After last Thursday he played his 500th match with the light blue shirt against the Atlético de Madridhe RC Celta reported this Friday that on Sunday it will honor Iago Aspas in the run-up to the match that will be played against Girona in Bleated.
“For more than 36 thousand minutes he has defended this shield with courage and heart. For this reason, a large tifo will be displayed in the stands that will pay tribute to a unique footballer who, in the match against Atlético de Madrid, has become the second player in the history of RC Celta to reach half a thousand matches.” , highlights the Vigo club.
Fifteen years after signing a historic double against the Deportivo Alavés to certify Celta’s permanence in Second DivisionAspas completed his 500th game with Celta against Atlético, a record that he can only boast of Manolo Rodríguez, which adds up to 533.
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With the ending yet to be written, the ‘Prince of Bateas’ He is already, without a doubt, the most important footballer in the history of Celta, despite the fact that he has not yet fulfilled his dream of winning a title with the light blue shirt.
“He is the best of all,” his teammate Borja Iglesias wrote after the defeat against Diego Pablo Simeone’s team. The same sentence that he uttered Claudio Giraldez last April after the striker’s performance against UD Las Palmas, with two goals and two assists. “He is the best player in Celta’s history,” stated Rafa Benítez’s replacement.