# List of FC Barcelona players

Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional association football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. Barcelona is one of only three clubs to have never been relegated from La Liga and the most successful club in Spanish football, having won a total of 78 domestic titles: 27 La Liga titles, a record 31 Spanish Cups, a record 15 Spanish Super Cups, a record 3 Copas Eva Duarte and a record 2 League Cups. Barcelona is the only European side to have played continental football in every season since its inception in 1955 and one of the most successful clubs in European football, having won 14 official UEFA trophies in total.
Aside from being the founder, Gamper was also one of the club's first footballers and holds the record for most goals in a single match, with nine. Lionel Messi holds the record for the most number of appearances in official matches with 778, is the all-time top scorer with 700+ goals, all-time top scorer in official competitions, with 672, is the current La Liga top scorer with 474 goals and holds the record for the most appearances in La Liga, with 520 matches. Messi has won the record number of trophies for the club (35).
Barcelona has employed several famous players, with five FIFA World Player of the Year winners and six Ballon d'Or winners among the previous and current Barcelona players. This makes Barça the club with the most FIFA World Player awards received by the players. In 2009, Barcelona achieved an unprecedented sextuple by winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League, the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in one calendar year. The same year, five of their players and their coach were voted onto the UEFA Team of the Year.
The list includes notable footballers who have played for Barcelona. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included if they are on Barcelona's list of legends. Between 1899 and May 2015, 958 footballers have played at least one official game with Barcelona.

## Key

| * | Club record holder |
| ‡ | Played their entire career at Barcelona |
| Name in italics | Currently playing for Barcelona |
| Year in italics | Started/ended career before inauguration of La Liga |
| Bold | Record league goals or appearances |

## List of players

* Appearance and goal totals only include matches in La Liga, which was first established in 1928; players who were only active before then are included for their notability. Substitute appearances are included.
* Statistics are correct as of 21 December 2024.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Barcelona career | Captaincy | League appearances | League goals | Notes |
| Joan Gamper * | Switzerland | Forward | 1899–1903 | — | — | — | |
| Carles Comamala | Spain | Forward | 1903–1912 | — | — | — | |
| Paulino Alcántara | Philippines Spain | Forward | 1912–1916 1918–1927 | 1920–1927 | — | — | |
| Ramón Torralba | Spain | Midfielder | 1913–1928 | — | — | — | |
| Josep Samitier * | Spain | Midfielder | 1919–1932 | 1927–1932 | 28 | 20 | |
| Vicenc Piera | Spain | Midfielder | 1920–1933 ‡ | — | 53 | 6 | |
| Ferenc Plattkó | Hungary | Goalkeeper | 1923–1930 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Juan José Nogués | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1930–1942 | 1933–1942 | 114 | 0 | |
