3. Carles Puyol – Barcelona
The third player in our list of the 12 best Captains in Football is the UEFA Club Best Defender of the year 2006 and World Cup winner in 2010, former Spain national team and Barcelona defender Carles Puyol who was captain for his only career club F.C Barcelona right from the end of the 2003-04 season when he was named the club captain after the retirement of team mate Luis Enrique spending ten years as the club captain in his 15 year career with the club and he is the second player after Xavi in Barca’s all time league appearance table.
Steven Gerrard of Manchester United and Ireland