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Xavi (middle) with Barcelona teammates Carles Puyol (left) and Lionel Messi (right) in December 2011. On 2 January 2011, in a league match against Levante, Xavi made his 549th appearance for the club in all competitions, matching the record held by Migueli. Xavi later became the player with the most appearances for Barcelona of all time. [44]
Goalkeeper Peter Shilton holds the record for the most competitive appearances. In association football, 52 players have played at least 1,000 official matches at all age levels. Regarding B teams and reserve teams, appearances for such teams are only included if made in the primary football pyramid and not in reserve divisions.
The first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006, [2] while the most recent members of the "100 club" are Antoine Griezmann and Koke, who played their 100th match on 26 November 2024. [1] Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, playing 183 matches. [3]
Lionel Messi has the most ever appearances in the FIFPRO World 11 with 17 overall, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 15. [2] [3] In 2014, FIFPRO launched a women's football committee. [4] In February 2016, the FIFPRO Women's World 11 was launched. [5]
Messi equalled Xavi’s mark of 767 games for the Catalan giants in Tuesday’s 4-1 win over Huesca. Lionel Messi’s impact as he is set to break Xavi’s Barcelona appearance record Skip to main ...
On 2 March 2014, Puyol surpassed Migueli to go second in Barça's all-time league appearances table, behind only Xavi, and scored the third goal in a 4–1 home win against Almería. [31] Two days later, although he still had two more years in his contract, he announced that he would leave Barcelona at the end of the season . [ 32 ]
Following the team's impressive 4–0 victory over FC Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final clash on 23 April, he was lauded by many pundits for his all-around display and was credited as the key man in breaking up the tiki-taka football of national teammates Xavi and Andrés Iniesta; [23] in the final game of his ...
Tershawn Wharton, No. 98 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Travis Kelce's teammate, recently became a hero off-the-field after a frightening incident involving a young fan took place at an NFL game ...