| Alejandro Morera Soto | Costa Rica | Forward | 1933–1935 | — | 24 | 11 | |
| Martí Ventolrà | Spain | Winger | 1933–1937 | — | 58 | 31 | |
| Josep Raich | Spain | Midfielder | 1934–1936 1940–1945 | — | 140 | 16 | |
| Josep Escolà | Spain | Forward | 1934–1949 | — | 152 | 86 | |
| Mariano Martín | Spain | Forward | 1939–1948 | — | 112 | 97 | |
| Francisco Calvet | Spain | Defender | 1939–1952 | — | 151 | 7 | |
| José Bravo | Spain | Forward | 1940–1948 | — | 120 | 51 | |
| César Rodrìguez | Spain | Forward | 1942–1955 | 1946–1955 | 287 | 192 | |
| José Puig Puig | Spain | Defender | 1942–1951 | — | 178 | 1 | |
| Marià Gonzalvo | Spain | Midfielder | 1942–1956 | 1955–1956 | 208 | 26 | |
| Jaume Elías | Spain | Defender | 1943–1949 | — | 123 | 0 | |
| Juan Velasco | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1943–1954 | — | 168 | 0 | |
| Josep Seguer | Spain | Winger | 1943–1957 | — | 214 | 38 | |
| Josep Gonzalvo | Spain | Midfielder | 1943–1950 | — | 146 | 3 | |
| Estanislao Basora | Spain | Winger | 1946–1958 | — | 237 | 89 | |
| Antoni Ramallets * | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1946–1961 | 1956–1961 | 288 | 0 | |
| Joan Segarra | Spain | Defender | 1949–1964 ‡ | 1961–1964 | 299 | 17 | |
| László Kubala | Czechoslovakia Hungary Spain | Forward | 1950–1961 | — | 186 | 131 | |
| Eduardo Manchón | Spain | Winger | 1950–1957 | — | 144 | 57 | |
| Gustau Biosca | Spain | Defender | 1950–1958 | — | 139 | 3 | |
| Sígfrid Gràcia | Spain | Defender | 1952–1966 | — | 231 | 5 | |
| Justo Tejada | Spain | Forward | 1953–1961 | — | 149 | 73 | |
| Luis Suárez * | Spain | Winger | 1954–1961 | — | 122 | 61 | |
| Ramón Villaverde | Spain | Forward | 1954–1963 | — | 162 | 53 | |
| Eulogio Martínez | Paraguay Spain | Forward | 1956–1962 | — | 111 | 62 | |
| Enric Gensana | Spain | Defender | 1956–1964 | — | 132 | 13 | |
| Martí Vergés | Spain | Midfielder | 1956–1966 | — | 188 | 15 | |
| Ferran Olivella | Spain | Defender | 1956–1969 | 1964–1969 | 215 | 1 | |
| Evaristo de Macedo | Brazil | Forward | 1957–1962 | — | 114 | 78 | |
| Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | Forward | 1958–1965 | — | 75 | 42 | |
| Zoltán Czibor | Hungary | Forward | 1958–1961 | — | 84 | 36 | |
| José Manuel Pesudo | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1961–1966 | — | 65 | 0 | |
| Pedro Zaballa | Spain | Midfielder | 1961–1967 | — | 109 | 28 | |
| Julio César Benítez | Uruguay | Defender | 1961–1968 | — | 123 | 10 | |
| Chus Pereda | Spain | Midfielder | 1961–1969 | — | 134 | 41 | |
| Salvador Sadurní | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1961–1976 | 1969–1971 | 247 | 0 | |
| José Antonio Zaldúa | Spain | Forward | 1961–1971 | — | 145 | 61 | |
| Cayetano Ré | Paraguay | Forward | 1962–1966 | — | 84 | 56 | |
| Josep Maria Fusté | Spain | Midfielder | 1962–1972 | — | 197 | 47 | |
| Eladio Silvestre | Spain | Defender | 1962–1972 | — | 226 | 8 | |
| Joaquim Rifé | Spain | Defender | 1964–1976 | 1971–1973 | 290 | 23 | |
| Antoni Torres | Spain | Defender | 1965–1976 | — | 269 | 2 | |
| Gallego | Spain | Defender | 1965–1975 | — | 248 | 17 | |
| Carles Rexach | Spain | Forward | 1965–1981 | — | 328 | 81 | |
