Gerard Pique Carved 500 Games

DBasia.news –  Barcelona won 5-2 over Real Betis. In that match Barca defender, Gerard Pique, also made his 500th appearance.

The 500th appearance record has made Pique parallel to the achievements of other Barcelona legends. Pique has only 28 matches adrift with Sergio Busquets who collected 528 caps.

In addition to Busquets, the Barca player who recorded more than 500 caps are Xavi Hernandez (767), Lionel Messi (697), Andres Iniesta (674), Carles Puyol (593), Miguel Bernardo ‘Migueli’ (549), and Victor Valdes (535) ).

In January 2018, the former Manchester United defender signed a new contract. Barcelona even set a high price for a 32-year defender’s purchase clause of 500 million euros.

A number of prestigious titles were awarded by Pique during his 11-year career with Barcelona. The number of trophies he gave was only 29 adrift of the amount of trophies donated by Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta.