Ten years ago, FC Barcelona signed Pedro Rodriguez. The current Barça number 7 came to Barcelona from his hometown, Tenerife. He left CD San Isidro to join the Barça U18 A team at the age of 17, and soon made a name for himself in the youth ranks of the club.
After playing for the U18’s A team and Barça C, Pedro consolidated his place in the Barça B team. In the 2007/08 season, he achieved promotion to the Second Division B under the leadership of Pep Guardiola.
That year he also debuted with FC Barcelona; Frank Rijkaard picked him to play in two league games at the Camp Nou. The following season, with Guardiola now in charge of Barça, Pedro began to play matches, taking part in a total of 14 games. Finally, in the summer of 2009, Pedro signed his first contract as a FC Barcelona player.
So, in just five years, Pedro went from playing for San Isidro, in Tenerife, to the Barça. That first season, Pedro also made history: he became the first footballer to score in six different official competitions, la Liga, Spanish Cup, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, and World Club Championship. He was, in fact, the revelation of that particular season.
Since then, Pedro’s career has just kept on flourishing. He became fully consolidated in FC Barcelona and became one of Barça’s main strikers.
Between 2009 and 2014, Pedro has scored 87 official goals for Barça in a total of 253 games. In his ten years at the Club, he’s won every title possible: 4 League titles, 2 Champions Leagues, 2 Spanish Cups, two European Super Cups, four Spanish Super Cups and two World Club Championship trophies.
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