Khaberni - Barcelona FC officially registered its Egyptian striker Hamza Abdel Karim in the team's lineup participating in the Spanish Football League championship and granted him number 29, which was worn by the legend Xavi Hernandez at the beginning of his career with the team about three decades ago.
The records of the Spanish Football League "La Liga" showed on Wednesday that Hamza Abdel Karim is officially listed in Barcelona's team roster for the championship along with new arrivals Joao Cancelo, Anthony Gordon, and Karim Adeyemi, while the roster did not include Belgian winger Jessy Pessio who is playing with the reserve team.
Xavi Hernandez is notably the most prominent player to have worn the number 29 shirt in Barcelona’s history in his first season with the team 29 years ago, after which he switched to number 26 before finally settling on the number 6 until his departure from the team in the summer of 2015.
Hamza Abdel Karim scored 4 goals for Barcelona during friendly matches, but he did not leave the substitutes' bench in his team's significant win against Elche by five goals to none.
