Last update 19 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
Despite being one of the best turkish footballers, Rüştü Reçber's time in the Spanish League and in a giant like Barcelona, It was not successful at all.. In fact it is one of the worst signings in the history of Barcelona. But this does not mean at all that he was a bad footballer.. On the contrary.
Rustu Recber, the goalkeeper who painted his face
Born in 1973, rusty, He was the starting goalkeeper for a surprising Turkey in the World Cup in Korea and Japan. 2002, a man who in addition to his good stops, He drew the attention of the general public to face painting in the style of warrior. Juice 120 international matches between 1994 y 2012. Participating in the World Cup 2002 which is the best participation of Turkish football in its history, and in the European Championship 2008 which he won Spain.
He was also a symbol of Turkish football, where he played more than 500 matches at Antaliyaspor, Fenerbahce y Beşiktaş. He only left there to sign in 2003, just one year after their great World Cup, for a giant like Barça. But the result was not what was expected for either party..
The signing of “Rust Recber” for Barcelona
Rustu Recber He arrived at Barcelona in 2003, with the best age for a goalkeeper and everything going to be the titular doorman of a club where the two goalkeepers last year had left. For this reason, Turkish was the great hope for the blaugrana goal, but as in many cases, It became a nightmare and all despite the large cache goalkeeper.
Apparently injury, that gave the alternative to a young man Victor Valdes who would later become a Barcelona legend, and he didn't speak any Spanish, They closed the doors of the Barça goal. So much so that Rüştü Reçber only played 4 fitting matches 6 goals and leaving such dubious actions as a match against Racing de Santander which was 3 goals and 2 of them is the blamed directly to him.
Finally, the player left Barcelona in the summer of 2004 bound for the greats of his country where he continued playing for a while and in the turkish team where it still is the player who has dressed the most games let them grow. Definitely, Otherwise a certain level player who for one reason or another, He was unable to adapt and perform in such a competitive league and team and league and Barca are.