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Who is the best number 8 in Barcelona history?

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.
  2. Hristo Stoichkov — ranked #22
    Hristo Stoichkov
    Bulgarian Dream Team legend who also wore #8 with explosive flair.
  3. Pep Guardiola — ranked #33
    Pep Guardiola
    La Masia midfield brain who captained the Dream Team to a 1992 European Cup.
  4. Pedri — ranked #44
    Pedri
    Modern Barcelona midfield wunderkind, La Masia jewel of the 2020s.
  5. Phillip Cocu — ranked #55
    Phillip Cocu
    Dutch midfielder who wore #8 for Barcelona around the turn of the millennium.
  6. Albert Celades — ranked #66
    Albert Celades
    La Masia midfielder of the late 1990s and Spain international.
  7. Giovanni van Bronckhorst — ranked #77
    Giovanni van Bronckhorst
    Dutch utility man and 2006 Champions League winner with Barcelona.
  8. Edmílson — ranked #88
    Edmílson
    Brazilian midfielder and 2006 Champions League winner.
  9. Ludovic Giuly — ranked #99
    Ludovic Giuly
    French winger and 2006 Champions League winner who wore #8 for Barça.
  10. Bojan Krkić — ranked #1010
    Bojan Krkić
    La Masia prodigy who briefly wore #8 in the Guardiola era.
  11. Jordi Roura — ranked #1111
    Jordi Roura
    Long-serving Barça player of the 1980s and 90s.
  12. Thiago Alcântara — ranked #1212
    Thiago Alcântara
    La Masia midfielder, later a Bayern Munich and Liverpool star.

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