FC Barcelona: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang plays with shirt number 25
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang plays at FC Barcelona with an unusual shirt number. This is actually reserved for the third goalkeeper.
Following Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s transfer from Arsenal FC to FC Barcelona, it is now clear which shirt number he will wear for the rest of the season. It’s 25!
The former BVB star couldn’t choose the number, which was unusual for a striker – it was the only one available at the moment.
Because according to the statutes of the Spanish football federation RFEF, each team must equip all players of its first team with a number from 1 to 25 before other numbers are allowed.
Adama Traore, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderes before Aubameyang, was given the number 11, leaving ‘Auba’ down to 25 – and that’s only due to the loaning of substitute goalkeeper Inaki Pena to Galatasaray Istanbul.
The 25 is usually reserved for the third goalkeeper in Spain, but with Barca currently only having two keepers in their squad, Aubameyang now uses that number. Of course he wants to score more goals than prevent them with the 25 on his back.
FC Barcelona: Number 25 with a great past
With the number 25, some well-known players have played for the Azulgrana in the past with Carles Busquets (97/98), Franck De Boer (98/99), Alex Song (12/13) and Thomas Vermaelen (17-19).
Aubameyang last played with Arsenal with shirt number 14, with Borussia Dortmund before with shirt number 17.