The German goalkeeper, Barça's first signing of the 2014/15 season, has around 200,000 fans on his Facebook page
The new Barça goalkeeper for the 2014/15 season, Marc-André ter Stegen, will not begin his career in Barcelona alone. On digital platforms, the German goalkeeper has almost 200,000 followers on his official Facebook page which is updated periodically.
Ter Stegen always used German on this network until Monday, when it was confirmed that he had joined Barça. Since then he has written in German and also English and Spanish, in a gesture of integration on his new destination. The presence of Ter Stegen on Facebook adds to the list of around 15 first team players that are present on Facebook, headed up by Leo Messi, with almost 57 million fans.
Barça, global leader
At an institutional level, FC Barcelona currently has 122 million fans on the different official social profiles, plus 20 million more on the mobile platforms, LINE and BlackBerry Messenger. Barça is the most followed sporting organization at the 2.0 level. During the 2013/14 season, the Club accumulated over 53 million new fans, consolidating its world leadership in the digital arena