Only Zubizarreta has played more games between the sticks for the Club and it was fitting that in the game against Osasuna, Valdes should mark his 400th game by wearing the captain’s armband and keeping a clean sheet for the 9th time this season. In all, Valdes has conceded just 317 goals in those 400 games (an average of 0,80 goals a game).

Best figures yet

Valdés has reached the 400 mark in his ninth season with the first team and this year he is showing his best ever figures, with just 22 goals conceded in 38 games - an average of 0,58 goals a game compared with last season’s record breaking 0,67 - and is once again on course for the Zamora trophy.

Only Xavi and Puyol have played more

Of the current squad, only Xavi and Puyol have made more appearances than Valdes, with Andres Iniesta immediately behind the keeper in terms of games played.