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17.05.2010 16:49

Ibrahimovic and Maxwell title successes

Vanessa Forns

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Maxwell helped FC Barcelona to win the title in their first season at Camp Nou and in doing so become the players in the Blaugrana squad with most championship medals throughout their careers with six apiece.

Coach Pep Guardiola has 21 first-team players in his squad and the Swede and the Brazilian now top the list of players with the most top spots under their belts after helping Barça win the 2009/10 Spanish league.

Sylvinho success

Last season Sylvinho was the most decorated with league medals as he had five and was followed by Xavi Hernández, Rafael Márquez and Thierry Henry, all of whom had four. While the latter three all added one more each to their tallies this term, both Ibra and Maxwell arrived having won five championships and Barça helped them to have to find more space in their trophy cabinets.

Ajax and Inter

Ibrahimovic and Maxwell have both won titles at two of the same clubs in their careers as they have appeared for Ajax and Inter before joining Barça last summer.

With the Dutch side the pair enjoyed championship success in the 2001/02 and 2003/04 seasons and then played together at Inter and won Serie A in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09.

Guardiola wins

There is one person at FC Barcelona who can beat them all though as coach Pep Guardiola won the Spanish league title six times as a player and has now won it twice as a trainer meaning that he has no less than eight medals on his sideboard.