Cesar Aspilicueta is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender (sometimes plays in the lateral position) in the English club from the Premier League Chelsea and the Spanish national team. The growth of a football player is 178 centimeters, weight - 75 kilograms.
Biography: career start
Cesar Aspilicueta was born on August 28, 1989 in the city of Pamplona, Spain. He is a pupil of the Spanish "Osasuna", in which he played for the youth composition from 1999 to 2006. He made his professional debut in April 2007 in a match against Real Madrid. It is amazing that Cesar Aspilicueta began his football career as a striker, then dropped to the position of a midfielder, and then retrained as a defender.
Between 2006 and 2010 was part of the Osasuna. He spent the 2006/07 season as part of the Osasuna B team, played 27 matches in Segund B, and scored 1 goal. In total, the Reds held 99 official meetings.
Career at Marseille
On June 21, 2010, the French club Olympic de Marseille made a deal with Osasuna regarding the transfer of defender Cesar Aspilicueta in the amount of 7 million euros. Later, amendments were made to the contract, which indicated that in case of a progressive game of Aspilikueta, Osasuna would receive an additional 2.5 million euros. It was reported that the sale of the player is argued by the financial condition of the Spanish club.
On September 15, 2010, he made his debut as a member of the “Provencal” in the UEFA Champions League in a home match against Moscow Spartak. November 27 of the same year, Cesar Aspilicueta received a cruciate ligament rupture in the match against Montpellier. This injury knocked the Spaniard out of the game for six months.
In August 2012, amid speculation from other clubs showing interest in the Aspiliquet, including London's Chelsea, the Marseille football club confirmed that the Spanish defender could leave the club. For the English Chelsea, it was said that Cesar would be sold if the Blues made a fair offer. Despite his loyalty to Marseille, Aspilicueta stated that he was ready to leave the club if his transfer improved the financial condition of Marseille.
In total, from 2010 to 2012. for “southerners” held 47 official meetings, in which he scored one goal scored. During this period, the Spaniard became the two-time winner of the Cup Coupe de la Ligue française de football (League Cup) and the Trophée des champions (French Super Cup).
With Yesar Aspilicueta at Chelsea
On August 24, 2012, the Aspilicueta officially transitioned to the London Club. The total transfer amount was £ 7 million. According to a close friend, teammate and compatriot Juan Mata: “Aspilicueta is one of the most talented extreme defenders in the world. This is a player who has good speed and football intelligence. ” Due to the fact that the name of Cesar caused difficulties in the pronunciation of English teammates and fans, he was given the nickname "Dave".
As part of the “senior citizens” he debuted on September 25, 2012 in a home match against Wolverhampton in the League Cup (Chelsea win 6-0). He played his first Premier League game the following week in a match against Norwich City at Stamford Bridge Stadium - Aspilicueta was replaced in the second half instead of Branislav Ivanovich. By the way, the match ended in favor of the “blue” with a score of 4: 1.
The debut goal came at Arsenal on October 29, 2013 as part of the fourth round of the League Cup. With the arrival of head coach Jose Mourinho, defender Cesar Aspilicueta began to regularly appear in the starting lineup as a left-back, replacing experienced Ashley Cole. In an interview, Jose Mourinho praised Cesar for saying: "Give me 11 Aspilicuet and I will win the Champions League." The Portuguese coach does not hide the fact that Aspilicueta is his favorite modern footballer. By the way, in the 2013/14 season, Cesar Aspilicueta was recognized as the “player of the year” at Chelsea.
As part of the “senior citizens”, he became a two-time champion of the English Premier League (in 2015 and 2017), the owner of the Football League Cup (2015) and the champion of the UEFA Europa League (2013). In total, he spent 164 matches and scored three goals at Chelsea Football Club.
Career in Spain
Football player Cesar Aspilicueta made his debut for the national team on February 1, 2013 in a friendly match against Uruguay. Previously, he played for all age categories of the Spanish national team (from Yu-16 to Yu-23).
As a member of the “red fury” youth team, he became the European champion in the tournament under 17 years old in 2007, and four years later he repeated the same success only at the national team level until 21 years old (2011).
At the “World Cup” in 2014, Cesar was declared to the national team as a right-back. Held matches against the Netherlands and Chile. In general, for the main Spanish team he played 19 fights (at the time of October 2017).
