From Real Sociedad to Atletico Madrid to Barcelona: Antoine Griezmann cracks 500 games
Antoine Griezmann has hit a magic number in LALIGA. Last Sunday's match against Real Betis, the French player reached 500 appearances in the Spanish leagues, counting his outings in both LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION. That is a milestone that not many players in history have conquered and it means the Atlético de Madrid man is already a legend of the history books.
Griezmann has played these 500 games for three clubs and in two divisions. With Real Sociedad, he appeared in 180 matches, 39 of them in LALIGA HYPERMOTION in the 2009/10 season, when he was one of the most outstanding players as Martín Lasarte's side won promotion, starring alongside Xabi Prieto and Claudio Bravo. After four successful seasons with the Basque club's first team in LALIGA EA SPORTS, during which time he netted 46 goals, the forward then headed to Atlético de Madrid.
Under Diego Simeone, he has made 246 league outings over two spells, with his time at FC Barcelona briefly pausing his career with Los Rojiblancos. At the capital city club, he has managed to score 111 goals in LALIGA and become one of the fan favourites. The forward is even within reach of Luis Aragonés, as he could overtake him as the player with the most goals in the history of Atlético de Madrid.
Griezmann's time at FC Barcelona may not have brought him all the success he had hoped for, but it did allow him to add 74 more LALIGA EA SPORTS appearances that also count towards this great milestone of 500 LALIGA appearances. Under Ernesto Valverde, Quique Setién and Ronald Koeman, he scored a total of 22 goals before returning to Los Colchoneros.
His tally is all the more impressive when considering that only 36 other players in the history of LALIGA have managed to reach
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