César Azpilicueta

**César Azpilicueta Tanco** (born 28 August 1989) is a Spanish football player. He plays as a defender for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Osasuna B|2006–07|rowspan="2"|Segunda División B|24|1|—|—|—|—|24|1|||||
|2007–08|3|0|—|—|—|—|3|0|||||||||
|rowspan="5"|Osasuna|2006–07|rowspan="4"|La Liga|1|0|1|0|—|1|0|—|3|0|||
|2007–08|29|0|0|0|—|—|—|29|0||||||||
|2008–09|36|0|2|0|—|—|—|38|0||||||||
|2009–10|33|0|5|0|—|—|—|38|0||||||||
|rowspan="4"|Marseille|2010–11|rowspan="3"|Ligue 1|15|0|0|0|1|1|4|0|1|0|21|1|
|2011–12|30|1|3|0|3|0|8|0|0|0|44|1|||||
|2012–13|2|0|—|—|1|0|—|3|0||||||||
|rowspan="12"|Chelsea|2012–13|rowspan="11"|Premier League|27|0|5|0|5|0|9|0|2|0|48|0|
|2013–14|29|0|2|0|3|1|10|0|0|0|44|1|||||
|2014–15|29|0|2|0|5|0|4|0|—|40|0||||||
|2015–16|37|2|3|0|0|0|8|0|1|0|49|2|||||
|2016–17|38|1|6|0|3|1|—|—|47|2|||||||
|2017–18|37|2|4|0|2|0|8|1|1|0|52|3|||||
|2018–19|38|1|3|0|6|0|9|0|1|0|57|1|||||
|2019–20|36|2|5|0|0|0|7|2|1|0|49|4|||||
|2020–21|26|1|4|0|2|0|11|0|—|43|1||||||
|2021–22|27|1|4|1|4|0|9|1|3|0|47|3|||||
|2022–23|25|0|1|0|1|0|5|0|—|32|0||||||
|Atlético Madrid|2023–24|La Liga|7|0|0|0|—|1|0|0|0|8|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Spain|2013|4|0|
|2014|6|0|||
|2015|2|0|||
|2016|6|0|||
|2017|2|0|||
|2018|5|0|||
|2021|11|1|||
|2022|8|0|||

- _Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Azpilicueta goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 June 2021|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark|27||2–1|5–3|UEFA Euro 2020|||||||||

## Honours

**Marseille**
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2011–12
- Trophée des Champions: 2010, 2011

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17
- FA Cup: 2017–18; runner-up: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Football League Cup/EFL Cup: 2014–15; runner-up: 2018–19, 2021–22
- UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
- UEFA Europa League: 2012–13, 2018–19
- UEFA Super Cup: 2021
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2021; runner-up: 2012

**Spain U19**
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2007

**Spain U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2011

**Spain**
- FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2013
- UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2020–21

**Individual**
- Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2013–14
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2018–19
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2020–21

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: César Azpilicueta
- **image**: Cesar Azpilicueta.jpg
- **caption**: Azpilicueta playing for Chelsea F.C., Chelsea in 2019
- **fullname**: César Azpilicueta Tanco
- **birth place**: Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia, Zizur Mayor, Spain
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Atlético Madrid
- **clubnumber**: 3
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2006
- **youthclubs1**: CA Osasuna cantera, Osasuna Cantera
- **years1**: 2006–2007
- **clubs1**: CA Osasuna B, Osasuna B
- **caps1**: 27
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2007–2010
- **clubs2**: CA Osasuna, Osasuna
- **caps2**: 99
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2010–2012
- **clubs3**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps3**: 47
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2012–2023
- **clubs4**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps4**: 349
- **goals4**: 10
- **years5**: 2023–
- **clubs5**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2005
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-16 football team, Spain U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-17 football team, Spain U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 14
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national under-19 football team, Spain U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 18
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2009
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national under-20 football team, Spain U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 5
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2008–2011
- **nationalteam5**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 19
- **nationalgoals5**: 1
- **nationalyears6**: 2012
- **nationalteam6**: Spain national under-23 football team, Spain U23
- **nationalcaps6**: 6
- **nationalgoals6**: 0
- **nationalyears7**: 2013–
- **nationalteam7**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps7**: 44
- **nationalgoals7**: 1
- **club-update**: 23:59, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:33, 1 December 2022 (UTC)