Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid, 2010: Where are they now?

On Nov. 29, 2010, Pep Guardiola's Barcelona subjected Jose Mourinho and his Real Madrid side to a record 5-0 defeat in El Clasico. The build-up to the game was dominated by the subplot of the world's two best players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, facing off against each other, but in the end it was incredibly one-sided.

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Real Madrid were top of La Liga, seven games unbeaten, and they had just handed out a 6-1 defeat to Racing Santander. After two years of watching Barcelona crowned champions, there was a growing excitement that Madrid could topple their rivals on home soil and become the dominant force in Spain once more.

Instead, they came up against Guardiola's men in inspired form, with Messi at the forefront of everything. Barcelona had already hit the post when they opened the scoring after just 10 minutes when Xavi was on hand to poke in Andres Iniesta's deflected shot. Pedro made it 2-0 after 18 minutes, following David Villa's cross, and Messi teed up Villa for Barcelona's third and fourth goals in the second half. The humiliation was compounded when Jeffren scored Barcelona's fifth in the 91st minute and there was still time for Sergio Ramos to see red for a rash tackle on Messi.

It was Guardiola's fifth Clasico triumph in a row, as well as the first time in his professional career that Mourinho had lost a game 5-0, and helped Barcelona to the 2010-11 La Liga title. Here's how the teams lined up on that day, as we look at what has happened to both sets of players since.

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GK, Victor Valdes: He played an incredible 536 games for Barcelona, winning six La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues, before moving to Manchester United on a free transfer in 2015. Valdes spent just one year there, making two appearances, before moving to Standard Liege on loan and then permanently to Middlesbrough in July 2016. The goalkeeper made 28 appearances for Boro before retiring in August 2017. Now he has embarked on a coaching career, spending time with amateur side Moratalaz and the Barcelona U19 team (where he was sacked after just 80 days), and is currently boss of Spanish fourth division side UA Horta.

RB, Dani Alves: The great Brazilian made 391 appearances for Barca and scored 21 goals from 2008 to 2016, when he moved to Juventus on a free transfer. After a season in Turin, where he won the domestic double, he signed for Paris Saint-Germain, picking up two Ligue 1 titles. He's now back in Brazil, playing for Sao Paulo, but his legacy at Camp Nou encouraged USMNT star Sergino Dest to follow in his idol's footsteps. In 2019, he became the most decorated player in football, having won his 43rd trophy.

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CB, Carles Puyol: He spent his entire career at Barcelona and made 593 appearances in 15 years, while winning 100 caps for Spain. Puyol was the club's longest serving captain and in his time at Camp Nou, he won six La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys, three Champions Leagues and two Club World Cup titles. Having retired in 2014, he now spends his time as a charity and UEFA ambassador, having previously explored the agency world.

CB, Gerard Pique: The 33-year-old defender is still running out for Barcelona, adding to his impressive tally of over 500 appearances, and just signed a new contract until 2024. He formed the bedrock of Barcelona's defence with Puyol and won 102 caps for Spain from 2009 to 2018, but has had to evolve in recent years. Outside of football, he founded Kosmos Holding -- a sports and media group -- which is transforming tennis' Davis Cup, married pop star Shakira in 2011, and purchased third-tier side FC Andorra, while he also has a majority stake in one of Catalonia's strongest youth academies: Gimnastic Manresa.

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LB, Eric Abidal: At Barcelona from 2007 to 2013, he was forced to take a spell away from the game in 2011 when he was diagnosed with a tumour on his liver, but returned later that season after surgery. In 2012 it was announced Abidal was undergoing a liver transplant but remarkably returned to the field in December that same year. He joined Monaco in 2013 and spent a year at Greek side Olympiakos before retiring in January 2015. He started his own foundation but returned to Barcelona as sporting director in June 2018. However, he was sacked in August 2020 amid a public war of words with Messi.

DM, Sergio Busquets: Still at the heart of the Barcelona midfield, the 32-year-old Busquets has spent his whole career at Camp Nou and is seventh in the club's all-time league appearances list. The defensive midfielder has won eight La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues at Barca, and also won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 with Spain.

CM, Xavi: The brilliant midfielder holds the record for Barcelona appearances with 767 from 1998 to 2015. He won everything at Camp Nou, but was also the heartbeat of the Spain side that won two European Championships (2008 and 2012) and the 2010 World Cup. He left Barca in 2015 for Qatari side Al-Sadd SC, where he made 90 appearances and scored 24 goals. In 2019 he became Al-Sadd SC manager and has led the side to the Super Cup and Qatar Cup, while he is frequently linked with a return to Barcelona at some stage as a future boss.

