Ivan Rakitic brings up 200 games with Barcelona
Ivan has played 89.2 percent of games since signing for the club
He made his debut in 2014 (has a deal until 2021) and has won nine trophies
Ivan Rakitic goes into Barcelona's game against Las Palmas one appearance short of 200 games for the club.
The midfielder joined the club in 2014 under Luis Enrique and has been an ever-present ever since, playing in 89.2 percent of matches during the following three-and-a-half years.
Barça paid 18 million euros to sign him, giving him a deal until 2019. He has since extended those terms and is now linked to Camp Nou until 2021.
Rakitic has been the man for all occasions, prepared to do whatever asked of him. This season his role is often more defensive, but he has still assisted four goals in La Liga.
NUMBERS
Rakitic's 199 appearances have been split across six competitions: Liga (124), Champions League (38), Copa del Rey (28), Supercopa de España (6), Supercopa de Europa (1) and Club World Cuo (2).
In La Liga, a win against Las Palmas (and an appearance) would take him to 99 victories in the league -- 74 percent of the games he has featured in (in addition to 16 draws and 10 defeats).
As for goals, in the 199 games, the Croatian has scored 30 goals (21 in La Liga, five in the Champions League and four in the Copa del Rey).
Perhaps his most important goal came in the Champions League final against Juventus in Berlin in 2015. Rakitic opened the scoring as Barca went on to win 3-1, winning the treble in the process.
STATISTICS
- Games played: 199 (124 Liga, 38 Champions, 28 Copa, 6 Supercopa España, 1 Supercopa Europa and 2 Club World Cups)
- Goals: 21 Liga, 5 Champions y 4 Copa.
- Honours: 9 (3 Copas, 2 Ligas, 1 Champions, 1 Supercopa Europa, 1 Mundial Clubes y 1 Supercopa España)
- Possible games - games played: Season 2014-15 (60 - 51). Season 2015-16 (62 - 57). Season 2016-17 (59 - 51). Season 2017-18 (42 - 40). Has played 89.2 percent of games since signing.
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