| Miguel Reina | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1966–1973 | — | 111 | 0 | |
| Pedro María Zabalza | Spain | Midfielder | 1967–1973 | — | 149 | 10 | |
| Juan Carlos Pérez | Spain | Midfielder | 1968–1975 | — | 163 | 18 | |
| Marcial Pina | Spain | Midfielder | 1969–1977 | — | 210 | 47 | |
| Juan Manuel Asensi | Spain | Forward | 1970–1980 | 1978–1980 | 299 | 73 | |
| Quique Costas | Spain | Defender | 1971–1980 | — | 172 | 3 | |
| Antonio de la Cruz | Spain | Defender | 1972–1979 | — | 183 | 6 | |
| Hugo Sotil | Peru | Forward | 1973–1977 | — | 65 | 21 | |
| Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Forward | 1973–1978 | 1974–1978 | 139 | 47 | |
| Migueli | Spain | Defender | 1973–1989 | — | 391 | 20 | |
| Johan Neeskens | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1974–1979 | — | 140 | 35 | |
| Pedro María Artola | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1975–1984 | — | 186 | 0 | |
| José Vicente Sánchez | Spain | Midfielder | 1975–1986 | 1983–1984 | 236 | 13 | |
| José Antonio Ramos Huete | Spain | Defender | 1976–1982 | — | 119 | 0 | |
| Antonio Olmo | Spain | Defender | 1976–1984 | 1980–1982 | 188 | 4 | |
| Esteban Vigo | Spain | Midfielder | 1977–1987 | — | 166 | 18 | |
| Francisco José Carrasco | Spain | Forward | 1978–1989 | — | 262 | 49 | |
| Hans Krankl | Austria | Midfielder | 1978–1980 | — | 46 | 34 | |
| Allan Simonsen | Denmark | Forward | 1979–1982 | — | 98 | 31 | |
| José Ramón Alexanko | Spain | Defender | 1980–1993 | 1986–1993 | 274 | 26 | |
| Quini | Spain | Forward | 1980–1984 | 1982–1983 | 100 | 54 | |
| Bernd Schuster | Germany | Midfielder | 1980–1988 | 1984–1986 | 170 | 63 | |
| Josep Moratalla | Spain | Midfielder | 1981–1988 | — | 104 | 1 | |
| Javier Urruticoechea | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1981–1988 | — | 120 | 0 | |
| Gerardo Miranda | Spain | Defender | 1981–1988 | — | 145 | 5 | |
| Víctor Muñoz | Spain | Midfielder | 1981–1988 | 1986–1988 | 224 | 14 | |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | Midfielder | 1982–1984 | — | 36 | 22 | |
| Marcos Alonso Peña | Spain | Winger | 1982–1987 | — | 124 | 28 | |
| Julio Alberto | Spain | Defender | 1982–1991 | — | 200 | 9 | |
| Urbano Ortega | Spain | Midfielder | 1981–1991 | — | 122 | 7 | |
| Ramón Calderé | Spain | Forward | 1984–1988 | — | 110 | 15 | |
| Gary Lineker | England | Forward | 1986–1989 | — | 103 | 42 | |
| Mark Hughes | Wales | Forward | 1986–1989 | — | 28 | 4 | |
| Roberto Fernández | Spain | Midfielder | 1986–1990 | — | 144 | 35 | |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1986–1994 | — | 301 | 0 | |
| Guillermo Amor | Spain | Midfielder | 1988–1998 | — | 311 | 47 | |
| Txiki Begiristain | Spain | Midfielder | 1988–1995 | — | 223 | 63 | |
| Ricardo Serna | Spain | Defender | 1988–1992 | — | 101 | 2 | |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | Midfielder | 1988–1994 | — | 126 | 6 | |
| Julio Salinas | Spain | Forward | 1988–1994 | — | 146 | 60 | |
| Eusebio Sacristán | Spain | Midfielder | 1988–1995 | — | 203 | 14 | |
| José Mari Bakero | Spain | Midfielder | 1988–1996 | 1993–1996 | 260 | 72 | |
| Michael Laudrup | Denmark | Midfielder | 1989–1994 | — | 167 | 40 | |
| Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | Defender | 1989–1995 | — | 192 | 67 | |
