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Soccer Football - Champions League - Chelsea Press Conference - Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal - May 28, 2021 Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta during the press conference UEFA/Handout via REUTERS
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Chelsea were European champions when defender Cesar Azpilicueta joined them as a 22-year-old and nine years later he is hoping to captain the club back to that status with victory over Manchester City in Saturday's Champions League final.
The Spaniard was a relatively low-key signing when he joined for just under seven million pounds ($9.93 million) from Olympique de Marseille in August 2012, weeks after Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties in the final.