This article is a list of one-club men, sportsmen who have played their entire professional career with only one club, in

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:''Players must have been at their club for a minimum of ten years 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.'' File:Giggs cropped.jpg,

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

midfielder Ryan Giggs appeared in 963 matches over 24 seasons. Giggs is also one of only two players (alongside James Milner) to play in 22 successive Premier League seasons, and the only player to score in 21 successive Premier League seasons. Giggs won 34 trophies during his career with Manchester United. File:PaoloMaldini.jpg, Former

AC Milan (), commonly referred to as Milan or AC Milan () mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tie ...

captain Paolo Maldini appeared in 647 league matches and 902 matches overall, spanning over 25 consecutive seasons. Maldini won 26 trophies with Milan, and played the second-most matches in

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. File:Subrata Bhattacharya.jpg, Former Mohunbagan (now known as Mohunbagan Super Giant) captain Subrata Bhattacharya appeared in 897 matches for the club overall, spanning 17 years. He won numerous trophies with the club during his tenure. File:Totti 2011 crop.jpg, Former Roma captain

Francesco Totti Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played solely for AS Roma, Roma and the Italy national football team, Italy national team. He was a technically gifted and creati ...

appeared in 786 matches for Roma over 25 seasons, scoring 307 goals. He is the second-highest scorer in

history. File:Jamie Carragher Liverpool vs Bolton 2011 (cropped).jpg, Former

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

vice-captain Jamie Carragher appeared in 737 matches over 16 seasons. He achieved 11 trophies with Liverpool. File:Adams, Tony.jpg, Former

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captain Tony Adams appeared in 672 matches over 19 seasons. Adams won 13 major trophies over three different decades. File:Ricardo Bochini 1974 (cropped).jpg,

Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera Divi ...

midfielder Ricardo Bochini appeared in more than 630 matches over 19 seasons. He won 14 trophies with the Avellaneda club, including five

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. File:Carles Puyol 18abr2007.jpg, Former

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captain Carles Puyol appeared in 593 matches over 15 seasons. Puyol won 21 trophies in the club, including the sextuplet of the 2008-2009 season while captain. File:Steve Cerundolo 2011.jpg,

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

defender Steve Cherundolo appeared in more than 400 matches over 16 seasons. File:VyacheslavMalafeev.jpg, Zenit goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev appeared in more than 400 matches over 17 seasons. File:Tony Hibbert 1 (cropped).jpg, Everton defender Tony Hibbert appeared in 329 matches over 16 seasons. File:Yılın Futbol Oscarları Ödül Töreni Bülent Korkmaz.jpg, Former Galatasaray captain

Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" () and "Cengaver" (), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager of TFF 1. Lig club Esenler Erokspor. Korkmaz was a one ...

appeared in 592 matches over 18 seasons. Korkmaz won 29 trophies with the club, including an

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Active players

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CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

captain Igor Akinfeev has appeared in over 790 matches over 22 seasons. File:Iñaki Williams.png, Iñaki Williams of

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

has appeared in more than 420 matches over 10 seasons. File:Thomas Müller 2022 (cropped).jpg,

Thomas Müller Thomas Müller (; born 13 September 1989) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays for club FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. Widely regarded as one o ...

has appeared in nearly 740 matches for Bayern Munich over 16 seasons. File:Koke 2019.jpg, Koke has appeared in more than 600 matches for

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

since 2009. ''Active as of 18:35, 3 July 2023 (UTC). Ordered by year started, then games played. Minimum of ten years to qualify; current players who have been at their club since 2015 will be eligible for inclusion in spring 2025.''

Playing and post-playing careers

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, and management. Notable examples are listed below. * Ilshat Aitkulov ( Gazovik Orenburg): player 1990–2003; assistant 2003–2005; manager 2005; caretaker 2006, 2009, 2011. * Michael Anhaeuser (

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

): player 1994–1998; coach 1999–2021. * Joe Bacuzzi (

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies in a loop on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Chelsea ...

