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Carles Puyol

Spanish association football player (born 1978)

  • Fame65.3
  • Momentum19.3
  • Spain rank#230
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  • Fame65.3
  • Momentum19.3
  • Spain rank#230
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Born 1978 · age 48Spain
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  • Wikipedia
    77 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Spain
    #230
    Footballers
  • Age
    48
    Born 1978
  • Known for
    Goal II: Living the Dr…
    2007
Summary
Updated 2026-06-16

Carles Puyol Saforcada is a Spanish former professional footballer who played his entire career for Barcelona. Considered one of the best defenders ever and one of the sport's greatest captains, he mainly played as a centre-back, but could also play in either full-back position, mostly as a right-back.

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Teams

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  • Catalonia national football team
    2001–2013
  • Spain national under-21 association football team
    2000–2000
  • Spain national under-23 football team
    2000–2000
  • Spain men's national football team
    2000–2013
  • Fc Barcelona
    1999–2014
  • FC Barcelona Atlètic
    1997–2000
  • FC Barcelona C
    1996–1997
  • Spain national under-18 football team
    1995–1995
19952014
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Season stats

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2001–201360
2000–200040
2000–200050
2000–20131003
1999–201439212
1997–2000896
1996–199711
1995–199530
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Awards

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  • Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
65.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum19.3
Historical25.5
Now attention100.0
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#230
Category rank
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