Carles Puyol of Spain got a yellow card in the first 15 minutes of play in the World Cup final today versus the Netherlands. The defender was given the penalty for a meaty challenge on Dutch forward Arjen Robben . The score remained tied at 0 in the first 20 minutes of play, and neither country has ever won a World Cup, so a lot is on the line for both teams. Spain's David Villa has 5 goals in the tournament so far, so he'll be getting a good amount of play today, while Robin Van Persie for...Read Full Story
So often great teams are defined by who leads them. Whether it’s Steven Gerrard dragging Liverpool up by his bare hands against Milan in Istanbul or Franz Beckenbauer calmly and decisively leading West Germany to victory in the 1974 World Cup despite going a goal down inside the first minute to the great Dutch team of that era. All teams who win at the highest level need one man who will do whatever it takes to win and get the best of those around him. For all of Barcelona’s talent in...Read Full Story
Soccer star Carles Puyol, who led Spain to the World Cup title last year, is the face of a new United Nations campaign to save endangered orangutans that could face extinction within the next few decades.
“ Act Now for Orangutans ” is developed by the UN Great Apes Survival Partnership an alliance that works to respond to the conservation crisis facing chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos – and the United Kingdom-based International Animal Rescue (IAR).
Less than 66,000 wild...Read Full Story
Barcelona defender Carles Puyol has admitted he considered retiring from football following his recent knee injury. The Spain international has just regained full fitness after undergoing an operation on the recurring problem in June. Between January and August, Puyol missed about six months of action, and the 33-year-old has conceded he thought he may not have been able to play again. "These were eight months of suffering," he told Antena3 . "I had a hard time because I could not see a...Read Full Story
Carles Puyol,Spain Country: Spain Club Team: Barcelona Position: Defender Age: 31 In the perennial pressure-cooker that is Barcelona, Carles Puyol has done the near-impossible. In a decade of first-team football, his spot in the team was never once questioned as a result of never having had a bad stretch of games. The wild-maned defender, who has won awards for his work as both a right and center back, has since become the superb team's captain and is one of its longest-tenured players...Read Full Story
Barcelona captain Carles Puyol insists they won't give up on the title, despite their poor defeat at Osasuna. Barca are now ten points behind table leaders Real Madrid. "Clearly we're not happy with the match at Osasuna, but the League is not lost yet," said Puyol.
Carles Puyol Double Roulette vs Valencia
Incredible piece of skill from an unlikely source. Carles Puyol with not 1, but 2 successful Roulettes vs Valencia in the Copa del Rey.
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The 33-year-old defender also showed off some silky moves on the attack, too -- pulling off not one, but two Zidane(ish) roulettes like some kind of permed Tasmanian Devil before laying the ball off to Messi. I've decided he needs to do this more often.
Barcelona skipper Carles Puyol has voiced his disappointment with his side's scoreless La Liga draw away against Villarreal on Saturday evening, and feels there's no excuse for its display at El Madrigal. The Catalans held Real Madrid to a 2-2 draw at Camp ...
The name Barcelona comes from the ancient Iberian Phoenician Barkeno, attested in an ancient coin inscription in Iberian script as 34px|Barkeno in Levantine Iberian script, in Ancient Greek sources as , Barkinṓn; and in Latin as Barcino ...
Carles Puyol (born April 13, 1978) is a professional football player who competes for Spain in World Cup soccer. Carles Puyol is a defender and is 5'10" and weighs 176 pounds. Spain was in Group H for World Cup 2010.
Carles Puyol i Saforcada (born April 13 , 1978 in La Pobla de Segur , Lleida , Catalonia , Spain ) is a Spanish footballer who is the current team captain of FC Barcelona