Ranking every player to wear No.7 for Barcelona since 1995

Barcelona has been home to some world-class forwards over the years – but very few of them have worn the No.7 shirt.

Ousmane Dembele has become the 11th player to wear the jersey since La Liga introduced fixed squad numbers for the 1995-96 season.

We’ve ranked every player to wear the No.7 shirt for Barcelona since then, from worst to best.

Despite being a Real Madrid academy graduate, Alfonso joined Barcelona from Real Betis in 2000 for £14million.

The striker was a revelation on Championship Manager but failed to hit the same heights in real life, scoring just five goals in 32 appearances in all competitions in 2000-01.

Having starred for Atletico Madrid, expectations were high when Turan completed a £24million move to Barcelona in 2015.

Due to Barca’s ban on registering new players, the Turkey international wasn’t able to play for the club until January 2016. It really wasn’t worth the wait.

Turan made 55 appearances in all competitions before being shipped off on loan to Istanbul Basaksehir in 2018, where his misdemeanours included a suspended prison sentence after firing a gun in a hospital following a fight with a pop star and a 10-match ban for pushing an assistant referee.

After completing his £142million move to Barcelona in January 2018, Coutinho initially wore the No.14 shirt before changing to the No.7 six months later.

The Brazil international failed to live up to expectations in 2018-19 and reclaimed his initial No.14 in 2020 after returning from a loan spell at Bayern Munich.

Things just never clicked at the Camp Nou – as it transpired he was neither a replacement for Andres Iniesta nor Neymar – and Coutinho’s now out on loan at Aston Villa. Arguably one of the worst signings in the history of football.

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