“This has been a gift of life”Said Melanie Serrano, visibly moved, after Barça's historic debut for women at the Camp Nou, with a 5-0 victory over Espanyol. The Barça coach, Lluís Cortés, decided to give ownership to the Sevillian side, who could thus crown his spectacular career as a culé footballer living in the first person a historic day in the temple of Barcelona.
After For 18 seasons wearing the Barça shirt, Melanie was able to fulfill her dream and, in addition, she did it with a goal: in the 54th minute, the side picked up a rejected ball in front of the area, and with an unstoppable shot, put the 3-0 on the electronic scoreboard. “The history that I have lived with Barça has had a desired dream that in the end I have been able to live, play at the Camp Nou and on top of that, score “explained the footballer of Sevillian origin, who has lived through the evolution of women's Barça since its inception until today.
Last year, the Barcelona Documentation Center did a work of research and data collection to be able to have the numbers of all the soccer players who had passed through the women's team. In the process, finally, Melanie was able to know how many games she had with the Barça elastic: 448. He put a figure like that to a lifetime as a culé footballer.
In the clash against Espanyol, The Sevillian side added her 458th match. That is, it is the ninth footballer – taking into account both the male and female section – with more games like culé on his resume. Share Top-Ten with historical players such as Xavi Hernández, the one with the most, with 767, Leo Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets or Carles Puyol, the most remembered '5'.
Like him, Melanie Serrano also wears the '5', and has more historical marks, such as, be the Barça player who has won the most titles since the creation of the section, with 21, including the last championship of the Primera Iberdrola 2019-20. This year, with an intractable Barça team, he is on the way to expanding his record …