Greatest Barcelona XI of the 20th century

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Ladislao Kubala is taken in the same breath as Lionel Messi at Barcelona and also has a statue of himself outside the Camp Nou

Ladislao Kubala

So many people wanted to see Ladislao Kubala play Barcelona in the 1950s that they had to build a new 93,000 capacity Nou Camp to replace their old 60,000 capacity Camp de Les Corts. He scored 194 goals and won four leagues as well as playing in the 1961 European Cup final Barcelona lost to Benfica. Kubala might have died in the 1949 air disaster that killed the great Torino side of the forties. He was supposed to be representing them in a friendly against Benfica in Portugal but pulled out for family reasons and it saved his life enabling to him to go on to write his name in the history books of Barcelona.

Paulino Alcantara

Born in the Philippines in 1896 but with a Spanish father, Paulino Alcantara moved to Barcelona when he was three years old and would grow up to be a Barca great, scoring 357 goals in 357 games. Nicknamed 'the net-buster' he retired a year before the league was formed but did win five Spanish Cups before quitting age 30 to finally dedicate himself to medicine.

Pepe Samitier

The third-highest goalscorer in Barca's history with 326 goals, Pepe Samitier made his debut for Barcelona in 1919 aged 17 and played for the club for 13 seasons. He won two leagues and was nicknamed 'the Grasshopper' and 'the Magician' – long in the leg but not short on spellbinding skill. He also won silver with Spain in the 1920 Olympics, played a season for Real Madrid, and returned to Barca as a coach, managing the club for three seasons winning another Liga title.