These have been Club América's recent number 9s | OneFootball

Yesterday, the change of jersey number for Henry Martín was announced; the historic forward of the Eagles will now wear the '9'.

This change was somewhat strange, as Henry was completely identified with his number '21', but it makes sense when we see that in recent years no one had taken the '9' and from the current squad, he is the only one who deserves it.

Historically, that number has not had great significance in the Eagles as numbers '8' and '10' have had.

The last players who wore the 9.

The last one was Roger Martínez, the Colombian forward wore it for several years; he was a very inconsistent forward, so the number ended up being too big for him.

Previously, it was worn by Silvio Romero, another player who fell short; Darío Benedetto also wore it, he had his interesting moments like that Concachampions final but in the end, he fell short.

The last Mexican to wear it was Raúl Jiménez, the Americanista youth product had it for a short period before going to Europe; another Mexican was Enrique Esqueda, the eternal promise of the team who never managed to showcase his quality.

And if we go back to the 00s, there are Salvador Cabañas, the best without a doubt, Reinaldo Navia, Antonio de Nigris, and Iván Zamorano.

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