5 of the worst strikers in Barcelona's history

#2 Santiago Ezquerro

Ezquerro had to play second fiddle to Messi

Ezquerro was a veteran striker in La Liga when he joined Barcelona in 2005. Whilst having had spells at Osasuna, Atletico Madrid, and Mallorca, his seven-year stint with Athletic Bilbao is what eventually attracted the Catalans’ attention.

Already 28 at the time, Ezquerro had the unfortunate luck of joining the club as a forward during the same time as the emergence of Lionel Messi. He was never able to establish himself in the first team and his best league campaign with the club consisted of 12 games in his first year – a season where he managed two goals in three starts and just 469 minutes of action.

Having endured a miserable time in Barcelona, he was not granted a free transfer request in 2007/08 and was virtually absent for the entirety of the campaign. He was eventually allowed to leave at the end of that campaign for Osasuna, where he played another 10 games and scored a solitary goal, before retiring from the game at the age of just 33.