With Pedro now at Chelsea FC, Barcelona sent out a tweet that shows how many trophies he has won
As Pedro leaves Barcelona for the new pastures of Chelsea FC, it is not with dry eyes. The forward has spent the entirety of his professional career thus far with the Catalan giants, and they reminded the world of his contribution in a tweet thanking him.
Right, let’s see what we have here…It looks like five La Liga titles, three Champions League titles, three Copa Del Reys, three European Super Cups, four Spanish Super Cups and two Club World Cups.
That’s a whopping 20 trophies.
TWENTY.
You could also add the 3rd Division title that he won with Barcelona B to the tally too.
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Now even if you are one of those who doesn’t believe in any of this Super Cup nonsense, that leaves 11 so-called major trophies.
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My good god.
Apart from highlighting Pedro’s individual success, it has also reminded me of how dominant Barcelona have been over the last decade or so.
However, there will undoubtedly be quite a few people who claim that this is all well and good, but Pedro wasn’t really an important player for Barcelona.
Rubbish.
He has made a minimum of 45 competitive appearances in the last six consecutive seasons, and has taken the field on at least 50 occasions for all but two of them. Admittedly this does impede on the trophies won in the treble-winning campaign of 2008/09, but Pedro had just burst into the team during that year and did in fact feature in both the Copa Del Rey and Champions League finals.
Nonetheless, this still leaves 17 trophies to his name for the period in which he has been a vital part of the Barça squad, and that is frighteningly impressive. You can see how much he meant to the club and its fans by the barrage of well-wishes that have been directed his way.
Many of them have mentioned arguably his most important contribution to Barcelona, when he netted the opening goal of the 2011 Champions League Final to send the Catalans on their way to a 3-1 victory over Manchester United.
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We shouldn’t just be discussing club honours either. Pedro has won both the FIFA World Cup, and the European Championship with Spain. Again, before people start trying to belittle his role, he started the final of the former and played over 30 minutes in that of the latter.
Frankly, the bottom line is Pedro is an incredibly successful football player and there is no two ways about it. More importantly, though, despite all this Pedro has chosen to move to get first team football. At the age of 28 and in the supposed prime of his career he didn’t want to take up what was looking increasingly like a bench role at the Camp Nou, and thus is now a Chelsea player.
He’s starting on Sunday, right Jose?
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