THE VITALS:

Team: Barcelona

Brand: Nike

Era: 2006-07 (Used for the 2006-07 La Liga season, 2006 UEFA Super Cup match, 2006 Supercopa de Espana, and the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup final)

Name/Number: Messi #19

CONDITION: VERY GOOD

Despite the small tear to the stitching on the neck, the shirt is still in fine condition, with the crest, and decal displaying glowing tact.

DIMENSIONS:

Size: Medium

Pit to Pit Measurement: 18.5 inches

Shirt Length: 29 inches 

Made in the Nike Sphere template, the dimensions of the shirt lend themselves to a classic size medium fitting shirt.

DESCRIPTION:

Paying homage to the Barcelona kits that characterised the Johann Cruyff era at the start of the 90’s, Nike designed the reigning Spanish and European champions shirt in a half & half formation, as opposed to conventional stripes, and the result was magnificent! Sporting entirely blue, and red; gone were the yellow accents of previous seasons, moreover, the shades of blue were much cooler than the navy tones, and royal blue, while the red returned to a more crimson, after the previous season’s more burgundy offering. This was one of the releases used by the club before the Levski Sofia clash on 12/09/06, where the shirt still remained sponsor-less, of course after that game, Unicef adorned the ‘Blaugrana’ shirt; thus signalling the first time that the club would have a sponsor visible on their shirt.

The notable players that season were:

Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Santiago Ezquerro, Samuel Eto’o, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Ludovic Giuly, Javier Saviola, Deco, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Oleguer, Thiago Motta, Sylvinho, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Marquez, Edmilson, Carles Puyol, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Lilian Thuram, Belletti, Victor Valdes