ÉVER BANEGA BIDS FAREWELL ON THE BEST OF TERMS

25/08/2020

238 appearances, including 155 in LaLiga and 3 UEFA Europa League trophies in his five seasons in Nervión

The day has come and, as expected, will be painful. Tomorrow, Éver Banega bids farewell to the club, and the event will be available on SFC TV, SFC Radio and the club's official YouTube channel. He leaves on the best of terms. As he said after the UEFA Europa League final in Cologne against Inter, his third triumph in the competition, he stated that "I'm leaving having given it all my all and lifting silverware". He says goodbye after five seasons at the club, two since his arrival in 2014/15 and three since his return in 2017/18. The number 10, who extended his contract after it expired on 30th June, stayed at Sevilla FC to leave as he wanted, with another trophy alongside the two he lifted in Warsaw and Basel.

The man from Rosario made 238 appearances for the Blanquirrojos, including 43 matches this season out of 54 matches, with nearly 18,000 minutes. He also featured in 125 wins. The midfielder featured 155 times in LaLiga and 25 times in the Copa del Rey, where he reached the final in 2016 and 2018. He also played 57 times in European competitions, with 16 in the UCL, 40 in the UEL and another appearance in the UEFA Super Cup.

Banega scored 28 times and set up 37 goals as a Sevillista; his final one was for Luuk de Jong against Inter

The Argentine left Sevilla FC after lifting his third UEFA Europa League trophy, adding to the two he won in 2015 and 2016, against Dnipro in Warsaw and against Liverpool in Basel respectively. It's also worth mentioning that Banega has the third most dribbles of any midfielder in the UEFA Europa League since 2008/09. He also featured in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup in 2018.

He has the second-most top-flight appearances of an Argentine Sevilla FC player, and has the sixth-most appearances of a foreigner for the club

Across his two spells as a Nervionense, Éver Banega scored 28 goals and set up 37 goals. His best goalscoring seasons came in 2015/16 and 2017/18, with eight goals. His best season assists-wise came in 2018/19, as he racked up eleven assists. In his final season, he matched his assists record, after his decisive assists against AS Roma, Wolves and Inter. The Rosarino has the second-most appearances out of the Argentinian players to have played for Sevilla in the top-flight, only trailing Diéguez (203). He also has the sixth-most appearances in all competitions for a foreign player, just one behind Julien Escudé (239).

Thank you, Éver! ¡ForÉver Banega!