CM, Andres Iniesta: There's a theme here, but the outstanding Spanish midfielder -- like Busquets and Xavi -- is regarded as one of the best players of his generation. He won nine La Liga titles at Barcelona, and four Champions Leagues, while winning 131 caps for Spain and was runner-up to Messi for the Ballon d'Or in 2010. He was given a contract for life by Barcelona in 2017, but left a year later for Japan's Vissel Kobe, where he has captained them to Emperor's Cup and Japanese Super Cup success. In his hometown of Albacete, a nude statue of him scoring the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup went viral recently, before it was amended.

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FW, Pedro: Another to have come through the club's La Masia academy, the winger made 321 appearances for Barcelona and scored 99 goals, before leaving for Chelsea in 2015 for €30m. He made 206 appearances for Chelsea, where he won the Premier League and FA Cup, but it was his Europa League success in 2019 that saw him become the first player to win the Champions League, World Cup, European Championship and Premier League in their career. He joined Roma on a free transfer in the summer.

FW, David Villa: The striker spent three years at Barcelona and scored 48 goals in 119 games, before joining Atletico Madrid in 2013 for a bargain €5.1m. After a season there he joined MLS side New York City FC in 2014 on a free transfer and stayed at the club until 2019 -- apart from a brief spell on loan at A-League side Melbourne City -- scoring 80 goals in 126 appearances. He then had a final year playing with Iniesta at Vissel Kobe, before retiring in February 2020.

FW, Lionel Messi: Arguably the greatest player to have ever played the game, Messi is still at Barcelona despite a turbulent summer, when he requested to leave only to end up staying because he didn't want to take them to court. Since his debut in 2004, he has won the Ballon d'Or six times, and the FIFA Best Award in 2019. With Barcelona he has 10 La Liga titles, six Copa del Reys and four Champions Leagues, though hasn't been able to stop an international trophy drought that began for Argentina in 1993, missing out on the 2014 World Cup and both the 2015 and 2017 Copa America despite reaching the final.

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GK, Jose Manuel Pinto: The experienced goalkeeper joined Barca in 2008 on a free from Celta Vigo and stayed through to his retirement in 2014. He made 90 appearances for Barca across his seven seasons and, having been responsible for the music in the dressing room, is now a producer. He was behind the music on the Barcelona documentary "Take the Ball Pass the Ball," and also had songs featured on blockbuster films "Ride Along 2" and "The Fate of the Furious."

LB, Adriano: The Brazilian full-back was at Barca for six years through to 2016, before he signed for Besiktas for €2.3m. He spent three years there before joining Brazilian club Athletico-PR in July 2019 and he's currently at KAS Eupen in the Belgian Pro League.

RB, Maxwell: The Brazilian's trophy haul is astonishing -- he has 37 titles to his name across a career that saw him play for Ajax, Empoli, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. He was at Barca from 2009 to 2012 and played for PSG until 2017, where he made 214 appearances, before retiring. He spent time with PSG as assistant sporting director but left in June 2019.

CM, Seydou Keita: The Mali midfielder was Guardiola's first signing as Barca boss and he played 188 times from 2008 to 2012, before leaving for Chinese side Dalian Professional F.C. in 2012. He had spells with Valencia, Roma and Qatar's El-Jaish before retiring in 2017. He recently made a generous $50,000 food donation to help families in Mali during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CB, Javier Mascherano: After a career at River Plate, Corinthians, West Ham and Liverpool, the midfielder-turned-centre back played for eight years at Barcelona before leaving for China and Hebei China Fortune in January 2018. He enjoyed a remarkable time at Camp Nou, making 334 appearances and winning five La Liga titles. He's now 36 and has just retired after playing for Estudiantes in the Argentine top flight.

FW, Bojan Krkic: Always tipped to take on the Messi mantle, the forward made 163 appearances for Barcelona and scored 41 goals before leaving for Roma in 2011. After two seasons in Italy, including one on loan at AC Milan, he was re-signed by Barca but joined Ajax on loan in 2013 and then Stoke City on a permanent deal in 2014. Further loans at Mainz and Alaves followed, before landing in MLS with Montreal Impact to lead them to the Canadian Championship in 2019.

FW, Jeffren: The Venezuela international made 34 appearances at Barcelona from 2008 to 2011 and spent time with Sporting CP, Valladolid, Eupen, Grasshoppers and AEK Larnaca before joining Croatian club NK Slaven Belupo. He told Marca in 2018: "You leave the biggest clubs in the world and see the reality of football. Barcelona is a bubble where you don't want for anything, you have it all and when you leave everything changes."

Manager, Pep Guardiola: Guardiola is still spoken of with immense reverence in the Camp Nou corridors having won three La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys and two Champions Leagues during his four-season spell as manager. He took a sabbatical in 2012-13 before joining Bayern Munich and guided them to three consecutive Bundesliga titles and two DFB-Pokal triumphs in three seasons. Guardiola accepted the Manchester City job ahead of the 2016-17 season and has won two Premier Leagues, one FA Cup and three Carabao Cups, but has yet to win the Champions League since 2011 and his days at Barcelona.