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Sergio Busquets returns to Barcelona with reserve team coaching role
Former Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has taken up an assistant coaching role with the Catalan club’s reserve team.
In a statement on Monday, Barcelona said that Busquets, who made 722 appearances for the club during his career, will join Juliano Belletti’s Barca Atletic backroom staff while he completes his coaching qualifications in what is the 38-year-old’s first non-playing role.
Busquets retired from his playing career at the end of the 2025 Major League Soccer season, having spent two and a half years playing for Inter Miami alongside former Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba.
Barca Atletic, previously known as Barcelona B, largely features players from the club’s ‘La Masia’ academy. They competed in Segunda Division, the second tier of Spanish football, as recently as the 2017-18 season and will feature in the fourth tier this term. Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Casado and Hector Fort are among the recent examples of players to step up to the first team from the reserve set-up.
Sergio Busquets s’incorpora al Barça Atlètic com a tècnic assistent
La llegenda blaugrana torna al Club i s’integra en l’equip de treball de Juliano Belletti mentre realitza el curs d’entrenador
— Barça Atlètic (@FCBarcelonaB) August 17, 2026
Busquets spent 18 years with Barcelona, joining the club’s youth ranks in 2005, and entering the first-team picture three years later.
He won nine La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues, as part of an iconic midfield alongside Xavi and Andres Iniesta. He made the third-highest number of appearances of any player in the club’s history, behind only Messi and Xavi.
Busquets also enjoyed major international success with Spain, winning the 2010 World Cup and European Championship two years later, earning 143 caps.
Even in the latter years of his playing career, Busquets remained a regular for Inter Miami. He made 56 appearances in all competitions in 2025, his final season with the club, as they won the MLS Cup.
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