Rashica and Pizarro claim former numbers

Claudio Pizarro and Milot Rashica are taking back their old numbers (photo: nordphoto).
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Sunday, 23.06.2019 / 12:15

The keeper is the number one in the club, the playmaker usually wears the number ten and the goal-getter tends to don the number nine. The numbers on the back are traditionally associated with a certain position, and yet, almost all players today have a lucky number that they take with them throughout their careers. At Werder, two players will play with different numbers next season, which both mean a lot to them. WERDER.DE has the lowdown.

Milot Rashica is one of those two players. The Kosovan already played with the number seven shirt at Vitesse Arnheim and also wears the same number for his country and will now wear number seven for Werder. After first arriving at Werder, he chose the number 11 shirt, as his favourite number was already taken by Florian kainz, who has since moved to 1. FC Köln.

Then there is the matter of Claudio Pizarro. In his more than 20-year career, the Peruvian has already carried quite a few numbers, previously wearing the number four last season, even wearing the number 39 for Köln, based on his age the season he played for them. But with the new season incoming, the record goalscorer will take his favoured 14 yet again. Pizarro celebrated much success with the number 14 at Bayern Munich, as well as during his time with the Preu national team, Chelsea and his third spell on the Weser, during wchich he became the Green-Whites record scorer. After the number 10 (1999-2001), the number 24 (2008-2012), the number 14 (2015-2017) and the number 4 (2018/19), “Piza” will now have the number 14, meaning he has changed his shirt number a, rather fitting, four times. Typical Pizarro, also racking up the numbers.

The Werder youngsters Simon Straudi (26), Ilia Gruev (28), David Philipp (31) and Benjamin Goller (39) are starting with the usual high numbers that junior graduates start with. They will wear those numbers in both the U23 league and Bundesliga next year. Meanwhile the number for newcomer, Niclas Füllkrug, has not been confirmed yet, but trust that WERDER.DE will keep you up to date.

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