Founder of FC Barcelona on the 29th of November 1899 and
five times president of the club between 1908 and 1925
Carles Comamala (Madrid, 1887 – Barcelona, 1976) was a
personal friend of Gamper’s and the real successor to the Swiss player in the
Barça attack when the club founder retired in 1903. Comamala was an
extraordinarily prolific goalscorer
Paulino Alcántara (Iloilo, Philippines, 1896 – Barcelona,
1964) is the highest goal scorer in the club’s history with 369 goals in 357
games
Popularly known as 'la Vella' (the Old One), because of his
long career with the Barça, Ramon Torralba (Ardisa, Zaragoza, 1887 – Barcelona,
?) is a legendary figure in the history of FC Barcelona due to his loyalty to
the Club during fifteen seasons
Considered the most emblematic player in the history of FC
Barcelona and the best European forward of his times, Josep Samitier (Barcelona
1902-Barcelona 1972) led the terrific Barça in the golden age of the twenties
Known by the nickname of “The Witch”, Piera (Barcelona
1903-1960) was born in the Barcelona district Santos and was one of the best
right wing players in the history of Spanish football
Platko (Budapest, Hungary, 1898 – Santiago, Chile, 1983) was
signed in 1923 as the replacement for another legendary Barça stopper, Ricardo
Zamora
Considered one of the best wingers in Barça history Barça,
Ventolrà (Barcelona, 1906 – Mexico City, 1977) was one of the biggest stars in
the team in the thirties
The gentleman of football, Escolà (Barcelona 1914 –
Barcelona 1998), was a forward who would finish up many plays started from
behind
Known as the ‘fury of the area’, Mariano Martín (Dueñas,
Palencia, 1919 – Barcelona, 1998) was one of the best strikers ever to grace FC
Barcelona, incredibly scoring more than one goal a match
One of the best players in the history of FC Barcelona, an
extraordinary striker with a great head for scoring
Marià Gonzalvo (Mollet del Vallès, 1922 - Barcelona, 2007),
known as Gonzalo III (his other two brothers also played for FC Barcelona), is
one of the best players to ever have worn the blaugrana colours
Basora (Colònia Valls, Barcelona, 1926) is considered one of
the best wingers in the history of Spanish football
Antonio Ramallets (Barcelona, 1924) was one of the best
goalkeepers in the history of Barça and the whole of Spanish football signed up
from Europa
A mythical figure of Barcelonismo (Budapest, Hungary, 1927 –
Barcelona 2002), Kubala signed for FC Barcelona in June 1950, when he arrived
with a team of refugee players from an Easter country called Hungary
Gràcia (Gava, 1932 – Barcelona, 2005) came from a
barcelonista background, where his style of play was highlighted by the
sacrifices he made on pitch
Considered one of the great masters of Spanish football,
Luis Suárez (la Coruña, 1935) was one of the stars of the Barça side of the
late fifties, but sadly his greatest and most successful period came when he
was no longer a Barça player
Eulogio Martínez (Asunción, Paraguay, 1935 – Calella, 1984)
was one of the highest Barcelona goalscorers ever, with 168 goals in 225
appearances
Olivella (Barcelona 1936) has been one of the biggest
captains in the history of the club and one of the players who has played the
most amount games for the club (500)
Evaristo de Macedo (Río de Janeiro, Brazil, 1933) was one of
the best foreign signings Barça ever made, and was an outstanding goalscorer
Known as ‘Golden Head’ due to his amazing abilities in the
air, Kocsis (Budapest, Hungary, 1929 – Barcelona, 1979) escaped from Hungary in
1956 following the Soviet intervention in his country, when he was already an
established star of his time
Sadurni (L'Arboç, Baix Penedès, 1941), considered the
successor to the great goalkeeper Ramallets, always had a lot of competent
players with him, firstly Pesudo and also Reina
'Quimet' Rifé (Barcelona 1942) has been one of the players
in the history of Barcelona who has most worn the Barcelona shirt; A total of
535 played matches make up his impressive CV
Born in Barcelona in 1947, Charly (also known as the
Pedralbes' boy) is an institution in Can Barça where he has spent practically
all of his sports life
Antoni Torres (Balaguer, 1943-Barcelona 2003) was a stopper
(even though sometimes he played right wing) he was the one who “marked the