| Albert Ferrer | Spain | Defender | 1990–1998 | — | 204 | 1 | |
| Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | Forward | 1990–1995 1996–1998 | — | 175 | 83 | |
| Pep Guardiola | Spain | Midfielder | 1990–2001 | 1997–2001 | 263 | 6 | |
| Miguel Ángel Nadal | Spain | Defender | 1991–1999 | — | 207 | 12 | |
| Sergi | Spain | Defender | 1993–2002 | 2001–2002 | 267 | 6 | |
| Romário * | Brazil | Forward | 1993–1995 | — | 46 | 34 | |
| Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | Midfielder | 1994–1996 | — | 36 | 7 | |
| Abelardo | Spain | Defender | 1994–2002 | — | 178 | 11 | |
| Gheorghe Popescu | Romania | Defender | 1995–1997 | 1996–1997 | 66 | 9 | |
| Luís Figo | Portugal | Midfielder | 1995–2000 | — | 172 | 30 | |
| Ronaldo | Brazil | Forward | 1996–1997 | — | 37 | 34 | |
| Laurent Blanc | France | Defender | 1996–1997 | — | 28 | 1 | |
| Luis Enrique | Spain | Midfielder | 1996–2004 | 2002–2004 | 207 | 73 | |
| Michael Reiziger | Netherlands | Defender | 1997–2004 | — | 173 | 0 | |
| Ruud Hesp | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1997–2000 | — | 100 | 0 | |
| Rivaldo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1997–2002 | — | 157 | 86 | |
| Frank de Boer | Netherlands | Defender | 1998–2003 | — | 144 | 5 | |
| Phillip Cocu | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1998–2004 | — | 205 | 31 | |
| Patrick Kluivert | Netherlands | Forward | 1998–2004 | — | 182 | 90 | |
| Xavi * | Spain | Midfielder | 1998–2015 | 2014–2015 | 505 | 58 | |
| Gabri | Spain | Midfielder | 1999–2006 | — | 129 | 7 | |
| Carles Puyol * | Spain | Defender | 1999–2014 ‡ | 2004–2014 | 392 | 12 | |
| Thiago Motta | Brazil | Midfielder | 2001–2007 | — | 96 | 6 | |
| Javier Saviola | Argentina | Forward | 2001–2007 | — | 123 | 49 | |
| Oleguer | Spain | Defender | 2001–2008 | — | 127 | 1 | |
| Víctor Valdés* | Spain | Goalkeeper | 2002–2014 | — | 387 | 0 | |
| Andrés Iniesta* | Spain | Midfielder | 2002–2018 | 2015–2018 | 442 | 35 | |
| Juan Román Riquelme | Argentina | Midfielder | 2002–2005 | — | 30 | 3 | |
| Ronaldinho | Brazil | Forward | 2003–2008 | — | 145 | 70 | |
| Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Netherlands | Defender | 2003–2007 | — | 105 | 5 | |
| Rafael Márquez | Mexico | Defender | 2003–2010 | — | 163 | 9 | |
| Deco | Portugal | Midfielder | 2004–2008 | — | 113 | 13 | |
| Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Forward | 2004–2009 | — | 144 | 108 | |
| Lionel Messi * | Argentina | Forward | 2004–2021 | 2018–2021 | 520 | 474 | [G][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P] [FIFA][d'Or][BEST][Pichichi] |
| Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Forward | 2004–2006 | — | 40 | 13 | |
| Sylvinho | Brazil | Defender | 2004–2009 | — | 89 | 2 | |
| Eiður Guðjohnsen | Iceland | Forward | 2006–2009 | — | 72 | 10 | |
| Gianluca Zambrotta | Italy | Defender | 2006–2008 | — | 58 | 3 | |
| Lilian Thuram | France | Defender | 2006–2008 | — | 58 | 0 | |
| Thierry Henry | France | Forward | 2007–2010 | — | 80 | 35 | |
| Bojan Krkić | Spain | Forward | 2007–2011 | — | 104 | 26 | |
| Yaya Touré | Ivory Coast | Midfielder | 2007–2010 | — | 74 | 4 | |
| Eric Abidal | France | Defender | 2007–2013 | — | 125 | 0 | |
| Dani Alves | Brazil | Defender | 2008–2016 2022 | — | 261 | 15 | |
