List of one-club men in association football
The Brazilian goalkeeper Rogério Ceni played 1,238 official matches for São Paulo FC. He was also the club captain from 1999 until his retirement and is recognized by Guinness World Records as the one-club player with most appearances in football history.
A one-club man is a sportsperson who has played his or her entire professional career with only one club. The term is often used in the context of team sports such as football or rugby.[1][2]
In the strictest definition, one-club men are rare in football due to the effects of the large pay offers from rival clubs and promotion and relegation systems used by most professional leagues. Promotion creates the tendency for (mostly younger) players to be lent out to gain first-team experience, while relegation causes players to move for financial reasons (most often the case if the club is relegated or in debt) and for (mostly older) players to play at a lower level in order to prolong their careers.
Association football
Former Milan captain Paolo Maldini appeared in 647 league matches and 902 matches overall, spanning over 25 seasons.
Former Liverpool vice-captain Jamie Carragher appeared in 737 matches over 16 seasons.
Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs appeared in more than 900 matches over 24 seasons.
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has appeared in more than 540 matches for Barcelona over 13 seasons.
Roma captain Daniele De Rossi has appeared in more than 559 matches over 16 seasons.
CSKA Moscow captain Igor Akinfeev has appeared in more than 490 matches over 14 seasons.
Zenit goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev has appeared in more than 400 matches over 17 seasons.
Everton defender Tony Hibbert has appeared in 328 matches over 16 seasons.
Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King appeared in 321 matches over 14 seasons.
Melbourne Victory FC vice-captain Leigh Broxham has appeared in more than 250 matches over 12 seasons.
Hannover 96 defender Steve Cherundolo appeared in more than 400 matches over 16 seasons.
- Players must have been at their club for a minimum of ten years in order to be included here. Loan spells at other teams disqualify players from being counted in the list. Only seasons with appearances in the senior first team are counted. Current players who have been at their club since 2009 will be eligible for inclusion in 2019.
Retired players
Active players
Playing and post-playing careers
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Santiago Bernabéu spent his entire playing and managerial career with Real Madrid.
In addition to those who spent their entire playing career with a single club, there are several examples of players remaining with a single club throughout their entire career within the professional club game — playing, coaching, management, etc. Notable examples are listed below.
- Bob Paisley (Liverpool): player 1939–1954; coach/physiotherapist 1954–1959; assistant manager 1959–1974; manager 1974–1983.
- Edmund Białas (Lech Poznań): player 1934–1951; manager 1956–1976 with intervals
- Michael Anhaeuser (Charleston Battery): player 1994–1998; coach 1999–present
- Lajos Tichy (Budapest Honvéd): player 1953–1971; manager 1976–1982.
- Şeref Bey (Beşiktaş): manager 1911–1925.
- Hakkı Yeten (Beşiktaş): player 1931–1948; manager 1949 and 1950–1951; club president 1960–1963, 1964–1966 and 1967–1968.
- Süleyman Seba (Beşiktaş): player 1946–1953; club president 1984–2000.
- Santiago Bernabéu (Real Madrid): player 1912–1927; director/assistant manager and manager 1927–1941; club president 1943–1978.
- Agustín Gaínza (Athletic Bilbao): player 1940–1959; manager 1965–1968
- Ali Sami Yen (Galatasaray): player 1905–1909; manager 1916–1917; club president 1905–1918 and 1925
- Boris Gavrilov (Shinnik Yaroslavl): player 1971–1989; assistant manager 1989–present.
- Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur): player 1938–1955; manager 1958–1974.
- Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur): player 1999–2012; club ambassador 2012–present.
- Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow): player 1949–1971; club administration 1971–1990.
- Ryan Giggs (Manchester United): player 1990–2014; player-coach 2013–2014; player-manager 2014; assistant manager 2014–2016.
- Cosme Damião (Benfica): football player 1904–1916 (main squad 1907–1916); field hockey player; manager 1908–1926 (player-coach 1908–1916); director of the club's sports newspaper 1913–1931; stage director of the club's theatrical group (1916); president of the club's General Assembly 1931–1935.
- Joe Bacuzzi (Fulham): player 1935–1956; reserve team coach 1956–1965.
- Fred Blankemeijer (Feijenoord): player 1942-1952, technical director, board member, youth coach and scout. 1940-2010
- Gerard Meijer (Feyenoord): physiotherapist 1959–2009.
- Giacinto Facchetti (Inter Milan): technical director, board member, worldwide ambassador, vice president, and president (2004–2006).
