Foreign players in La Masia

bfaesen

New member
Hi Everybody,

I'm a journalism student from Belgium. For my Masterproof I'm writing a special about La Masia. One of my series of articles is about the foreign players of La Masia.
I've made a list of foreign players in Barça's youth teams. Though I'm not quite sure if all players are indeed foreign. Or made I missed some.
Anyways: here the list. Feel free to improve or comment on it. Help is much appriciated.

Name Country Birthdate (Age) Position Team

  1. Luis Gustavo Portugal 28-9-92 (21) Midfield Barcelona B 1
  2. Jonathan Dos Santos Mexico 26-04-90 (22) Midfield Barcelona B 2
  3. Rafinha Brazil 12-02-93 (19) Midfield Barcelona B 3
  4. Jean Marie Dongou Tsafack Cameroon 20-04-95 (17) Attack Juvenil A 4
  5. Armand Ella Ken Cameroon 23-02-1993 (19) Attack Juvenil A 5
  6. Vivaldi Leonid Bakoyock Cameroon 05-01-1994 (18) Defence Juvenil A 6
  7. Macky Frank Bagnack Mouegni Cameroon 07-06-1995 (16) Defence Juvenil A 7
  8. Carlos Julio Martinez Riva Domenican Republic 04-02-1994 (18) Defence Juvenil A 8
  9. Alexandru Iloie Roemenië 21-11-1995 (16) Defence Juvenil B 9
  10. Godswill Elohor Ekpolo Burundi, Cameroon, Nigeria 14-05-1995 (16) Midfield Juvenil B 10
  11. David Babunski Macedonia 01-03-94 (18) Midfield Juvenil B 11
  12. Olivier Moussima Ebongue Cameroon 08-03-1994 (18) Attack Juvenil B 12
  13. Alain Richard Ebwelle Cameroon 28-09-95 (16) Attack Juvenil B 13
  14. Munir El Haddadi Mohamed Morocco 01-09-95 (16) Attack Juvenil B 14
  15. Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo Cameroon 24-12-95 (16) Goalie Juvenil B 15
  16. Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum Cameroon 07-07-96 (15) Midfield Cadete A 16
  17. Zacharie Enguene Onana Cameroon 07-01-96 (16) Midfield Cadete A 17
  18. Adama Traoré Diarra Mali 25-1-96 (16) Attack Cadete A 18
  19. Mamadou Tounkara Senegal 19-1-96 (16) Attack Cadete A 19
  20. Moustapha Seck 23-02-96 (16) Attack Cadete A 20
  21. Arnaldo Sanabria Ayala Paraguay 04-3-1996 (16) Attack Cadete A 21
  22. Park Seungho South-Korea 17-03-97 (15) Midfield Cadete B 22
  23. Ayoub Abiu Oulam 28-06-98 (13) Midfield Cadete B 23
  24. Brahima Fati Guinea 13 Midfield Cadete B 24
  25. Sorpreson Guinea 13 Attack Cadete B 25
  26. Georgios Spanoudakis ‘ Giorgio’ Greece/Germany 25-11-98 (13) Midfield Infantil A 26
  27. Lee Seung Woo South-Korea 06-01-98 (14) Attack Infantil A 27
  28. Jang Gyeolhee South-Korea 04-04-1998 (14) Attack Infantil A 28
  29. Maoudo Diallo Ba Senegal 09-11-99 (12) Defence Infantil B 29
  30. Bobby Adekanye Holland/Nigeria 14-02-99 (13) Attack Infantil B 30
  31. Ben Lederman USA 08-05-2000 (12) Midfield Alevin A 31
  32. Aladji Djemba Ba Dia 06-10-00 (11) Attack Alevin B 32
  33. Labinot Kabashi Albania 28-02-00 (12) Midfield Alevin B 33
  34. Takefusa Kubo Japan 11 Midfield Alevin C 34
  35. Haitam Abaida 01-06-02 (11) Attack Benjamin A 35
  36. Mamadou Seydu Benjamin D 36
  37. Nadir Louah Mhand-Yamna Morocco 29-05-03 (9) Attack Benjamin D 37
  38. Ilias Akhomach Chakkour 16-04-04 (8) Prebenjamin 38
 

Barcaman

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Staff member
Nice list man. Don't know all of those youngsters so can't help you.
What sources did you use?
 

Yugi

New member
nice list
btw, did you include the guy who has mexican-japanese roots? I remember reading somwhere about him
 

Dimonsss

New member
Hi Everybody,

I'm a journalism student from Belgium. For my Masterproof I'm writing a special about La Masia. One of my series of articles is about the foreign players of La Masia.
I've made a list of foreign players in Barça's youth teams. Though I'm not quite sure if all players are indeed foreign. Or made I missed some.
Anyways: here the list. Feel free to improve or comment on it. Help is much appriciated.
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Nice job!

5. As I know Armand Ella doesn't play for Juvenil A anymore. I suppose he has finished playing after that serious injury last summer.
18. Adama Traore was born in Barcelona and he played for Spain so far. I don't know is it important for you. But yeah, his parents are from Mali and he is dual citizen (Spain/Mali).
33. Labinot Kabashi is from Kosovo I suppose, but I know that 90% of population there are albanians.

P.S. Did't know Sanabria is paraguayan. It was surprise for me!
 
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Dimonsss

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Dimonsss, Did Armand Ella sustain a career ending injury ?

Not 100% sure, but I think so. At least there is no any info about him for a long time. I have read he has gone nowhere from Barca. Maybe we'll hear something about him soon, but I really doubt it...
 
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Deco 20

Scandinavian 101
Adama Traore is spanish, as Dimonsss said.
I don't think Ella plays with another team, he's probably still with Barca but he probably won't continue next year.
 

Jerra12FCB

New member
20.Moustapha Seck Spain/?
23.Ayoub Abiu Oulam Morocco

Is the Russian goal Keeper Timur still in the Barca youth ranks?

Tomorrow I look further for you, because I believe there are many more foreign players in the wonderful Barca youth system :barca scarf:
 
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bfaesen

New member
Has Rafinha decided to play for Brazil?

Don't think so. So I'll change that to my list. I used the information on the Barcelona website and on this forum. I also called someone of Eidos (game-producer for Football Manager) and they helpen me a little as well. They do have a huge database.
 

bfaesen

New member
So Seck's from Spain? For the record: I added players who do have foreign roots as well (like Rafinha). But I don't know if some (Nadir Louah Mhand-Yamna) have two passports. Sometimes it's hard to get a hold of information like birthplaces.
 

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