| Seydou Keita | Mali | Midfielder | 2008–2012 | — | 119 | 16 | |
| Sergio Busquets | Spain | Midfielder | 2008–2023 | 2021–2023 | 481 | 11 | |
| Gerard Piqué | Spain | Defender | 2008–2022 | — | 397 | 29 | |
| Pedro * | Spain | Midfielder | 2008–2015 | — | 204 | 58 | |
| Thiago Alcântara | Spain | Midfielder | 2009–2013 | — | 68 | 7 | |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | Forward | 2009–2011 | — | 29 | 16 | |
| Adriano | Brazil | Defender | 2010–2016 | — | 114 | 9 | |
| David Villa | Spain | Forward | 2010–2013 | — | 77 | 33 | |
| Javier Mascherano | Argentina | Defender | 2010–2018 | — | 203 | 1 | |
| Sergi Roberto | Spain | Defender | 2010–2024 | 2023–2024 | 245 | 12 | |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | Midfielder | 2011–2014 | — | 96 | 28 | |
| Alexis Sánchez | Chile | Forward | 2011–2014 | — | 88 | 39 | |
| Jordi Alba | Spain | Defender | 2012–2023 | — | 313 | 17 | |
| Neymar | Brazil | Forward | 2013–2017 | — | 123 | 68 | |
| Luis Suárez * | Uruguay | Forward | 2014–2020 | — | 191 | 147 | |
| Ivan Rakitić | Croatia | Midfielder | 2014–2020 | — | 200 | 25 | |
| Marc-André ter Stegen | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2014– | 2024– | 288 | 0 | |
| Samuel Umtiti | France | Defender | 2016–2022 | — | 91 | 2 | |
| Ousmane Dembélé | France | Forward | 2017–2023 | — | 127 | 24 | |
| Philippe Coutinho | Brazil | Forward | 2018–2021 | — | 76 | 17 | |
| Clément Lenglet | France | Defender | 2018– | — | 105 | 4 | |
| Ronald Araujo | Uruguay | Defender | 2019– | — | 107 | 7 | |
| Frenkie de Jong | Netherlands | Midfielder | 2019– | — | 151 | 12 | |
| Ansu Fati | Spain | Forward | 2019– | — | 84 | 22 | |
| Pedri | Spain | Midfielder | 2020– | — | 118 | 20 | |
| Alejandro Balde | Spain | Defender | 2021– | — | 73 | 1 | |
| Gavi | Spain | Midfielder | 2021– | — | 92 | 5 | |
| Jules Koundé | France | Defender | 2022– | — | 83 | 3 | |
| Robert Lewandowski* | Poland | Forward | 2022– | — | 95 | 64 | |
| Raphinha | Brazil | Forward | 2022– | — | 83 | 24 | |
| Ferran Torres | Spain | Forward | 2022– | — | 93 | 18 | |

## Club captains

| Dates | Name | Notes |
| 1950–1951 | César | |
| 1951–1955 | Mariano Gonzalvo | |
| 1955–1964 | Joan Segarra | |
| 1964–1969 | Ferran Olivella | |
| 1969–1972 | Josep Maria Fusté | |
| 1972–1975 | Antoni Torres | |
| 1975–1976 | Joaquim Rifé | |
| 1976–1978 | Johan Cruyff | First foreign captain in Barcelona history |
| 1978–1980 | Juan Manuel Asensi | First captain to win Cup Winners Cup |
| 1980–1982 | Antonio Olmo | |
| 1982–1984 | Tente Sánchez | |
| 1984–1986 | Bernd Schuster | |
| 1986–1987 | Víctor Muñoz | |
| 1987–1992 | José Ramón Alexanko | First captain to win European Cup |
| 1992–1993 | Andoni Zubizarreta | First captain to be a Goalkeeper |
| 1993–1996 | José Mari Bakero | |
| 1996–1997 | Gheorghe Popescu | First captain from Eastern Europe |
| 1997–2001 | Pep Guardiola | |
| 2001–2002 | Sergi Barjuán | |
| 2002–2004 | Luis Enrique | |
| 2004–2014 | Carles Puyol | Longest-serving and most successful captain in Barcelona history |
| 2014–2015 | Xavi | |
| 2015–2018 | Andrés Iniesta | |
| 2018–2021 | Lionel Messi | First non-European captain in Barcelona history |
| 2021–2023 | Sergio Busquets | |
| 2023–2024 | Sergi Roberto | |
| 2024– | Marc-André ter Stegen | |