Leading Youth

‘When I was young, at club level I was not involved in captaincy because I was always playing with the older players. In youth teams I was two years ahead so there were people more experienced around me and then I made my debut for Osasuna at 17 years old.



‘Then pretty quickly I moved to Marseille but at youth level in the national team I was captain in the Under-17s and in the Under-19s when we won the European Championship in 2007. I was the captain in the final.



‘I was the captain of Spain Under-21s and I was one of the captains at the Olympics, so I have been involved in that kind of role and here in Chelsea when I arrived, I just grew up progressively and I knew I was sitting next to big, big players. I was lucky to learn from all of them and try to be myself and to give my best.'

- In part two of the interview, Cesar Azpilicueta will talk about learning from John Terry and Frank Lampard and about the Chelsea Academy.

