Marc-André ter Stegen continues to set new milestones at FC Barcelona. Following his look within the recreation in opposition to Valencia, the goalkeeper is now second on the all time record of overseas gamers with most appearances at FC Barcelona, equalling the overall of Dani Alves with 408 video games.
Now, the one participant forward of the German goalkeeper is none aside from Leo Messi with 778 appearances. In fourth place comes Javier Mascherano with 338 video games after which in fifth Ivan Rakitic with 310.
Moreover, Ter Stegen is simply two video games away from matching the overall variety of appearances of Andoni Zubizarreta who’s the goalkeeper with second most appearances for FC Barcelona behind chief Victor Valdés who made 535 appearances. It was Zubizarreta in his function as sporting director who signed Ter Stegen from Borussia Mönchengladbach again in 2014.
Ter Stegen made his debut for the blaugranes in a Champions League group stage recreation in opposition to Apoel Nicosia again in September 2014.
Battling for the Zamora Trophy
The Barça goalkeeper continues to be very a lot within the hunt for the Zamora Trophy this season, retaining the award which he received final season. Ter Stegen has conceded 22 targets in 23 matches within the league this season with a coefficient of 0.96, behind chief Unai Simón of Athletic Membership who has conceded 31 targets in 32 matches, a coefficient of 0.97.