The Frenchman, who played for Barça for two years, could not excel as much as colchonero at Camp Nou. We look at their numbers as a culé.
Antoine Griezmann will be one of the protagonists this Sunday in the match between FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, for matchday 15 of LaLiga 2023-2024. The French forward played for Can Barça for two years and will face his former club between 2019 and 2021.
In this sense, it is worth taking a look at the numbers that Griezmann recorded while playing for Barcelona, a club in which, for various reasons, he could not excel as he did before and after that at Atlético de Madrid.
Antoine Griezmann at Barcelona: statistics, figures, matches and goals
The former Real Sociedad player played a total of 102 games wearing the Barcelona shirt in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.
The French striker scored a total of 35 goals (one from a penalty) and provided 17 assists, with an average of one goal every 219 minutes. It is clear that the numbers are well below expectations for a player of his stature.
Of those 102 games, Griezmann came on as a substitute a maximum of 13 times and was replaced 50 times. He was reprimanded nine times.
The 2021 Copa del Rey, his only title as a culé
During his time at Barcelona, Griezmann has only managed to win one title. This tournament was the Copa del Rey of the 2020-2021 season. In that campaign he improved his performances significantly, which was essential for Ronald Koeman, who was ultimately satisfied with the performances the striker had shown in his first season in Barcelona as coach.
Griezmann was a fixture in the coach’s plans and as the rounds progressed, he responded to the Dutch coach’s confidence. Three goals and four assists in that cup were the balance of an attacker who did not fully come into his own during his time at Barça.
Griezmann even scored one of the goals he scored in that edition of the cup in the final, which was one of the keys to achieving what was Koeman’s first championship as a coach in Barcelona. No one knew at the time that this would be the only title he would win as a culé player before his return to the capital of Spain.
Summary of Griezmann in Barcelona
- 102 games
- 35 goals
- 17 assists
- 1 title
Source: Goal
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