Hello everyone, welcome to - Daily Player Rating! You could be the judge and rate one player every day at 10:30 CET. The results will be declared in the form of Fut Card tomorrow. We released the rating of Xavi yesterday. He got 90 total points with highest 97 in passing. The detailed results are as follows:
Loyalty is an admirable quality in football while many legends spent the whole or most of career serving their beloved club. Here we offer you the player ratings of these legends who are famous not only for the superb skills but also for their loyalty.
Now let's welcome our guest today - Carles Puyol!
Cast your vote from 6 dimensions - Pace, Passing, Tackling, Marking, Physicality and Tenacity ( 5 is the highest and 1 is the lowest ). The Final points = Total points of 6 dimensions /6 * 20.
Reminder: Ratings could be changed according to the positions in the field (like shot for strikers and save for goalkeepers).
Carles Puyol is a Spanish retired footballer who played his entire career for Barcelona. Mainly a central defender, he could also play on either flank, mostly as a right-back, and is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.
Born in La Pobla de Segur, Lleida, Catalonia, Puyol started playing football for his hometown club as a goalkeeper, but after injury problems with his shoulder, he switched to forward. He said that in his youth, "My parents were sceptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study." In 1995, he joined Barcelona's youth system at La Masia, switching positions again, to play as a defensive midfielder; two years later, he started playing for the club's B-team, occupying the position of right-back.
Louis van Gaal promoted Puyol to the first team and he made his La Liga debut on 2 October 1999 in a 2–0 away win against Real Valladolid. After that, he successfully made another conversion, now to central defender. Puyol was named club captain at the end of 2003–04, after the retirement of Luis Enrique until his own retirement in 2014, and appeared in 593 competitive matches for the club. He won 20 major titles, including six La Liga trophies and three Champions League titles.
Puyol won his first cap for Spain on 15 November 2000 against the Netherlands and remained a regular fixture in the following years. He played for Spain at the 2000 Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 World Cup.
Here are some fantastic moments of Puyol:
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