90 consecutive games since November 2023: Report highlight’s Barcelona star’s incredible statistics | OneFootball

Although some positions, like the goalkeeper, the midfield pivot, and the attacking midfielder, have seen some changes, Hansi Flick has shown a propensity not to alter his FC Barcelona starting lineups too much unless necessary.

As a result, some players have been playing a very high number of minutes, and this is most clearly the case with the defender Jules Kounde, who is the player with the highest number of minutes on the pitch this season, i.e., 3451.

The Frenchman is also a key player for his national side and has been starting all the games for the French national team in recent times.

This status with both his club and national teams means he rarely gets a chance to rest. In fact, Mundo Deportivo notes that the Barcelona defender has not missed any game since November 2023, and has played all of his possible 90 consecutive matches, both with his club and national teams, since that time.

The last time the defender missed a game was the match against Rayo Vallecano on November 25th, 2023. He played the ensuing game against Porto in the UCL, and since then, has not missed a game for either club or country and is also likely to start tonight against Osasuna.

Only this season, Kounde has played 51 games in total, 43 for the Blaugrana team and another 8 for the French national team. He was a starter in 47 of these games, while in 41 of these, he played for the full 90 minutes.

But his appearance streak goes beyond this season, as he continued with his streak of 39 consecutive games from the last season and thus has accumulated a total of 90 consecutive games.

In this regard, he is on the way to breaking the record of a legendary Barcelona player, Antoni Torres, who played 136 consecutive games.

Of his 39 games from the last season, 24 came in La Liga, 6 in the UEFA Champions League, 3 in Copa del Rey, 2 in the Spanish Super Cup, and 4 with the French national team. This season, of his 51 total appearances, 27 have come in La Liga, 10 in the UCL, 4 in the Copa, 2 in the Spanish Super Cup, and 8 with the French team.