![FC Barcelona: 10 Reasons Why Carles Puyol Is the Best Defender in the World | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report FC Barcelona: 10 Reasons Why Carles Puyol Is the Best Defender in the World | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/684/665/105644100_original.jpg?1296575137)
FC Barcelona: 10 Reasons Why Carles Puyol Is the Best Defender in the World | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Barcelona legend Carlos Puyol names amazing XI of best ever opponents - and leaves out Cristiano Ronaldo - Irish Mirror Online Barcelona legend Carlos Puyol names amazing XI of best ever opponents - and leaves out Cristiano Ronaldo - Irish Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article6890401.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_Ultimate-Team-of-the-Year-the-all-time-XI.jpg)
Barcelona legend Carlos Puyol names amazing XI of best ever opponents - and leaves out Cristiano Ronaldo - Irish Mirror Online
![Carles Puyol pays Cristiano Ronaldo a huge compliment… before reminding the world Lionel Messi is better - Mirror Online Carles Puyol pays Cristiano Ronaldo a huge compliment… before reminding the world Lionel Messi is better - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article10447115.ece/ALTERNATES/n310p/Barcelona-v-Real-Madrid-La-Liga.jpg)
Carles Puyol pays Cristiano Ronaldo a huge compliment… before reminding the world Lionel Messi is better - Mirror Online
![UEFA Champions League on X: "Carles Puyol (@FCBarcelona 1999-2014) Three-time #UCL winner https://t.co/1TClt30Z1G" / X UEFA Champions League on X: "Carles Puyol (@FCBarcelona 1999-2014) Three-time #UCL winner https://t.co/1TClt30Z1G" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTi0uw_WEAANxND.jpg)
UEFA Champions League on X: "Carles Puyol (@FCBarcelona 1999-2014) Three-time #UCL winner https://t.co/1TClt30Z1G" / X
![Carles Puyol on X: "Orange: old boots. Yellow: new ones. One pair have much to tell, and the other much to write! #NewBootsSamePassion https://t.co/Ulj57VdNPZ" / X Carles Puyol on X: "Orange: old boots. Yellow: new ones. One pair have much to tell, and the other much to write! #NewBootsSamePassion https://t.co/Ulj57VdNPZ" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnZtdayWAAA1yZT.jpg)
Carles Puyol on X: "Orange: old boots. Yellow: new ones. One pair have much to tell, and the other much to write! #NewBootsSamePassion https://t.co/Ulj57VdNPZ" / X
![What Barcelona's Carles Puyol Must Do to Return to His Best | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report What Barcelona's Carles Puyol Must Do to Return to His Best | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/003/385/930/142013834-zlatan-ibrahimovic-of-ac-milan-and-carles-puyol-of_crop_exact.jpg?w=2975&h=2048&q=85)
What Barcelona's Carles Puyol Must Do to Return to His Best | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
Ronald Araújo: "Carles Puyol is an inspiration for me. That's why when I do a defensive action, I celebrate." The torch has been passed. | Instagram
![FC Barcelona's Carles Puyol, left, reacts during their Spanish La Liga soccer match against Espanyol at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez Stock Photo - Alamy FC Barcelona's Carles Puyol, left, reacts during their Spanish La Liga soccer match against Espanyol at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P93Y0G/fc-barcelonas-carles-puyol-left-reacts-during-their-spanish-la-liga-soccer-match-against-espanyol-at-camp-nou-stadium-in-barcelona-spain-saturday-feb-21-2009-ap-photomanu-fernandez-2P93Y0G.jpg)
FC Barcelona's Carles Puyol, left, reacts during their Spanish La Liga soccer match against Espanyol at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez Stock Photo - Alamy
![Carles Puyol injury rules Barcelona defender out of Sunday's 'El Clasico' against Real Madrid | The Independent | The Independent Carles Puyol injury rules Barcelona defender out of Sunday's 'El Clasico' against Real Madrid | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/10/03/11/Carles-Puyol.jpg?width=1200)