Fermin Lopez, first team record, new number “16”

Fermin Lopez He is now officially a first team player. The Andalusian, who has been training with Xavi’s team since pre-season, already has a first team record and will wear the number “16”.

With the “32” so far, the Barça Athletic player has played a total of 22 matches in which he scored three goals, with a balance of 14 wins, three draws and five losses.

Room “16” with a rich history.

Number 16, vacated after Abde’s farewell at the end of the summer, has had a variety of owners. Sylvinho (2004-09) and Sergio Busquets (2009-14) are the players who have defended it the longest, but current coach Xavi Hernandez also wore it in the 2000/01 season before receiving his historic number “6”.

Other footballers who wore it: Oscar Garcia (1995–97), Ciric (1997–99), Mario (2003/04), Douglas (2014/15), Sandro (2015/16), Samper (2016/17) 2018 . /19), Deulofeu (2017/18), Vahe (2019/20), Pjanic (2022/23) or the current squad player Pedri, who now wears the number “8” and is one of the team’s key players. center from the Barça field.

“This is a dream come true”

Fermin Lopez is very happy to have the opportunity to join the main team and assured that “this is a dream come true.” He also expressed his gratitude to the club and everyone involved in grassroots football for being able to provide him with this opportunity. “I will work to continue to be successful,” he said.