Jules Kounde, the defender of Barcelona is setting a world record

Barcelona defender Jules Kounde will end the year by setting a world record, which he will extend further this weekend in the La Liga match against Atletico Madrid.

The French defender has already dominated 2024, because he became the footballer with the most minutes during this year and the world record holder. According to the "CIES Sports" observatory, Kounde played 69 official matches this year and accumulated 5872 minutes on the field.

A clear indication of how busy this year has been for the Frenchman. "Mundo Deportivo" writes that his case will serve his fellow footballers, who are fighting against FIFA's policy for adding matches.

The number of matches in a season is increasing alarmingly and footballers are facing ever greater loads. For this reason, they have protested earlier, but until now FIFA has not paid much attention to this.

The last winner of the "Golden Ball", Rodri, persistently asked for the protection of the footballers from the busy calendars of the matches, which are harming them to a great extent, but from FIFA came the not a little ironic answer: the footballers must accept lower salaries , if they want a smaller number of matches.

For Kounde, Barcelona's match against Atletico Madrid will be the 70th of the season. Thus, he will become the absolute record holder for the number of matches played in a calendar year.

At the top of the list, with the minutes of the game in 2024, Kounde passed the Colombian of Fluminense, Jhon Arias, who has played 67 games (5599 minutes spent on the field).

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