Lamine Yamal watched Ronaldinho before wearing Barcelona’s No. 10
A young Lamine Yamal laughs at Ronaldinho’s highlights in resurfaced La Masia footage, years before inheriting Barcelona’s No. 10.
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Most league goals in a single season in Europe’s top five leagues
Dixie Dean scored 60 league goals for Everton in 1927–28, the highest total in this historical comparison of Europe’s top
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Mourinho’s Madrid derby complaint came with a printout
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2026 Ballon d’Or Power Rankings: The Top 10 Contenders
Our 2026 Ballon d’Or ranking counts down Harry Kane, Rodri, Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé and the strongest candidates from 10 to 1.
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The 2014 photo that makes Gabriel Jesus’s Barcelona move feel 12 years in the making
Gabriel Jesus joins Barcelona 12 years after a Jardim Peri photo captured him painting Brazil’s colors before the 2014 World Cup.
Messi leads Barcelona’s all-time scoring list
Barcelona’s official-competition scoring leaderboard runs from Mariano Martín at No. 10 to Lionel Messi’s unreachable 672-goal record, with Lamine Yamal still 77 goals from the cutoff.
Lamine Yamal is Barcelona’s youngest to 50 goals, but Messi needed 37 fewer games
Lamine Yamal reached 50 Barcelona goals younger than any player in club history, but Lionel Messi got there in 37 fewer appearances.