Iago Aspas He turns 38 this Friday and does so after enlarging his legend, since last year he became the most productive veteran player for the great leagues of European football.
No other 37 or more years player has contributed as much as he to his team. The Celeste Captain closed the 2024-25 course scoring 10 goals and attending another 5, in the 30 games he played.
The Uruguayan Cristian Stuani (Girona) and English Jamie Vardy (Leicester) They are the ones that closely close to their numbers. Both add a value of 13 credits. Stuani ended LaLiga with 11 goals and 2 assists in 32 games; The Leicester attacker signed 9 goals and 4 assists in 35 Premier games.
Behind them appear the Spaniard Pedro Rodríguez (SS Lazio, 10 goals and 1 assistance) and former Madridist Luka Modric (2 goals and 6 assists in 35 LaLiga games).
Despite disappearing from the calls of the Spanish team after the arrival on its bench of Luis Enrique Martínez, Iago Aspas has not ceased to be the most unbalanced footballer of Celta and one of the greatest talents of the Spanish championship.
And it is that in the last ten years only 3 players have participated in more goals with 37 years or more in one of the major leagues: the Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimović (season 2020-21, 15 goals and 2 assists in 19 games with Milan); Claudio Pizarro (14 goals and 2 assists in 28 games with the Werder Bremen); and the Frenchman Olivier Giroud (11 goals and 5 assists in 35 games with Milan).
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The 2025-26 course, in addition, will convert, unless capital surprise, Iago Aspas in the player with the most official matches played in the history of Celta, surpassing a myth like Manolo 'The Great Captain'.
Both are separated by just 9 games, so in the tenth day of the championship the 'Eurocelta' Captain could make history if he is aligned by Claudio Giráldez in all meetings.
