Cesc Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas (born May 4, 1987) is a Spanish football manager and former player. He plays as a midfielder for Monaco in the Ligue 1. Fàbregas started playing football at Barcelona. In 2003, when he was just 16 years old, he signed with Arsenal. He was named as the new captain of Arsenal in November 2008, after William Gallas lost the captaincy. He also plays for the Spanish national team since he was 19. He signed for Chelsea FC in June 2014.^[4]

Cesc Fàbregas

Fàbregas playing for Chelsea in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Francesc Fàbregas Soler[1]
Date of birth	(1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth	Arenys de Mar, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Como U19 and B (manager)
Youth career
1995–1997	Mataró
1997–2003	Barcelona
2003	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2011	Arsenal	212	(35)
2011–2014	Barcelona	96	(28)
2014–2019	Chelsea	138	(15)
2019–2022	Monaco	54	(3)
2022	Monaco B	1	(0)
2022–2023	Como	17	(0)
Total		518	(81)
National team
2002–2003	Spain U16	8	(0)
2003–2004	Spain U17	14	(7)
2005	Spain U20	5	(0)
2004–2005	Spain U21	12	(8)
2006–2016	Spain	110	(15)
Teams managed
2023–	Como U19 and B (manager)
Honours Representing  Spain FIFA World Cup Winner 2010 South Africa UEFA European Championship Winner 2008 Austria–Switzerland Winner 2012 Poland–Ukraine UEFA European Under-17 Championship Runner-up 2004 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Fàbregas before a match against Newcastle United in January 2008

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5][6][7]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	2003–04	Premier League	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	2004–05	Premier League	33	2	6	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	46	3
	2005–06	Premier League	35	3	0	0	1	0	13[lower-alpha 1]	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	1	50	5
	2006–07	Premier League	38	2	2	0	4	0	10[lower-alpha 1]	2	—		54	4
	2007–08	Premier League	32	7	1	0	2	0	10[lower-alpha 1]	6	—		45	13
	2008–09	Premier League	22	3	1	0	0	0	10[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		33	3
	2009–10	Premier League	27	15	1	0	0	0	8[lower-alpha 1]	4	—		36	19
	2010–11	Premier League	25	3	3	2	3	1	5[lower-alpha 1]	3	—		36	9
	Total		212	35	14	2	14	2	61	17	2	1	303	57
Barcelona	2011–12	La Liga	28	9	8	3	—		9[lower-alpha 1]	1	3[lower-alpha 3]	2	48	15
	2012–13	La Liga	32	11	7	2	—		8[lower-alpha 1]	1	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	48	14
	2013–14	La Liga	36	8	8	4	—		9[lower-alpha 1]	1	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	55	13
	Total		96	28	23	9	—		26	3	6	2	151	42
Chelsea	2014–15	Premier League	34	3	1	0	4	0	8[lower-alpha 1]	2	—		47	5
	2015–16	Premier League	37	5	4	0	0	0	7[lower-alpha 1]	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	49	6
	2016–17	Premier League	29	5	6	0	2	2	—		—		37	7
	2017–18	Premier League	32	2	4	0	4	0	8[lower-alpha 1]	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	49	3
	2018–19	Premier League	6	0	1	0	3	1	5[lower-alpha 5]	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	16	1
	Total		138	15	16	0	13	3	28	4	3	0	198	22
Monaco	2018–19	Ligue 1	13	1	1	0	1	0	—		—		15	1
	2019–20	Ligue 1	18	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		22	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	21	2	5	1	—		—		—		26	3
	2021–22	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	—		3[lower-alpha 6]	0	—		5	0
	Total		54	3	8	1	3	0	3	0	—		68	4
Monaco B	2021–22	Championnat National 2	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Como	2022–23	Serie B	17	0	0	0	—		—		—		17	0
Career total			518	81	61	12	30	5	118	24	11	3	738	125

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in FA Community Shield
3. One appearance and one goal in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercopa de España, one appearance and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
4. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain	2006	14	0
	2007	8	0
	2008	15	1
	2009	10	4
	2010	11	1
	2011	4	2
	2012	13	3
	2013	11	2
	2014	8	0
	2015	7	1
	2016	9	1
Total		110	15

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fàbregas goal.^[7]

List of international goals scored by Cesc Fàbregas

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 June 2008	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria	27	Russia	4–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2008
2	14 June 2009	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa	39	New Zealand	4–0	5–0	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
3	9 September 2009	Estadio Romano, Mérida, Spain	44	Estonia	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	10 October 2009	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	45	Armenia	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	18 November 2009	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	47	Austria	1–1	5–1	Friendly
6	8 June 2010	Estadio de La Condomina, Murcia, Spain	50	Poland	4–0	6–0	Friendly
7	2 September 2011	AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland	59	Chile	2–2	3–2	Friendly
8					3–2
9	10 June 2012	Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland	64	Italy	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2012
10	14 June 2012	Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland	65	Republic of Ireland	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2012
11	15 August 2012	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico	70	Puerto Rico	2–0	2–1	Friendly
12	6 February 2013	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	76	Uruguay	1–0	3–1	Friendly
13	8 June 2013	Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States	79	Haiti	2–0	2–1	Friendly
14	11 June 2015	Estadio Reino de León, Castile and León, Spain	96	Costa Rica	2–1	2–1	Friendly
15	1 June 2016	Red Bull Arena, Salzburg, Austria	105	South Korea	2–0	6–1	Friendly

Honours

Fàbregas (centre) in 2011 with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron

Arsenal

• FA Cup: 2004–05^[9]
• FA Community Shield: 2004^[10]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 2006–07^[11]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06^[12]

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2012–13^[13]
• Copa del Rey: 2011–12^[14]
• Supercopa de España: 2011, 2013^[15]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2011^[16]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2011^[17]

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17^[18]
• FA Cup: 2017–18;^[19] runner-up: 2016–17^[20]
• Football League Cup: 2014–15^[21]

Monaco

• Coupe de France runner-up: 2020–21^[22]

Spain

• FIFA World Cup: 2010^[23]
• UEFA European Championship: 2008,^[24] 2012^[25]

Individual

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Ball: 2003^[source?]
• FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Shoe: 2003^[source?]
• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player: 2004^[source?]
• Bravo Award: 2006^[source?]
• Golden Boy: 2006^[source?]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2006,^[26] 2008^[27]
• Premier League Player of the Month: January 2007, September 2007^[18]
• Arsenal Player of the Season: 2006–07, 2009−10^[28]
• PFA Young Player of the Year: 2007–08^[29]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 Premier League,^[30] 2009–10 Premier League^[31]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2014–15^[32]
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2008,^[33] 2012^[34]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2014^[35]

Orders

• Prince of Asturias Awards: 2010^[source?]
• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011^[36]

Notes

^ Records began at the start of the 2006–07 season.

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