Lamien Yamal Takes Barcelona's Legendary No.10 Shirt

Lamien Yamal is officially Barcelona's new No.10: a responsibility earned on the field by the class of 2007.

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Let's look at the 10 best No.10s who have worn this number in Blaugrana history.

Few introductions needed: Lionel Messi embodied Barcelona's number 10 from 2008/09 to 2020/21, winning the Ballon d'Or 8 times with this jersey on.

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He is also the player who wore this number for the longest period in the club.

Another Argentine and another legend: Diego Armando Maradona took the No.10 from 1982 to 1984, two seasons that preceded his historic transfer to Napoli.

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It's worth noting that Maradona did not win the Ballon d'Or, but only because the award was open only to European players.

The epitome of the most entertaining No.10s in recent football: Ronaldinho embodied this number at Barcelona from 2003 to 2008, winning the Ballon d'Or in 2005.

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Then the move to Milan, but the real Ronaldinho was seen in Blaugrana.

Another Brazilian phenomenon wore the No.10 for the Blaugrana : it was Rivaldo from 2000 to 2002.

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However, the Brazilian won the Ballon d'Or in 1999, wearing the No.11.

Only for the 2002/2003 season, Mudo Riquelme was granted the honor of wearing the No.10.

With the Blaugrana , the Argentine player played only 50 matches, without expressing his immense talent in a way that suited the context.

Hristo Stoickov exchanged the No.10 several times with Romario in the 1993/94 season, when numbers were not permanently assigned.

The Bulgarian player won the Ballon d'Or in 1994.

In 1994, Romario would have deserved the Ballon d'Or, which, however, was awarded to European players until 1995.

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In the 1993/94 season, he exchanged the number with Stoickov and also wore it in 1994/95.

Another member of Johan Cruijff's dream team to wear the No.10 was Michael Laudrup in the 1990/91 season, alongside other players.

Ballon d'Or in 1960, number 10 and the brain of Barcelona for a long time in the '50s and early '60s. He also became the central player of Herrera's legendary Inter.

One of the best Hungarian players in history, present in the World Cup final against Germany in 1956 and honored with a statue outside Camp Nou. Kubala wore the No.10 in 4 different seasons between the '50s and early '60s.

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