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Ander Astralaga Aranguren#31 |
G |
19 |
6’2″ |
– |
Inaki Pena#13 |
G |
24 |
6’0″ |
171 lbs |
Arnau Tenas#36 |
G |
21 |
6’0″ |
– |
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen#1 |
G |
30 |
6’1″ |
187 lbs |
Jordi Alba#18 |
D |
34 |
5’6″ |
149 lbs |
Marcos Alonso#17 |
D |
32 |
6’2″ |
187 lbs |
Ronald Araujo#4 |
D |
24 |
6’0″ |
174 lbs |
Alejandro Balde#28 |
D |
19 |
5’8″ |
152 lbs |
Andreas Christensen#15 |
D |
27 |
6’3″ |
180 lbs |
Eric Garcia#24 |
D |
22 |
5’11” |
167 lbs |
Jules Kounde#23 |
D |
24 |
5’10” |
154 lbs |
Chadi Riad#35 |
D |
19 |
6’1″ |
– |
Sergio Busquets#5 |
M |
34 |
6’2″ |
167 lbs |
Aleix Garrido Canizares#40 |
M |
19 |
5’6″ |
– |
Frenkie De Jong#21 |
M |
25 |
5’11” |
163 lbs |
Gavi#30 |
M |
18 |
5’8″ |
154 lbs |
Franck Kessie#19 |
M |
26 |
6’0″ |
163 lbs |
Pedri#8 |
M |
20 |
5’8″ |
132 lbs |
Sergi Roberto#20 |
M |
31 |
5’10” |
149 lbs |
Marc Casado Torras#29 |
M |
19 |
5’7″ |
– |
Pablo Torre Carral#32 |
M |
20 |
5’8″ |
– |
Ilias Akomach#27 |
F |
19 |
5’8″ |
– |
Angel Alarcon#38 |
F |
18 |
– |
– |
Ousmane Dembele#7 |
F |
25 |
5’10” |
147 lbs |
Ansu Fati#10 |
F |
20 |
5’10” |
145 lbs |
Robert Lewandowski#9 |
F |
34 |
6’0″ |
178 lbs |
Lamine Yamal Nasraqui Ebana#41 |
F |
15 |
– |
– |
Estanis Pedrola#39 |
F |
19 |
6’0″ |
– |
Raphinha#22 |
F |
26 |
5’9″ |
149 lbs |
Ferran Torres#11 |
F |
23 |
6’0″ |
169 lbs |
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30 |
– |
23. |
5’10” |
161.9 lbs |
Ranking every player to wear No.11 for Barcelona since 1995
While Barcelona has been home to some world-class players over the years, only a few of them have worn the No.11 shirt.
Ferran Torres is the 14th player to wear the jersey since La Liga introduced fixed squad numbers for the 1995-96 season.
We’ve ranked every player to wear the No.11 shirt for Barcelona since then, from worst to best.
14. Angel Cuellar
After an injury-plagued debut season at Barcelona, Cuellar switched from the No.10 shirt to the No.11 ahead of the 1996-97 campaign.
He then started just six games in all competitions and made a further six appearances off the bench before returning to boyhood club Real Betis in 1997.
13. Yusuf Demir
Signed on loan from Austrian side Rapid Wien in 2021, Demir started just three games for Barcelona and made a further six appearances off the bench.
The 18-year-old was reportedly demoted to the Barcelona B and stripped of his No.11 shirt number before the loan deal was terminated in January 2022.
12. Maxi Lopez
Following an injury to Henrik Larsson in January 2005, Barcelona reacted by signing Lopez from River Plate for €6.2million.
He made his debut in a Champions League tie against Chelsea and had an immediate impact, scoring an equaliser with his first shot for the club.
But the Argentinian forward failed to build on that promising start, making just 14 La Liga appearances and scoring his only other Barcelona goal in a Copa del Rey win over Zamora.
After spending the 2006-07 season on loan at Mallorca, Lopez was then sold to Russian side FC Moscow in a €2million deal.
G⚽️AL MORNING!!!
Maxi López 🆚 Chelsea pic.twitter.com/uzoCFXkeln— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 23, 2017
11.
Ferran Torres
The forward emerged as one of Spanish football’s brightest talents at Valencia a few years back. He struggled to move beyond the periphery at Manchester City but seemed to realise his potential in his electric early performances for the national team.
Barca gambled on getting that same player at club level when they bought him for a considerable €55million fee, making him the first major signing of the Xavi Hernandez era in January 2022. But he’s failed to light up the Camp Nou and now finds himself on the bench since inheriting the No.11 shirt in the summer.
He’s still just 22 years old and has time on his side to prove his doubters wrong and rise up this ranking. But at the time of writing his signature does not look like money well spent.
10. Adama Traore
The La Masia academy graduate made an instant impact during his short-lived half-season loan back from Wolves during the 2021-22 season.
