IRIB TV3 to provide commentary on the 2018 FIFA World Cup match between Iran and Spain on 20 June in a programme hosted by Adel Ferdosipour but was not allowed in the studio. According to news website Entekhab, the former player said that he had been told by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that he could not appear in the programme "because of his looks (long hair)"; the veteran channel director had been replaced by one closer to Iran's ultra-religious hardliners weeks before, and this incident ultimately led to some ridicule within Iran on Twitter. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Puyol goal. Honours Barcelona La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12 Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11 UEFA Super Cup: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011 Spain U23 Summer Olympic silver medal: 2000 Spain FIFA World Cup: 2010 UEFA European Championship: 2008 Individual La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2001 ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 UEFA Team of the Year: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 UEFA Club Best Defender: 2006 FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2010 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2008 FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010 FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010 BBVA Fair Play award: 2011–12 UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (published 2015) World XI: Team of the 21st Century UEFA Euro All-time XI (published 2016) Golden Foot: 2016, as football legend One Club Man Award: 2018 Decorations Prince of Asturias Awards: 2010 Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011 See also List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of one-club men in association football References External links 1978 births Living people People from Pallars Jussà Sportspeople from the Province of Lleida Spanish footballers Footballers from Catalonia Association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players FC Barcelona C players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players UEFA Champions League winning players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spain under-23 international footballers Spain international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2004 players 2006