Aubameyang Celebrates a goal with Gavi

9 GOALS IN 11 LEAGUE GAMES

Aubamenyang equals Romário, Ronaldo and Zlatan as Barça's top scorer

Published:23/04/2022 - 21:05h

Updated:23/04/2022 - 21:05h

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made history with his goal on Thursday against Real Sociedad. The goal, valuable enough to give Barça three vital points, allowed him to equal the record set by Romário, Ronaldo and Zlatan on their arrival in LaLiga

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The performance of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in LaLiga already begins to leave individual record. With his goal in Anoeta in front of the Real Sociedad (0-1), the gabonés arrived to 9 goals in his first 11 parties in the tournament and equalised a mark that, up to now, only had achieved three players in the history of the FC Barcelona: Romário, Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimović. The difference between 'Auba' and the three 'killers' blaugranas is that all they arrived in summer, while the '25' arrived in winter.

This factor is very important to value the complexity of the attained up to now by the ex captain of the Arsenal. The player of 32 years arrived to half of season in a surprising movement, almost on the end of the market of wintry passes and, in spite of have not played during all the month of December and January, attained to adapt quickly to the team and begin to 'wet' hardly infundó the T-shirt blaugrana.

So much Romário like Ronaldo and Zlatan arrived in summer and attained to do pre-season with the club, turning into signings crashes for sportive projects much solider that the current. Romário Arrived in August of 1993 to turn into the '9' of the 'dream team' of Johan Cruyff, a team that this year won LaLiga and went runner-up of Europe after falling in front of the Milan in Rome (0-4). The Brazilian converted 32 so many in his first season with the club, 30 of them in League.

In the case of his compatriot Ronaldo, the 'crack' arrived in the summer of 1996 to the Barça of the hand of Bobby Robson, English technician that would drive to the team to win the Glass of Rey and the Supercopas of Spain and of Europe. In his only season in the club, Nazário annotated 47 goals in 49 parties, 37 of them in LaLiga. Incredibly, Ronaldo left to the Inter of Milan in the summer of 1997 and, in 2002, would return to Spain with the Real Madrid.

Similar case occurred with Zlatan, that arrived in the summer of 2009 by 71 million euros, record figure for the club in this moment. The Swedish arrived to replace to Samuel Eto'or in the XI of Pep Guardiola that won the 'sextete' this year and, in his only season like culé, annotated 16 goals in the League and a total of 21 so many in 45 apparitions. In August of 2010 would leave to the AC Milan.

Aubameyang, the record signing of Xavi

Instead, Pierre-Emerick added to the Barça on 1 February in the middle of a very complicated season in which Xavi Hernández replaced to Ronald Koeman in November. In spite of this, the gabonés has attained to convert 11 goals in his first 17 parties in the club, by which in alone two months and half has turned into the 'pichichi' of the team in the 2021-22 equalising to Memphis Depay, the one who also adds 11 so many in 32 parties.

Thus, the directive has recognised cost it Aubameyang and rewarded him with an increase of wage from the 2022-23 by a total of 18 'kilos' net to the year. The gabonés has agreement until June of 2025 and will earn 2 million euros by his first six months in the team to the cual arrived like free agent after terminating his agreement in the Arsenal. 'Auba' Invoiceed 22 'kilos' annual in London.

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