Pérez Antonio Pinilla Oleguer Presas Carles Puyol Sandro Ramírez Pepe Reina Oriol Riera Sergi Roberto...

following seven players were also in contention for the award: Iker Casillas Puyol Lúcio Maicon Piqué Xavi Iniesta Sneijder Messi Ronaldo Villa Desmond Tutu...

win over Real Sociedad with two goals by Lionel Messi and one each by Carles Puyol, Pedro and David Villa. It also marked a successful debut for Tito Vilanova's...

history. The season was the first since 1998–99 without former captain Carles Puyol, who retired at the end of last season, 2001–02, and 2006–07 without...

minute, Barça played the next 60 minutes with Víctor Valdés, Montoya, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc Fàbregas...

Lleida. Famous people from La Pobla de Segur include FC Barcelona player Carles Puyol and current High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and...

Harvey Keitel, Poppy Drayton, Liam McIntyre, Oleg Taktarov, Joe Thomas, Carles Puyol and Larisa Malevannaya. A soccer player starts to suffer from the career-threatening...

resumed training with the main squad and remained doubts for the final. Carles Puyol, however, was available for selection after he served a one-match suspension...

when Sol Campbell headed in from a Thierry Henry free-kick following Carles Puyol's foul on Emmanuel Eboué. Some believed that Eboué was guilty of diving...

Supercopas de España, 3 UEFA Super Cups and 3 FIFA Club World Cups H. ^ Puyol captained Barcelona to the first ever sextuple. I. ^ Messi is Barcelona's...

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Defenders Paolo Maldini Franz Beckenbauer Carles Puyol Philipp Lahm Midfielders Andrés Iniesta Andrea Pirlo Zinedine Zidane...

pass which was retrieved by Klose, who ran towards the Spanish goal. Carles Puyol forced Klose out wide to the left, and the ball eventually went behind...

and Edgar Davids, combined with home grown Spanish players, such as Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi and Víctor Valdés, led to the club's return to...

August 2014, after the retirement of long time club captain and defender Carles Puyol and at the veteran's personal request, he was given the number 5 shirt...

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in the UEFA Nations League. Martínez has been likened to compatriot Carles Puyol and is known for his heading ability which makes him an aerial threat...

header. He followed this with a dance with Dani Alves then stopped by Carles Puyol. I spoke to club [sic] about my concept and told them why I want Thiago...

Player Team(s) Appearance Rüştü Reçber Fenerbahçe 1st Carles Puyol Barcelona 1st Alessandro Nesta Lazio Milan 1st Cristian Chivu Ajax 1st Roberto Carlos...

when Spain was awarded a corner. The corner, taken by Xavi, was met by Carles Puyol, who headed the ball into the net as Manuel Neuer didn't do much to protect...

the third successive game, Spain won 1–0, the winner a headed goal by Carles Puyol. Kevin McCarra of The Guardian commented afterwards that these results...

important player, has his contract ending in 2008. The captain is still Carles Puyol, who is from Barcelona's youth system, plays in the first squad since...

Maldini has inspired many defenders like Rio Ferdinand, Rafael Márquez and Carles Puyol. Maldini has appeared in commercials for American sportswear company...

Bernabéu in consecutive months, by a 1–2 scoreline. Goals by defenders Carles Puyol and Eric Abidal secured the comeback victory in the first leg. The match...

new starlets, around Ronaldinho and a core of home-grown players like Carles Puyol, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Víctor Valdés and Oleguer. The club finally won...

Alessandro Nesta (Milan) John Terry (Chelsea) Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid) Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)...