But ultimately, Barca decided against making the deal permanent.
And it’s hard to argue against that decision, really.
9. Jeffren Suarez
While Jeffren only made 13 appearances in all competitions in 2010-11, he did have one memorable moment in Barcelona’s No.11 shirt.
The winger famously came off the bench to score the fifth goal in Barcelona’s iconic 5-0 win over Real Madrid in November 2010, establishing himself as a cult hero at Camp Nou.
Skip to 0:35 to see Gerard Pique taunt Madrid fans with ✋ after Barcelona’s 5-0 win in 2010 ☠️
(via @fcbarcelona)pic.twitter.com/qaJJgt27pb
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 9, 2021
8. Gheorghe Hagi
The first player to be officially assigned the No.11, Hagi was once regarded as one of the greatest attacking midfielders in the world, but he didn’t have much success in Spain.
The former Romania international struggled for regular game time under Johan Cruyff, scoring six goals in 28 appearances in 1995-96 before being sold to Turkish side Galatasaray.
7. Marc Overmars
After Luis Figo crossed the divide to sign for Real Madrid in the summer of 2000, Barcelona signed Overmars from Arsenal in a £25million deal.
But the winger never managed to recapture the form he had shown in north London, scoring just 19 goals in 141 appearances for the Blaugrana.
His time in Spain was also hampered by persistent knee injuries, and he was forced to hang up his boots at the end of the 2003-04 season.
“In August, I was without Figo, and I asked the coaches what player in the world could be similar,” former Barcelona president Joan Gaspart told Onda Cero in 2021.
“They tell me that it’s difficult, but that there is a similar player in England (Overmars) who is not at Figo’s level but almost there. And I jump in like a madman. First mistake.
“Second mistake: I don’t doubt that the coaches were right, but everyone knew that Barca were rich at the time, and the worst thing you can do is buy and let others know you’re rich.
“It’s not that I’m rushing, I listen to the coaches, I sign Overmars, who gets injured, and although he’s a great player, he doesn’t succeed at Barca.”
6. Gianluca Zambrotta
The only defender to feature on this list, Zambrotta won the World Cup in the summer of 2006 before leaving Juventus for Barcelona.
He made 82 appearances in all competitions but failed to live up to expectations and only won the Supercopa de Espana during his two years at Camp Nou.
The former Italy international was ultimately sold to AC Milan in 2008 to make way for Dani Alves, who had just been signed from Sevilla.
G⚽️AL OF THE DAY
🇮🇹 Gianluca Zambrotta 👌 pic.twitter.com/0RIQnprGEP— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 6, 2020
5. Ousmane Dembele
Having starred for Borussia Dortmund in 2016-17, Dembele replaced Neymar at Barcelona in a deal that was worth a potential £135.
5million.
The winger was regarded as one of the best young talents in Europe but a series of injury problems prevented him from realising his true potential.
He’s still produced some flashes of brilliance and registered a respectable 34 goals and 38 assists in 160 appearances during his first four years at the club.
The France international decided to swap to the No.7 shirt following Antoine Griezmann’s departure in 2021 – and it’s wearing that number that he’s enjoyed his best sustained spell of form in Catalonia. We might’ve bumped him up a place or two if 2022 Dembele was still wearing No.11.
4. Bojan
After scoring 12 goals in a brilliant breakthrough season at Barcelona, Bojan went from No.27 to No.11 ahead of the 2008-09 campaign.
But he had to compete with the likes of Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto’o, Pedro and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and started just 34 games in all competitions over the following two seasons.
The Spain international still scored 22 goals in the No.
11 shirt, including a great strike against Atheltic Bilbao in their 2009 Copa del Rey final win.
Sublime pass from Leo #Messi, clinical finish from @BoKrkic pic.twitter.com/OZ7AgdjsO2
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 19, 2020
3. Thiago
Thiago wore the No.44, No.34 and No.30 during his first three seasons in Barcelona’s first team before getting the No.11 ahead of 2011-12.
The Spain international made 81 appearances over the following two seasons, winning a La Liga title, the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de Espana, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
But he couldn’t break up the iconic midfield trio of Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Andres Iniesta and decided to join Bayern Munich in 2013.
2. Rivaldo
After a very successful debut season in La Liga with Deportivo La Coruna, Rivaldo joined Barcelona as a replacement for Ronaldo in 1997.
The former Brazil international was Barcelona’s top goalscorer in both of his first two seasons as they won back-to-back La Liga titles, a Copa del Rey and the UEFA Super Cup.
He was rewarded with both the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year accolades in 1999, finishing ahead of Manchester United’s David Beckham.
The forward then scored 23 goals in 1999-00 but his best individual season at Barcelona came after he switched to the No.10 shirt in 2000.
