Piqué entered history in Mallorca


02/10/2022

Act at 19:35

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Incombustible, he added 393 appearances in the domestic tournament as a Barça player

The defender, who is in his fifteenth season with the first team, celebrated the record by being the starter and completing 90 minutes

Gerard Piquésince last Saturday, is the FC Barcelona defender who has played the most league games: 393. He surpassed the mark that Carles Puyol had reached in 2014, when the captain closed his professional stage with 593 official matches, 392 in the League. Piqué, who in Mallorca played his official match 609, added 393 in the League and is called to enter the select club of 400. Only four Barça players, so far, have exceeded this figure: Leo Messi (520 League matches), Xavi Hernandezcurrent first team coach (505), Sergio Busquetsthe current captain (456) and Andres Iniesta (442).

Gerard Piqué played in the Visit Mallorca Stadium the 393rd match of the League with FC Barcelona

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Pique had already surpassed other mythical defenders who defended the Barcelona shirt, in the case of Michael (391) or the mythical Joan Segarra, the Great Captain, who played 297 matches in the domestic competition. Barça’s fourth defender with the most league appearances is already the left-back and fourth captain Jordi Albawith 293.

Fifth in the ranking

Piqué, who is in his fifteenth season in the Barça first team, is the fifth Barça player with the most official matches: 609, surpassed only by Messi (778), Xavi (767), Busquets (686) and Iniesta (674). The centre-back, in addition to the 393 League games, has 123 in the Champions League, 65 in the Cup, 16 in the Spanish Super Cup, five in the Club World Cup and the Europa League and two in the European Super Cup.

In the scoring chapter, The Barça central defender has 52 goals to his credit: 40 in the League, 14 in the Champions League, 7 in the Copa del Rey and one in the Spanish Super Cup and the Europa League.

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