Who Wants To Be King, Run Number 14 Suddenly Becoming a Trendy Number... Kim Min-jae's colleague also joined the No.14 club

Jul 30, 2025

This summer, the number of major transfer players choosing No. 14 over No. 9, No. 10, and No. 11, which are the symbolic numbers of the ace for a long time, is increasing.

In the history of soccer, there are some cases of having a legendary career with 14 times. The 'Dutch legend' Joan Cruyff, Arsenal's 'King' Thierry Henry, and the 'passmaster' Xavi Alonso made a mark on the soccer scene by wearing No. 14.

Jose Guti, Javier Mascherano, Diego Simeone, David Ginola and Casemiro are also representatives of 14 times.

Recently, however, no player has appeared to succeed Henry and Alonso's 14th genealogy.

A new legend No. 14 may start next season.

Colombian winger Luis Diaz, who left Liverpool and built a new nest in Bayern Munich, chose empty number 14. Munich released a photo of Diaz, who lifted his No. 14 uniform, on its official channel on the 30th. Diaz signed a four-year contract with Munich for a transfer fee of 75 million euros (about 121 billion won). In Liverpool, he wore No. 7.

Croatian legend Luka Modric, who built his `Walkl career' at Real Madrid, picked No. 14 when he moved to AC Milan on a free agent. In the early days of his professional career, he rewrote the numbers he had for the Croatian national team and Tottenham. Real's No. 10 jersey left by Modric went to Kylian Mbappe.

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Swedish striker Viktor Jockeres, who moved from Sporting to Arsenal after a lengthy history, inherited the onerous Henry number. In the meantime, Sio Walcutt and Pierre Aubameyang inherited 14 times, but it was far from a legendary career. Marcus Rashford, who left Manchester United for Barcelona on loan, will wear his No. 14 jersey and play a friendly match against FC Seoul at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 31st.

Reporter Yoon Jin-man yoonjinman@sportschosun.com

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.