READ: Rivaldo: The story of a great player in a not so great Barcelona team
1. Neymar
Despite being heavily linked with Real Madrid, Neymar completed a £48.6million move to Barcelona in 2013 and was immediately handed the No.11 shirt.
The Brazil international managed to live up to expectations and later formed an iconic front three alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
He won eight trophies and scored over 100 goals during his four years at Camp Nou, including the clincher in the 2015 Champions League final.
Barcelona even managed to make a huge profit when they sold him to PSG in 2017. Although, they didn’t spend that money very well…
READ NEXT: Where are they now? Barcelona’s Xl from Adama Traore’s debut in 2013
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| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 85 | 91 | |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 15 | 61 | |
| 4 | Malaga | 38 | 1 | 58 | |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 38 | 7 | 56 | |
| 6 | Levante | 38 | 4 | 55 | |
| 7 | Osasuna | 38 | -17 | 54 | |
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| Costs | 12 | 60.00 million € |
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Real Madrid 11-1 Barcelona or Who entered the dressing room with a gun? – Did you know that – Blogs
Did you know that
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On June 13, 1943, in the second half of the semi-final of the Copa Generalissimo (now the Royal Cup) at its Chamartin stadium, Real Madrid did not leave a stone unturned from its eternal enemy Barcelona – 11:1. Since the first match ended in favor of Barcelona with a score of 3: 0, after two meetings, Madrid reached the final of the cup.
Goals in Madrid were scored for every taste. The first half ended with a score of 8:0, when within 15 minutes (from the 30th to the 44th minute) the capital’s team scored seven goals.
Barinaga made a “poker” while Pruden scored a hattrick.
At the end of the game, several myths about this amazing match went around the world.
Myth 1
Before the match, the Spanish head of state security burst into the dressing room of the visiting team and reminded the Catalans at gunpoint that “they play only thanks to the generosity of the current regime, which forgave them for their lack of patriotism.” Having read between the lines a special valuable indication, the Catalans opened wide their gates to the hosts.
Myth 2
After the first half, which ended in favor of Real Madrid with a score of 1: 0, the Madrid police broke into the guests’ dressing room and at gunpoint threatened the families of the Catalan football players if Real Madrid did not come out in cup final.
Myth 3
During the break of the match, with the score 8:0 in favor of the hosts, the Catalans decided not to go to the second half and thus disrupt the match.
However, the chief referee of the match with the police entered the locker room and ordered Barcelona not to even think about such sabotage.
Myth 4
Before the start of the match, the chief referee hinted to the guests that “you can’t argue against the tank” and that Real Madrid will win today anyway. After the referee canceled the Catalan goal in the first half and sent off one of the guests, Barcelona decided not to go to the second half. However, the police chief, having learned about the possible sabotage of the game, burst into the guests’ dressing room and put forward an ultimatum: either the game will continue, or the Catalans as a whole team will go to jail.
Myth 5
Before the start of the game, a squad of police broke into the guests’ dressing room and beat the Catalan players so severely for talking in a forbidden language that they went to the match exhausted and in a low spirits.
Maybe there are other myths about this, but one circumstance runs like a red thread through them: the Catalans were under pressure from the then existing regime.
It is also obvious that the myths were born only from one side – from the guests’ fans.
According to Barcelona fans, the real-life rivalry between Barcelona is undoubtedly intertwined with domestic politics. The Catalans have always dreamed of separating from the Spanish kingdom and creating their own sovereign state. It is this fact that gave this confrontation its significance. At the end of the civil war of 1936-39, which claimed the lives of millions of people, the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco was established in the country, who, according to the Catalans, idolized Real Madrid and hated Barcelona.
Legend has it that it wasn’t so much the 3-0 victory in the first leg at the Camp de Las Corts in Catalonia that pissed off General Franco, but the atmosphere during the game. Catalan fans gave a hell of a reception to the players and fans of Real Madrid. As the Madrid newspaper Ya wrote the day after the first match, the Catalan hooligans “booed the Madrid players throughout the match with the sole purpose of insulting the representatives of Spain.
” This seemed to the dictator a manifestation of protest against Franco’s decision to abolish the autonomy previously given to the Basques and ban their language.
The second match was supposed to show who was the boss: all the fans who came to the stadium to cheer for Real Madrid were given free whistles at the entrance. And in addition to this, measures of influence were applied (see the above myths).
Real Madrid fans, having heard these excuses from the enemy, also did not sit with their hands folded. 68 years have passed since the match was held, but the myths are still being debunked.
This is what the Madrid fans say in their defense:
- The police or anyone else could not threaten the Catalans for speaking in a forbidden language, since the ban on the use of this language was lifted a year earlier and it was not considered illegal.
- If Franco really supported Real Madrid, then the royal club would not have suffered so long in the struggle to win some internal trophy until 1946 (Spanish Cup).
