The German legacy in the Barça

With the arrival of the mediocampista German İlkay Gündoğan like one of the stellar signings of the second stage of Joan Laporta like president of the FC Barcelona, is timely to review some of the milestones of the selecto group of German footballers that have left his footprint in the history of the Barcelona club.

MARC-ANDRÉ TER STEGEN

The season 2022-2023 of Ter Stegen already forms part of the history like one of the best participations of a goalkeeper in the Spanish league. Have one of the best guardametas of the world reaffirms to the FC Barcelona like one of the applicants to triumph in Spain and in Europe, proof of this are the remarkable quotas that present the houses of bets of greater renown of the on-line world, already was by victory of the club culé or by the individual performance of Ter Stegen in the field.

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— Marc ter Stegen (@mterstegen1) May 15, 2023

And it is that his flawless exert cost him to Ter Stegen the trophy Zamora like the goalkeeper less goleado of the season: so alone 18 goals received and an impressive coefficient of 0,49 goals fit by party, third in the history of the Spanish league. As if it was little, the guardameta native of Mönchengladbach equalised the historical record of the greater number of parties with the goal to zero: 26.

UDO STEINBERG

The native forward of Berlin Udo Steinberg, pertinent of the Britannia Chemnitz, club founder of the German league, left a footprint imborrable in the history of the Barça. And it is that Steinberg turned into the first footballer in annotating a goal in a Madrid-official Boat.

To his 23 years, Udo Steinberg dressed for the first time the colours of the Barcelona FC in the season 1901-1902, contesting so alone a party, but was sufficient to mark his first goal like culé. Along 9 seasons, Steinberg, the one who in addition to footballer was a successful employer, participated in 75 parties and annotated a total of 57 goals, leaving an incredible average of 0.76 goals by party.

BERND SCHUSTER

Bernard Schuster, one of the German footballers of elder visited in the Spanish league, and one of the most controversial, went one of the leaders of the Barcelona FC of the decade of the 80.

During his 8 seasons in the Barça, Schuster showed a big vision of game, directing the midfield through precise and calculated passes so much of long as of short distance, accompanied of an elegant strike of balloon that cost him a total of 120 goals in 300 parties contested.

Schuster Was a fundamental piece in the 8 titles achieved during his stay in Barcelona, including 3 Glasses of Rey, 1 League and 1 Recopa of Europe. Although his transfer to the Real Madrid was reason of controversy, his natural talent and the successes achieved turn him into a notable figure in the history of the club.

The future of the German footballer İlkay Gündoğan in the Barcelona still is for writing , but definitely has the inspiration of his compatriots with legated culé, as Marc-André ter Stegen, Udo Steinberg or Bernd Schuster.