Ronald Araújo’s Liverpool Squad Number Confirmed: Every Player to Wear No. 33 Before Him

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With all the usual first-choice player numbers currently allocated, including by Jérémy Jacquet, who is the new number five, the 27 year old has opted to go for number 33. When asked about this choice, this is what Araújo had to say: "It’s a number that I like, it’s a number that is special to me.

It’s a number I’m very pleased on a number of levels to be wearing."Ronald Araújo on being number 33So, who else has previously been number 33 for Liverpool? Well, it is actually a decade since anyone showcased this particular squad number at Anfield, and Araújo has the potential to be the best of the bunch.

Liverpool's former number 33sPlayersYears as #33AppearancesGoalsLayton Maxwell1999/0011Alan Navarro2000/01ZeroZeroNeil Mellor2002/05226Sebastián Leto2007/084ZeroJonjo Shelvey2010/13697Jordan Ibe2013/16584Liverpool's most recent incumbent of the number 33 shirt is Jordan Ibe. Thus, somewhat amazingly, Neil Mellor might just be Liverpool's greatest-ever number 33, for now at least.