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Lionel Messi made his competitive debut for Barcelona on October 16 2004, in a 1-0 away win over Espanyol.
He had impressed in a friendly against Jose Mourinho's Porto in November 2003 - but almost a year later, he had still not cracked into the Catalan club's first team.
Messi considered leaving the Nou Camp - and Mourinho reportedly wanted to bring him to Chelsea when he joined in the summer of 2004 - but he waited it out, until he was named on Frank Rijkaard's bench for the LaLiga clash.
Messi came on, replacing the goalscorer Deco, whilst Andres Iniesta replaced Samuel Eto'o, and he went on to become an international icon.
But the five unused substitutes at the Montjuic Stadium that night - Ruben Martinez, Fernando Navarro, Carlos Pena, Damia Abella and Cristian Hidalgo - all led very different careers.
Lionel Messi - pictured in May 2005 - made his first Barcelona appearance in October 2004
The unused substitutes that night all led very different paths to Messi (pictured in February)
Substitute goalkeeper Ruben Martinez came through the youth system at Barcelona, having joined as a teenager in 1997, but had not made his senior debut for the club by October 2004.
Known simply as Ruben, he made just three appearances for the club, the first of those coming in December later that year, after Victor Valdes was sent off at Valencia.
After years on the fringes, and a loan spell at Racing Ferrol, he joined third tier Cartanega in 2008, and helped them to promotion.
He then played over 150 LaLiga appearances in spells with Malaga, Rayo Vallecano, Almeria, Levante, Deportivo La Coruna and Osasuna, as well as time in Belgium and Cyprus before hanging up his gloves in 2022.
In 2018, Messi scored a hat-trick against him while he was in goal for Deportivo La Coruna, as Barcelona went on to claim their 25th LaLiga title.
Fernando Navarro (R) achieved success with Sevilla, including two Europa League trophies
The most successful of the unused substitutes, defender Fernando Navarro also came through the ranks at Barcelona, and went on to make 21 appearances for the Catalan giants.
He left Barcelona for Mallorca, after a loan spell led to a permanent transfer, and then made his way to Sevilla, where an eight-year spell was full of success.
The left-back made over 200 league appearances for Sevilla, winning the Copa del Rey in 2010, and back-to-back Europa