line” i.e. offensive and tough while also being disciplined and regular
One of the most emblematic players Barça had in the
seventies, Asensi (Alicante, 1949) was a hard-working midfielder, the genuine
lungs of a great team. He also had a terrific shot, both with his left foot and
his head
Cruyff (Amsterdam, Holland, 1947) is one of the best players
in the world of all time and in his time, he was considered number one
‘Tarzan’ Migueli (Ceuta 1951) is the player who has worn the
blaugrana colours for the most amount of times in the history of the club
(664). He has also been one of the best ever central defenders of the club
‘Johan II’ (Heemstede, Holland, 1951) arrived in Barcelona
in 1974 from Ajax with fellow team mate Johan Cruyff
Krankl (Vienna, Austria, 1953) wrote his name in the Barça
history books by proving to be one of the best strikers and also one of the
most adored players by the fans to have appeared for the club
Quini (Oviedo, 1949) was the epitomy of goalscoring
excellence. Known as ‘el Brujo', ‘Quinocho' and ‘Quinigol', he was one of the
best known striker's in Euroipean football at the time
Midfielder of exceptional quality, Schuster (Augsburgo,
Germany, 1959) was the driving force of Barça throughout nearly all of the
eighties
The unforgettable Urruti (San Sebastián, 1952 – Barcelona,
2001) is one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the Club and was a
key figure in the successful outcome of the 1984/85 league season
Considered the best player in the world in the 1980s, and
one of the greatest of all time, Maradona was born in 1960 in Lanús, Argentina
Zubizarreta (Vitoria, 1961) was one of the greatest
goalkeepers in the history not only of FC Barcelona, but of Spanish football in
general
Bakero, the tireless midfielder from the Dream Team, was
born in Goizueta (Navarra) in 1963. He will always be remembered for his
crucial goal in Kaiserslautern in the 1991/92 European Cup
'Michelino' Laudrup was the artist of the Dream Team, a
creative striker of such elegance that it was often joked that he was the kind
of player that could play in a coat and tails
Amor (Benidorm, Alicante, 1967) was one of the most
important players in the entire history of FC Barcelona, having made the third
most club appearances behind only Migueli and Rexach
Aitor Begiristain (Olaberria, Guipúzcoa, 1964), or 'Txiki'
as he is known, was another of the key members of the legendary 'Dream Team'
'Tintin' Koeman will always get a
mention in FC Barcelona history for scoring the goal that handed Barça victory
in the 1992 European Cup at Wembley
'Pep' Guardiola was one of the best players ever to emerge
from the Barça youth system.
Hristo Stoichkov was born in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) in 1966. He
left CSKA Sofia to join Barça in 1990 and stayed until 1998, although for one
season, 1995-96, he was at Parma in Italy
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1966, Romario came to FC
Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven in 1993
The popular ‘Lucho' (Gijón, 1970) came to FC Barcelona in
the summer of 1996 as a free agent after having played at Real Madrid for five
seasons
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1976, Ronaldo joined Barça in
1996 from PSV Eindhoven, as an outstandingly promising young striker
Rivaldo (Recife, Brazil, 1972) was signed from Deportivo la
Coruña at the start of the 1997-98 season as a direct replacement for his
compatriot Ronaldo, who had left for Inter Milan after an exceptional year in
Catalonia
The Brazilian striker was born at Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 1980. In his five seasons at the club he became one its greatest ever footballers and made a decisive contribution to winning two League titles and the Champions League
Even though he was born in Brazil (Sao Bernardo, 27-08-1977) Deco made his name as a player in Portugal before coming to Barça. His coach at the Catalan club, Frank Rijkaard, said that Deco was the barometer of the first team
Eto’o goes down in Barça history as “the indomitable lion”,
the forward who never gave up. For 5 years he was the team’s target man, and
the host of titles won were, to a massive extent, thanks to the crucial goals
he scored
source : www.fcbarcelona.com
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