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12.01.2010 12:50

Congratulations Pedro!

Edgar Fornós

Barca striker Pedro Rodríguez is celebrating two years since his debut with the first team and enjoying a great moment of good form. Since his debut against Murcia two seasons ago, Pedro has become a key part of Guardiola’s team.

Two years ago today -12th January 2008- Pedro Rodríguez made his first team debut at the Nou Camp when Frank Rijkaard sent him on against Murcia for his first taste of the big time.

Just a couple of minutes to start

In truth it was a pretty short taster – Pedro came on for the last two minutes of the game, shortly after Eto’o had put the team 4-0 up. The young Pedro, or “Pedrito” as it said on the back of the number 33 shirt he wore that day, was to see just 5 minutes more that season, coming on for Bojan on 85 minutes against Valladolid.

Key player

From that start though, Pedro has really accelerated and last season he made his Spanish Cup and Champions League debuts, making 14 appearances in all and this season he’s already played in 26 games and is one of the team’s leading scorers with 13 goals.