Ter Stegen, 2nd foreigner who has played the most matches with Barça
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Ter Stegen, 2nd foreigner who has played the most matches with Barça

Marc-André ter Stegen continues to write its history with FC Barcelona. On Monday evening at the Olympic Stadium against Valencia (4-2), the German goalkeeper played his 408th game in the Blaugrana shirt. He is equal to Dani Alves and becomes the second foreign player to have played the most matches with the Catalan club.

Number 1 is Leo Messi, with 778 games played. In 4. we find Javier Mascheranowith 338 games and at 5. Ivan Rakiticwith 310 games played.

Ter Stegen is also two games away from an equaliser Andoni Zubizarreta, the person who brought him to the club, as the second goalkeeper to have defended the Blaugrana goal the most times. But he is still far from the first, Victor Valdesand his 535 games in the Blaugrana.

Ter Stegen played his first match for Barça on 17 September 2014, against Apoel Nicosia. Since then, he has played 10 seasons.

In the fight for a Zamora Trophy

By conceding 22 goals in 23 games, Ter Stegen is the leader of the Zamora Trophy. His average is 0.96 goals conceded per game. He is in front Unai Simon, with 31 goals conceded in 32 games (0.97). However, Ter Stegen must play the last 5 games of the season to be able to bet on this trophy.

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