- Willie Miller (Aberdeen): player 1972–1990; coach 1990–1992; manager 1992–1995; director of football 2004–2012.
- Antoon Verlegh (NAC Breda): player 1912–1931; manager, chairman, chairman of honour 1931–1960.
- Michael Zorc (Borussia Dortmund): player 1981–1998; general manager of football 1998–present
- Heinz Wewers (Rot-Weiss Essen): player 1949–1962; runner of stadium pub 1957–approx.1962; manager 1967 (1 month)
- Aage Rou Jensen (AGF): player 1941–1962; manager
- Roy Sproson (Port Vale): player 1949–1972 and manager 1974–1977.
- Vadym Sosnykhin (Dynamo Kyiv): player 1960–1973; youth-team coach 1974–1991; veterans team director 1992–2003.
- Andriy Tsvik (Stal Alchevsk): player 1987–2005; reserves coach 2005–2007; assistant manager 2007–present.
- Josu Urrutia (Athletic Bilbao): player 1987–2003; club president 2011–present.
- Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers): player 1939–1960; Manager 1968–1970 and also 1971; assistant trainer 1961; chief coach 1967; chief scout; Club President 1968–2011
- George Bray (Burnley): player 1937–1952; coach 1952–1974; kit manager 1974–1992[12]
- Michael Angerschmid (SV Ried): player 1992–2006; reserves coach 2007–2012; assistant manager 2008–2012; manager 2012–present.
- Carles Puyol (Barcelona): player 1999–2014; assistant of director of football 2014, and resign in the same year.
- Ross Caven (Queen's Park): player 1982–2002; director 2001–present.
- Les Hart (Bury): player 1936–1953; Coach/Physio 1954–1968; Manager 1969–1971; Physio 1972–1980.
- Giampiero Boniperti (Juventus): player 1946-1961; board member 1962-1971; club president 1971-1990; CEO 1991-1994; club honorary president 2006–present
- Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96): player 1999-2014; Hannover 96 Amateure Assistant 2014-2015: first team assistant 2015–present
- Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba): player 1975–1990; manager 1992; vice-president 1985–1992.
- John Greig (Rangers FC): player 1961–1978; manager 1978–1983; director 2003–2011; honorary life president 2015–present.
- Anatoly Ilyin (Spartak Moscow): player 1949-1962; youth coach 1962-1995.
Special award
In 2015, the Spanish club Athletic Bilbao (who place particular importance on player loyalty and promotion from within), introduced an annual 'One club man award' to be presented to one retired player (excluding their own) who represented those values during their career.[46]
Recipients, who attend a match as a guest of the club and receive the trophy on the pitch, have included:
See also
Notes
- ↑ Spanish league began in 1929
- ↑ Appeared in a one-off sponsored event for Cork Celtic six years after he retired in 1972. He was told by his sponsor Adidas that this a charity match. However, it turned out to be an official League of Ireland match.[44]
- ↑ Excludes the 6 years during World War II 1939-1945 when all competitions were suspended
- ↑ Following the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, Wimbledon F.C.'s footballing assets became MK Dons in 2004. MK Dons, however, were forced to relinquish the history of Wimbledon F.C. in 2007
References
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- ↑ Herbin first ended his career in 1972, after 15 seasons, and became coach of Saint-Étienne. He did not take part in the 1972–73 or 1973–74 seasons, but played the last match of the 1974–75 season as player-coach to celebrate Saint-Étienne's Division 1 title
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- ↑ "Muhteşem Kural (Vefa) @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1913. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Avni Kurgan (Galatasaray) @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1910. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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- ↑ "Mehmet Salim Şatıroğlu (Galatasaray) @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1910. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ "Mustafa Şenkal (Vefa) @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1923. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Turgay Semercioğlu (Trabzonspor) @". Mackolik.com. 25 February 1954. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Kemal Serdar (Trabzonspor) @". Mackolik.com. 8 May 1962. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "Hüseyin Seyid (Vefa) @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1913. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ (German)
- ↑ "Efsanelere Saygı Günleri Devam Ediyor". Galatasaray.org. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ "One Club Man Award". Athletic Bilbao. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "Le Tissier in San Mamés". Athletic Bilbao. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "Paolo Maldini at San Mamés". Athletic Bilbao. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ Lucas Navarrete (1 May 2016). "Paolo Maldini receives 'One Club Man' Award from Athletic Club". Marca.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "Award to Sepp Maier at San Mamés". Athletic Bilbao. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "Carles Puyol in Bilbao". Athletic Bilbao. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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