The withdrawal of Kun Aguero because of his heart problems it is a hard blow for the staff of the Barça, who had received the forward with open arms in his first months at the Camp Nou and sees how one of the footballers called to be important this season will not be able to wear short again.
After the departure of his great friend Leo Messi in summer, Omen He was the only Argentine who was still in the culé dressing room and with his retirement there are no longer any footballers in the first team born in the South American country, something which highlights the great connection of Barça with Argentine soccer and That hadn’t happened since the 2001/02 season.
In that campaign, the goalkeeper Roberto Bonano and the striker Javier Saviola they arrived at Barça from River plate and ended another two years without Argentines in the Barça after the defender’s departure Mauricio Pellegrino, who left the club in the summer of 1999.
For his part, the Argentine Leo Messi, with 17 seasons in the first team, is the player with the most games played (778), the most goals (672), the most assists (305) and the most titles (35) in the history of the Barça.
The first Argentine to play in the Barça it was Mariano Pedro Bori (1909-10, 1912-1914) and later they arrived Carlos Maria Rovira (1918-19), Emili sagi (1916-19, 1922-1936), Pedro Pascual Ros (1939-1940), Florencio Caffaratti (1947-49), Marcos Aurelio (1948-1951), Mateo Nicolau (1948-52), Uberto Ramón Giménez (1949-50), Carlos Domingo Medrano (1959-61), Bernardo Patricio Cos (1972-1975), Juan Carlos ‘Milonguita’ Heredia (1974-80), Rafael Damacio ‘Torito’ Zuviría (1977-82), Diego Armando Maradona (1982-84), Jorge Luis Gabrich (1983-84) and Juan Antonio Pizzi (1996-98).
Later from the signings of Bonano Y Saviola the Argentines also came to the Barça team Juan Pablo Sorin (2002-03), Juan roman riquelme (2002-03), Maxi lopez (2004-06), Gabriel Milito (2007-11) or Javier Mascherano (2010-18).
Ramos Mingo, the ‘survivor’
The central Santiago Ramos Mingo, in the ranks of Barça B, remains the only Argentine footballer who remains in the club and we will see if in the future he can make the leap in the first team to maintain the tradition that in the Barça there is at least one Argentine in the team.
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