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NONE OF THEM DEBUT IN THE FIRST TEAM

The three former Barça players who fight to finish as 'Pichichis' in their leagues

Published:29/04/2024 - 02:37h

Updated:29/04/2024 - 02:38h

Rey Manaj, Rafa Mujica and 'Peque' Fernández are three names that are not unknown to FC Barcelona, ​​since all of them had experience in the club's youth ranks. However, they failed to succeed to the same extent as they are currently doing at their current clubs

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For anybody is a secret that The Masia has turned into one of the best quarries of the history of the football, able to produce and form to an important quantity of big players that, in his majority, attain to give the jump to the first team and turn into key pieces of the same. However, no all the players, in spite of having a big talent, attain to have an opportunity in the maximum category of the picture culé, what carries them to emigrate to other destinations futbolísticos to be able to show his cost.

In this sense, there are three names with past in the Barcelona quarry that at present are having an exert stellar in his respective teams, to the point that the three, forwards by the way, are the main offensive references of his combined and even litigate by comandar the fight by the 'Pichichi' in his tournaments. We are speaking of Rey Manaj, Rafa Mujica and Gerard Fernández 'Sin'.

The 'subidón' goleador of Rey Manaj in his adventure by Turkey with the Sivasspor

Under this premise, it is necessary to begin speaking of the case of Rey Manaj. The corpulento ariete Albanian arrived to the club culé in the season 2019-20 pertinent of the Albacete. After contesting several meetings (31) with the Barça Atlètic, in which it annotated 16 annotations and offered two assistances, and in spite of not having the occasion to debut officially with the first team (although it played some no official commitments), finished going out in the summer of 2021 course to the Spezia Calcium of Italy.

After this cession in the combined Liguria, that was not renewed, the 'killer' returned to the club of the City Condal and later joined to the Watford in the summer of 2022. However, his go through the 'Hornets' also was brief, since some months afterwards, in the winter of 2023, terminated his agreement and joined like free agent to the Sivasspor of the Superliga of Turkey in the market of summer of 2023. In earths otomanas, finally seems to have found his place in the world.

At present, the native of Lushnjë (Albania) has positioned like the maximum goleador of this Turkish team in what it goes of campaign 2023-24, since in the 29 clashes that has contested in the local league, has invoiceed a total of 18 targets. Only it is surpassed in this classification goleadora by Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray), the one who leads this ranking with 21 goals, and the incombustible Edin Dzeko (Fenerbahçe), the one who has topped 20 so many. This does not leave to be a remarkable fact, especially if it considers that this course has been the more goleador in the professional path of Manaj, and still remain him four dates more to increase his registers and even opt by the title of 'Pichichi'.

Rafa Mujica, the main offensive argument of the Arouca of Portugal

Now it is necessary to move to Portugal to speak of the case of Rafa Mujica, the one who arrived to the club culé in the season 2015-2016 to the 16 years to play in the juvenile team. However, it did not happen long before rising to the filial, where played from the summer of 2016 until the winter of 2018. During this period, attained two annotations and three assistances in 21 meetings before being yielded to the Cornellà. This loan only extended until the summer of 2018.

Once that returned of his adventure in Joined it Esportiva, the native of the Big Canarian contested a course more with the Barça Atlètic, where converted seven targets and contributed an assistance in 33 parties. East was his last step like player culé, since in the summer of 2019 joined to the Leeds United Or-21, marking the beginning of a periplo of cessions that carried it to the Extremadura, to the Villarreal B, to the Real Oviedo and to the UD The Palms. In 2021, the combined 'pío-pío' purchased it to cost zero, but in 2022 sold it to the Arouca of Portugal.

Now, in floor luso, where already finds in his second campaign, has attained the necessary stability to deploy his football with comfort. In the season 2023-24, has marked a total of 20 goals in 30 parties, putting of full in the fight by the leadership of goleadores in the Portuguese league. At present, it occupies the third place in this category, only by behind Viktor Gyökeres (carries 26 with the Sporting) and Simon Banza (carries 21 with the SC Knickers). However, to the equal that Manaj, also is living his best season goleadora in his moved sportive career.

'It sin' it is it 'breaking' in the League Hypermotion with the Racing of Santander

To close, is the case of the youngster Gerard Fernández, nicknamed 'Sin', the one who had two stages in the FC Barcelona. The first began in the summer of 2016 in the basic football of the club, but afterwards joined to the Cornellà in the summer of 2018 and was there until the summer of 2019. After this, returned to the Barcelona cast and integrated to the Juvenile To. Afterwards it rose to the Barça Atlètic in the summer of 2020 and left the team in 2022 to join to the Racing of Santander to cost zero.

Finally, after a period of adaptation, in this season 2023-24, 'Sin' has established in the picture 'verdiblanco' and has turned into a player stood out and one of the big surprises of the second division. It has invoiceed 17 targets in 36 meetings, occupying the second place in the list of goleadores, only surpassed by another exjugador culé, Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), the one who carries 20 annotations. The native of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, to the equal that Manaj and Mujica, is having his best season goleadora and is showing his qualities of 'killer' that could not show in his stage in the FC Barcelona.

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