Riqui Puig married his sweetheart Charlot in the summer of 2019 in a private ceremony in their hometown.
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Ricard “Riqui” Puig Martí is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Catalonia national team.
Born in Matadepera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Puig joined FC Barcelona’s youth academy La Masia in 2013, from UFB Jàbac Terrassa. After progressing through the youth setup, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 24 February 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute for Marcus McGuane in a 1–1 home draw against Gimnàstic Tarragona in the Segunda División championship.
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On June 11, 2018, Puig renewed his contract with Barça until 2021 and was promoted to the B-team in the Segunda División B. He made his first-team debut on 5 December, replacing fellow youth graduate Oriol Busquets in the 55th minute of a 4–1 home routing of Cultural Leonesa, in the season’s Copa del Rey; he also assisted Denis Suárez, who scored Barcelona’s fourth goal.
In August 2022, LA Galaxy signed Puig using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) with Barcelona reserving the right to repurchase and 50% of any future sale.
He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract until the end of the 2025 season. He made his Major League Soccer debut 15 days later in a 3–3 draw at home to Seattle Sounders FC, coming on in the 62nd minute for another former Barcelona youth product, Víctor Vázquez.
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