List of FC Barcelona players


holds the record for most appearances for Barcelona.
Football Club Barcelona is a professional association football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. Barcelona is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from La Liga and the most successful club in Spanish football, having won a total of 74 domestic titles; 26 La Liga titles, a record 30 Spanish Cups, 13 Spanish Super Cups, a record 3 Copas Eva Duarte and 2 League Cups. Barcelona is the only European side to have played continental football in every season since its inception in 1955 and one of the most successful clubs in European football, having won 14 official UEFA trophies in total.
Aside from being the founder, Gamper was also one of the club's first footballers and holds the record for most goals in one match, with nine. Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer with 664 goals, holds the record for most goals scored in official competitions, with 629, and is the current La Liga topscorer with 440 goals. Xavi holds the record for the most appearances in all competitions, the record for most league appearances, with 505 games, and the record for most appearances in official competitions, with 767 games. Messi has won the record number of trophies for the club.
Barcelona has employed several famous players, with five FIFA World Player winners and six Ballon d'Or winners among the previous and current Barcelona players. This makes it the club with the most FIFA World Player awards received by the players. In 2009, Barcelona won an "unprecedented sextuple" by winning competitions such as the La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup in one calendar year. The same year, five of their players and their coach were voted onto the UEFA Team of the Year 2009.
The list includes notable footballers who have played for Barcelona. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included if they are on Barcelona's list of Legendary Players. Between 1899 and May 2015, 958 footballers have played at least one official game with Barcelona.

Key

Players

NameNationalityPositionBarcelona careerCaptaincyLeague appearancesLeague goalsNotesRefs
*Forward1899–1903
Forward1903–1912

Forward1912–1916
1918–1927		1920–1927
Midfielder1913–1928
*Midfielder1919–19321927–1932
Midfielder
Goalkeeper1923–1930
Goalkeeper1930–19421933–1942
Forward1933–1935
Winger1933–1937
Midfielder1934–1936
1940–1945
Forward1934–1949
Forward1939–1948
Defender1939–1952
Forward1940–1948
Forward1942–19551946–1955
Defender1942–1951
Midfielder1942–19561955–1956
Defender1943–1949
Goalkeeper1943–1954
Winger1943–1957
Midfielder1943–1950
Winger1946–1958
*Goalkeeper1946–19611956–1961
Defender1949–1964 1961–1964


Forward1950–1961
Winger1950–1957
Defender1950–1958
Defender1952–1966
Forward1953–1961
*Winger1954–1961
Forward1954–1963

Forward1956–1962
Defender1956–1964
Midfielder1956–1966
Defender1956–19691964–1969
Forward1957–1962
Forward1958–1965
Goalkeeper1961–1966
Midfielder1961–1967
Defender1961–1968
Midfielder1961–1969
Goalkeeper1961–19761969–1971
Forward1961–1971
Forward1962–1966
Midfielder1962–1972
Defender1962–1972
Defender1964–19761971–1973
Defender1965–1976
Defender1965–1975
Forward1965–1981
Goalkeeper1966–1973
Midfielder1967–1973
Midfielder1968–1975
Midfielder1969–1977
Forward1970–19801978–1980
Defender1971–1980
Defender1972–1979
Striker1973–1977
Forward1973–19781974–1978
Defender1973–1989
Midfielder1974–1979
Goalkeeper1975–1984
Midfielder1975–19861983–1984
Defender1976–1982
Defender1976–19841980–1982
Midfielder1977–1987
Forward1978–1989
Midfielder1978–1980
Forward1979–1982
Defender1980–19931986–1993
Forward1980–19841982–1983
Midfielder1980–19881984–1986
Midfielder1981–1988
Goalkeeper1981–1988
Defender1981–1988
Midfielder1981–19881988–1993
Midfielder1982–1984
Winger1982–1987
Julio AlbertoDefender1982–1991
Midfielder1981–1991
Forward1984–1988
Forward1986–1989
Forward1986–1989
Midfielder1986–1990
Goalkeeper1986–1994
Midfielder1988–1998
Midfielder1988–1995
Defender1988–1992
Midfielder1988–1994
Forward1988–1994
Midfielder1988–1995
Midfielder1988–19961993–1996
Midfielder1989–1994
Defender1989–1995
Defender1990–1998
Forward1990–1995
1996–1998
Midfielder1990–20011997–2001
Defender1991–1999
Defender1993–20022001–2002
*Forward1993–1995
Midfielder1994–1996
Defender1994–2002
Defender1995–19971996–1997
Midfielder1995–2000
Forward1996–1997
Midfielder1996–20042002–2004
Defender1997–2004
Midfielder1997–2002
Defender1998–2003
Midfielder1998–2004
Forward1998–2004
*Midfielder1998–2015505
Midfielder1999–2006
*Defender1999–2014 2004–2014
Midfielder1999–2007
Forward2001–2004
2006–2007
Defender2001–2008
*Goalkeeper2002–2014
*Midfielder2002–2018
Forward2003–2008
Defender2003–2007
Defender2003–2010
Midfielder2004–2008
Forward2004–2009
' *Forward2004– 414378
Forward2007–2011
Forward2007–2011
Midfielder2007–2010
Defender2007–2013
Defender2008–2016
Midfielder2008–2012
'Midfielder2008–
'Defender2008–
*Winger2008–2015
Defender2010–2016
Forward2010–2013
Defender2010–2018
'Defender2012–
*Forward2013–2017
' *Forward2014–
' *Midfielder2014–

Club captains

DatesNameNotes
1951–1955 César
1955–1964 Joan Segarra
1964–1969 Ferran Olivella
1969–1971 José Antonio Zaldúa
1971–1973 Antoni Torres
1973–1978 Johan Cruyff
1978–1980 Juan Manuel Asensi
1980–1981 Carles Rexach
1981–1986 Tente Sánchez
1986–1993 José Ramón Alexanko
1993–1996 José Mari Bakero
1996–1997 Gheorghe Popescu
1997–2001 Pep Guardiola
2001–2004 Luis Enrique
2004–2014 Carles PuyolLongest-serving captain in Barcelona's history.
2014–2015 Xavi
2015–2018 Andrés Iniesta
2018–present Lionel Messi