2023-07-06 08:46:18
Íñigo Martínez is Barça’s second summer signing, after İlkay Gündoğan. Even though they are both very experienced, they had different stories against Barca.
Gündoğan has played his entire career in Germany and England. He has therefore only played against Barca three times, while Íñigo Martínez, with more than a decade in the top flight of Spanish football, has faced the Catalans up to 26 times.
Íñigo’s only club trophy, won against Barça
Half of the matches he played against the Blaugrana were for Real Sociedad. The other 13, with the Athletic Club. He beat Barça three times with the blue-and-whites and three times with the Lions (5 draws and 15 defeats).
He never managed to win against the Catalans at the Spotify Camp Nou (3 times at the Reale Arena in Donosti, twice at San Mamés and another at La Cartuja in Seville, on January 17, 2021). In this last match, he lifted the Spanish Super Cup.
Seven matches between Íñigo Martínez and Xavi
Now a Barça player, Íñigo Martínez will want to win new titles. He will now evolve under the orders of Xavi, whom he has faced six times.
Between 2011 and 2015, Íñigo played for Real Sociedad and Xavi played his last seasons at Barça. In total, he took the three points twice and lost three times (1 draw).
In 2014 in San Mamés, they also faced each other in a match between Catalonia and the Basque Country (1-1).
Together with Xavi, in selection
In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, both men were called up with La Roja. Spain had beaten Belarus and Georgia with Xavi starting. On the other hand, Íñigo Martínez had followed the show from the substitutes’ bench.
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