): player 1935–1956; reserve team coach 1956–1965. * Franco Baresi (

): player 1977–1997; youth team coach 2002-2008; marketing board 2008-2017; brand ambassador 2017–2020; honorary vice-president 2020–present. * Şeref Bey (

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

): manager 1911–1925. * Edmund Białas (

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

): player 1934–1951; manager 1956–1976 with intervals. * Arnold Sowinski (

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) : player 1952-1966; coach 1969-1978, 1979-1981, 1988, 1989. * Fred Blankemeijer (

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

): player 1942–1952, technical director, board member, youth coach and scout 1940–2010. * René Domingo (

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

): player 1949-1964, reserve team coach 1964-1968. * Giampiero Boniperti (

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

): player 1946–1961; board member 1962–1971; club president 1971–1990; CEO 1991–1994; club honorary president 2006–2021 (his death). * George Bray (

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

): player 1937–1952; coach 1952–1974; kit manager 1974–1992. * Ross Caven ( Queen's Park): player 1982–2002; director 2001–present. * 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. * Romain Danzé (

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

): player 2006–2019; youth-team assistant 2019; public relations and development director 2020–present. * Stig Ekman (

Degerfors IF Degerfors IF is a Swedish professional association football, football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan. Background Degerfors IF first played ...

): player 1963-1969, coaching staff 1993–present. * Giacinto Facchetti (

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ...

): technical director, board member, worldwide ambassador, vice president, and president 2004–2006. * Agustín Gaínza (

): player 1940–1959; reserve coach 1964–1965; head coach 1965–1968. * Éric Sikora (

): player 1985-2004; coach assistant 2005-2006; youth-team coach 2006-2012; assistant coach 2012; coach 2012-2013; reserve team coach 2013-2017; coach 2017-2018; youth-team coach 2021-2022; head post-training formation 2022–present. * Nicolas Seube (

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

): player 2001-2017; youth-team assistant 2017-2019; reserve assistant 2019-2020; youth-team coach 2020-2022; formation director 2021–present; reserve coach 2022–present. *Louis Provelli ( Valenciennes-Anzin): player 1957-1970; coach 1970. * Boris Gavrilov ( Shinnik Yaroslavl): player 1971–1989; assistant manager 1989–1992. *

John Greig John Greig (born 11 September 1942) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He spent his entire career with Rangers F.C., Rangers, as a player, manager and d ...

( Rangers): player 1961–1978; manager 1978–1983; director 2003–2011. * Les Hart ( Bury): player 1936–1953; Coach/Physio 1954–1968; Manager 1969–1971; Physio 1972–1980. * Eddie Hunter ( Queen's Park): player 1964–1974; coach 1974–1979; manager 1979–1994. *( Kolec Kraja) ( Partizani): player 1956-1964; coach 1988-1989. * Anatoly Ilyin ( Spartak Moscow): player 1949–1962; youth coach 1962–1995. * Aage Rou Jensen ( AGF): player 1941–1962; handball player; tennis player; gymnastic and swimming at AGF; manager 1963; president 1964-1967. * Dragan Jovanović ( SK Jugoslavija): player 1921-1929, coach 1929-1933. * Ledley King (

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...

): player 1999–2012; assistant first team coach 2020–2021. *

Nat Lofthouse Nathaniel Lofthouse (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, scoring 30 goals, with one ...

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Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

): player 1939–1960; Manager 1968–1970 and also 1971; assistant trainer 1961; chief coach 1967; chief scout; Club President 1968–2011. * Mykola Lykhovydov ( Real Pharma Odesa): president since 2000; player since 2000 (professionally since 2011); manager 2000–2003, 2009–2012, 2016–2017 and 2019–2020. * Paolo Maldini (

): player 1984–2009; sporting strategy and development director 2018–2019; technical director 2019–2023. * Donnie McKinnon ( Partick Thistle): player 1959–1973, coach/physiotherapist 1973–1989. *Gerard Meijer (

): physiotherapist 1959–2009. * Jean Petit (

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): player 1969-1982; assistant coach 1987-1994; coach 1994; assistant coach 1994-2005; coach 2005; assistant coach 2011–present. *Joseph Saliba (

Qormi Qormi (, , ), also known by its title Città Pinto, is a city in the Southern Region, Malta, Southern Region of Malta, southwest of Valletta in the centre of the island. It has a population of 16,324 (as of March 2018), making it Malta's fifth-la ...

