Raphinha joins Ronaldinho in Barcelona record books with goal vs Mallorca | OneFootball

Barcelona star Raphinha has on Saturday joined one of the club’s greatest-ever players in the Blaugrana history books.

This comes owing to his exploits early in Barcelona’s season opener.

Hansi Flick’s troops are of course currently locked in action, in a La Liga meeting with RCD Mallorca at Son Moix.

The aforementioned Raphinha, meanwhile, was as expected in from the off, from his customary berth on the left flank.

And the former Leeds United man wasted little time in opening his account for the new campaign.

Getting on the end of attacking partner-in-crime Lamine Yamal’s delivery from the right, Raphinha made no mistake in nodding home a simple finish.

And as alluded to above, in the process, the latter secured for himself a piece of recent Barcelona history.

As revealed by statisticians Opta:

‘Raphinha is the first Brazilian player to score the first goal of a league season with FC Barcelona since Ronaldinho in September 2007.’

Conor Laird – GSFN