Francesc Fàbregas Soler (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco. He came through Barcelona’s youth academy, leaving at 16 when he was signed by Premier League club Arsenal in September 2003. During his three-year spell at the Camp Nou, he won a La Liga title, the Copa del Rey, the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and two Spanish Super Cups. After a protracted transfer saga, he left London on 15 August 2011 to return to Barcelona in a deal worth up to £35 million. He returned to London in June 2014 to Arsenal’s cross-town rivals Chelsea for a fee of £30
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Francesc Fàbregas Soler (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco. He came through Barcelona’s youth academy, leaving at 16 when he was signed by Premier League club Arsenal in September 2003. During his three-year spell at the Camp Nou, he won a La Liga title, the Copa del Rey, the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and two Spanish Super Cups. After a protracted transfer saga, he left London on 15 August 2011 to return to Barcelona in a deal worth up to £35 million. He returned to London in June 2014 to Arsenal’s cross-town rivals Chelsea for a fee of £30 million, and in his first year there he helped to secure League Cup and Premier League triumphs. He made his debut for the Spanish national team in March 2006 and has represented his country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup. On 12 October 2015, he earned his 100th cap for Spain. He is the son of a property company owner and the owner of a pastry company. He has a younger sister, Núria Soler, who is also a professional footballer. Fà bregas has supported FC Barcelona since childhood. He began his club football career with CE Mataró before being signed for Barcelona’s La Masia youth academy aged ten in 1997. As a 16-year-old, he did not contemplate breaking into the first team immediately but looked up to senior players like Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva, while concentrating on training and learning the English language.
He became Arsenal’s youngest-ever first team player, aged 16 years and 177 days. He then became the youngest goalscorer in Arsenal’s history in a 5–1 League Cup win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. In the 2003–04 season he went on to win the league unbeaten in the Premier League. He was praised for his performances in four consecutive Premier League games, even claiming a goal against Blackburn Rovers in a 3–3 draw in the Community League Cup. His first coach, Señor Blai, reportedly did not select him for matches against Barcelona in an attempt to hide him from their scouts. Although he was a prolific scorer, sometimes scoring even more than 30 goals in a season for the club’s youth teams, he didn’t manage to play a first-team game at the Nou Camp. He did not play a single league game for Barcelona until the start of the 2004–05 season that the Spaniard making first team appearances outside the Champions League. In his first season at Arsenal he won the FA Cup in 2005. He also helped the club win the League Cup in the 2003-04 season and the FA League Cup the following season. In 2008, he became Arsenal’s youngest ever first team players, aged 17 years, 177 days and 177 minutes. In 2010, he supplied the pass for Andrés Iniesta’s winning goal in the final.
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