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The 7 Greatest Barcelona Number 8s of All Time

By YPB Team

La Masia midfield brains who painted Barcelona's tiki-taka identity across generations. Who's the maestro?

  1. Andrés Iniesta — ranked #11
    Andrés Iniesta
    Barcelona academy icon, four-time Champions League winner and tiki-taka maestro who defined the #8 role.
    1000pts
  2. Ludovic Giuly — ranked #22
    Ludovic Giuly
    French winger and 2006 Champions League winner who wore #8 for Barça.
    494pts
  3. Hristo Stoichkov — ranked #33
    Hristo Stoichkov
    Bulgarian Dream Team legend who also wore #8 with explosive flair.
    369pts
  4. Pedri — ranked #44
    Pedri
    Modern Barcelona midfield wunderkind, La Masia jewel of the 2020s.
    291pts
  5. Albert Celades — ranked #55
    Albert Celades
    La Masia midfielder of the late 1990s and Spain international.
    290pts
  6. Phillip Cocu — ranked #66
    Phillip Cocu
    Dutch midfielder who wore #8 for Barcelona around the turn of the millennium.
    198pts
  7. Arthur Melo — ranked #77
    Arthur Melo
    Brazilian midfielder who wore Barcelona's number 8 from 2018 to 2020, winning La Liga in his first season with neat, tidy passing in Valverde's midfield.
    0pts

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