Cesc Fàbregas

**Cesc Fàbregas** (born May 4, 1987) is a Spanish football manager and former player. He manages Como in Serie A.

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. After a stint in La Liga, he would eventually sign for their London rivals Chelsea FC in June 2014.

Fabregas first played for the Spanish national team at aged 19.

### 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="9"|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|1|1|0|46|3|||
|2005–06|Premier League|35|3|0|0|1|0|13|1|1|1|50|5|||
|2006–07|Premier League|38|2|2|0|4|0|10|2|—|54|4||||
|2007–08|Premier League|32|7|1|0|2|0|10|6|—|45|13||||
|2008–09|Premier League|22|3|1|0|0|0|10|0|—|33|3||||
|2009–10|Premier League|27|15|1|0|0|0|8|4|—|36|19||||
|2010–11|Premier League|25|3|3|2|3|1|5|3|—|36|9||||
|rowspan="4"|Barcelona|2011–12|La Liga|28|9|8|3|—|9|1|3|2|48|15||
|2012–13|La Liga|32|11|7|2|—|8|1|1|0|48|14||||
|2013–14|La Liga|36|8|8|4|—|9|1|2|0|55|13||||
|rowspan="6"|Chelsea|2014–15|Premier League|34|3|1|0|4|0|8|2|—|47|5||
|2015–16|Premier League|37|5|4|0|0|0|7|1|1|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|1|1|0|49|3|||
|2018–19|Premier League|6|0|1|0|3|1|5|0|1|0|16|1|||
|rowspan="5"|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|0|—|5|0|||||
|Monaco B|2021–22|Championnat National 2|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0||||||
|Como|2022–23|Serie B|17|0|0|0|—|—|—|17|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|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|||

- _Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fàbregas goal._

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

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup: 2004–05
- FA Community Shield: 2004
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2006–07
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 2012–13
- Copa del Rey: 2011–12
- Supercopa de España: 2011, 2013
- UEFA Super Cup: 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2011

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17
- FA Cup: 2017–18; runner-up: 2016–17
- Football League Cup: 2014–15

**Monaco**
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2020–21

**Spain**
- FIFA World Cup: 2010
- UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012

**Individual**

- FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Ball: 2003
- FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Shoe: 2003
- UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player: 2004
- Bravo Award: 2006
- Golden Boy: 2006
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2006, 2008
- Premier League Player of the Month: January 2007, September 2007
- Arsenal Player of the Season: 2006–07, 2009−10
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 2007–08
- PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 Premier League, 2009–10 Premier League
- ESM Team of the Year: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2014–15
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2008, 2012
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2014

**Orders**
- Prince of Asturias Awards: 2010
- Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011

## Notes

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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Cesc Fàbregas
- **image**: 2023 - Cesc Fabregas (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Fàbregas in 2023
- **full name**: Francesc Fàbregas Soler
- **birth place**: Arenys de Mar, Spain
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Central midfielder
- **currentclub**: Como 1907, Como (head coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1997
- **youthclubs1**: CE Mataró, Mataró
- **youthyears2**: 1997–2003
- **youthclubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **youthyears3**: 2003
- **youthclubs3**: Arsenal F.C. Under-21s and Academy, Arsenal
- **years1**: 2003–2011
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 212
- **goals1**: 35
- **years2**: 2011–2014
- **clubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps2**: 96
- **goals2**: 28
- **years3**: 2014–2019
- **clubs3**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps3**: 138
- **goals3**: 15
- **years4**: 2019–2022
- **clubs4**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps4**: 54
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2022
- **clubs5**: AS Monaco Reserves and Academy, Monaco B
- **caps5**: 1
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2022–2023
- **clubs6**: Como 1907, Como
- **caps6**: 17
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 518
- **totalgoals**: 81
- **nationalyears1**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-16 football team, Spain U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2003–2004
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-17 football team, Spain U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 14
- **nationalgoals2**: 7
- **nationalyears3**: 2005
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national under-20 football team, Spain U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 12
- **nationalgoals4**: 8
- **nationalyears5**: 2006–2016
- **nationalteam5**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps5**: 110
- **nationalgoals5**: 15
- **managerclubs1**: Como 1907, Como (interim)
- **manageryears1**: 2023
- **managerclubs2**: Como 1907, Como
- **manageryears2**: 2024–