Joao Cancelo on course to make football history that has never been achieved before

Beating the likes of Arjen Robben, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Kingsley Coman, Portuguese full-back Joao Cancelo could make footballing history if Barcelona hold on to their position at the top of La Liga.

Barcelona sits pretty with one hand on the trophy at the top of La Liga, and can be crowned champions of Spain if they beat Osasuna on May 2 and Real Madrid loses.

The Catalonian side inched closer to a 26th Spanish league title with a win over Getafe on the weekend, taking their 11-point lead into the last five games.

But while this will be the first title for the likes of Marcus Rashford, it will be the latest in many to enter the trophy cabinet of Joao Cancelo.

But for the seasoned full-back, formerly of Manchester City, it will be the final stone on his infinity gauntlet that will make him the first player to successfully conquer four of the top five leagues in Europe.

Joao Cancelo can become the first to win in four major leagues

Following his success at Juventus (2018/19), Manchester City (20/21 and 21/22), and Bayern Munich (22/23), Joao Cancelo will become the first player in football history to win in four of the top five major European leagues (England, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy), if Barcelona gets over the line this year.

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The feat has never been done before, with Robben, Ibrahimovic, Coman, Dani Alves, and Samuel Eto'o being the only others to have achieved it across three countries.

In fact, it would be his fifth European league in total, having also won the Portuguese top-flight division with Benfica in 2013/14, making it even more impressive.

He's such a serial winner that Cancelo managed to complete one season with a Bundesliga and Premier League medal around his neck.

That would only leave France as the only one of the top five leagues that elude his cabinet - although he would do well to find a place in PSG's ranks with competition from Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes.

Still, four is a remarkable feat in itself.

The accolades for Cancelo don't stop with club football, though, and he could even fill one of the major check boxes in international football at this year's World Cup.

Given that Portugal won the UEFA Nations League, a World Cup win would put Cancelo up there as one of the most decorated footballers to ever grace the game.

It's a shame that he was only called up to the Portugal national squad after their Euros win in 2016, making his debut later in the year; otherwise, he could have monopolised football and left as the most complete winner of all time.