Ousmane Dembele: Barcelona's 11th player to wear the No.11
The French starlet inherits Neymar's shirt number
Hagi, Rivaldo, Bojan and Thiago have also worn it
Barcelona's newest signing Ousmane Dembele becomes the 11th player to wear the No.11 shirt for the club.
Borussia Dortmund's former No.7 inherits the number from Neymar, who left for Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth 222 million euros.
Dembele has been signed with that money for 105 million plus another 40 million potentially in variables.
Since the introduction of personalised shirt numbers in 1995-96, the final year with Johan Cruyff on the bench, 10 players have worn the No.11 for the club.
Dembele becomes the 11th, following:
- Hagi (1995-96)
- Cuéllar (1996-97)
- Rivaldo (1997-00)
- Overmars (2000-04)
- Maxi López (2004-06)
- Zambrotta (2006-08)
- Bojan (2008-10)
- Jeffren (2010-11)
- Thiago (2011-13)
- Neymar (2013-16)
Other players who wore the No.11 before it begame personalised were Zaballa, Seminario, Simonsen, Marcial, Ramírez, Esteban...
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