There are several Barça players who have left the Club throughout history to end up returning and succeeding as Catalans. With the return of Adama, who left Barça in the summer of 2015 to head to Aston Villa in the Premier League, the list increases.
Gerard Lopez
Gerard Lopez He was the first to make his way back to Can Barça after leaving the Club in 1997, to head to Valencia and Alavés. Until in 2000 he returned to Barça, to play more than a hundred games and score nine goals.
Gerard Piqué
The central defender and current Barça captain left Barça to sign for Manchester United under the command of Alex Ferguson in 2004. There he spent four seasons, including a loan at Zaragoza, which helped him to consolidate himself as one of the the best central defenders in the world. The 2008/09 academic year saw his return to the culé entity to become one of the best players in the history of the Club and one of the most successful with 8 Leagues, 6 Spanish Super Cups, 7 Cups, 3 Champions, 3 Club World Cups and 3 European Super Cups.
Cesc Fàbregas
After passing through the Masia, where he coincided with former Barça players like Leo Messi or Víctor Vázquez Cesc Fàbregas he left for Arsenal in 2003, where he played until 2011. Eight seasons in which the Arenys de Mar midfielder will grow as a footballer and consolidate himself as one of the best in his position. Until the summer of 2011, Cesc returned home to wear the Barça shirt for three seasons and won a League, two Spanish Super Cups, a Cup, a Club World Cup and a European Super Cup.
Jordi Alba
The winger from L’Hospitalet played seven seasons at La Masia, until in 2005 he left Barça base football to sign for Cornellà and from there made the leap to Valencia where he progressively made the leap to the first team, passing through categories first. lower. In June 2012, the return of Jordi Alba, one of the leading full-backs on the football scene, to Barça was made official. Since then Jordi Alba He has won 5 Leagues, 5 Copas del Rey, 3 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Champions, 1 Club World Cup and 1 European Super Cup. In addition to becoming a fixture on Barça’s left-back and already adding more than 400 games as a culé.
Aleix Vidal
the stage of Aleix Vidal for the Masia was brief, under the orders of Xavi Llorens and where he shared a dressing room with Jordi Alba or Rubén Miño, among others. Aleix Vidal has since passed through various clubs, such as Veteranos Cambrils, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Reus Deportiu, Espanyol’s youth football club, Damm, Greek Panthrakikos, Pobla de Mafumet, Mallorca, Almería and Sevilla. , where his good performance led Barça to sign him in the summer of 2015. After three seasons at the Barça club, where he played thirty games, Aleix Vidal would end up returning to Sevilla in the form of a transfer.
Denis Suarez
Emerged from the lower categories of Celta, Denis Suarez signs for Barça after his good performance in the lower categories, combined with some games in the first team, with Manchester City. He joined the Barça B discipline in 2013. He spent one season with the Barça subsidiary (2013/14), scoring 7 goals and providing 11 assists in 36 games. He then spent a year on loan at Sevilla and another at Villarreal, who signed him in the summer market of the 2015/16 season. At the end of the season, and after his good performance, FC Barcelona decided to exercise the repurchase clause.
Eric Garcia
Eric Garcia He was the last footballer to return home, before Adama did. The defender has returned to the Club this summer from Manchester City. It should be remembered that Eric joined the Barça Escola in 2008 and trained until 2017 at La Masia. At the age of 17, he put an end to his Barça career to go to Manchester City, where he has played until this summer.
In addition to all these players, Nolito, Aleñá, Deulofeu and Muniesa, among others, returned to the Club after having trained in the culé academy and later leaving for other clubs. For their part, Hristo Stoichkov and Dani Alves, despite not having trained at Barça, have lived through two stages as Catalans.