): player 1992-2011, technical staff 2021.Joseph re-joins Qormi FC as part of our technical staff.
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): player 1972–1990; coach 1990–1992; manager 1992–1995; director of football 2004–2012. * Bill Nicholson (

): player 1938–1955; manager 1958–1974. * Kenneth Ohlsson ( Hammarby IF): player 1966–1983; coach 1989–1992. *

Bob Paisley Robert Paisley (23 January 1919 – 14 February 1996) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. ...

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): player 1939–1954; coach/physiotherapist 1954–1959; assistant manager 1959–1974; manager 1974–1983. * Carles Puyol (

): player 1999–2014; assistant director of football 2014 (resigned the same year). * Roman Rogocz ( Lechia Gdańsk): player 1947–1962; manager and youth team manager 1962–1975 with intervals. * Hussein Saeed (

Al-Talaba Al-Talaba Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known a ...

): player 1975–1990; manager 1992; vice-president 1985–1992. *

Ali Sami Yen Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri (20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Albanian-Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray SK, Galatasaray Sports Club. Life Ali Sami Yen was born in Üsküdar, Constantinople v ...

( Galatasaray): player 1905–1909; manager 1916–1917; club president 1905–1918 and 1925. *

Süleyman Seba Süleyman Seba (; 5 April 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding chairman of the Istanbul-based multisports club Beşiktaş. He was also an intelligence officer for National Int ...

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): player 1946–1953; club president 1984–2000. * Vadym Sosnykhin (

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): player 1960–1973; youth-team coach 1974–1991; veterans team director 1992–2003. * Steinar Pettersen ( Strømsgodset IF): player 1962–1975; bandy player during 60s; coach 1979. * Roy Sproson ( Port Vale): player 1949–1972 and manager 1974–1977. * George Stevenson (

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): player 1923–1939; manager 1946–1955. *

Lajos Tichy Lajos Tichy (21 March 1935 – 6 January 1999), nicknamed "The Nation's Bomber", was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward. He is the most prolific goalscorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1917 ...

( Budapest Honvéd): player 1953–1971; manager 1976–1982. *

( A.S. Roma): player 1993-2017; technical director 2017-2019. * Andriy Tsvik ( Stal Alchevsk): player 1987–2005; reserves coach 2005–2007; assistant manager 2007–present. * Josu Urrutia (

): player 1987–2003; club president 2011–2018. * Johan Radet (

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): player 1996-2007; third-team coach 2011-2012; reserve coach 2012-2013; youth-team coach 2013-2014; reserve coach 2014–present. * Antoon Verlegh ( NAC Breda): player 1912–1931; manager, chairman, chairman of honour 1931–1960. * Heinz Wewers ( Rot-Weiss Essen): player 1949–1962; runner of stadium pub 1957–approx.1962; manager 1967. * John Stewart Wright ( Greenock Morton): player 1911–1924; manager 1927–1929 and 1934–1939. * Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow): player 1949–1971; club administration 1971–1990. *

Hakkı Yeten Hakkı Yeten (3 December 1910 – 16 April 1989) was a Turkish Association football, football player and president of the Istanbul-based football club Beşiktaş J.K., which he also coached. He is one of the most important names in Beşiktaş hi ...

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): player 1931–1948; manager 1949 and 1950–1951; club president 1960–1963, 1964–1966 and 1967–1968. * Francesco Zagatti (

): player 1951-1963; youth team coach 1963-1982; club scout 1982-2002. *

Michael Zorc Michael Zorc (born 25 August 1962) is a German former footballer who played as a central midfielder. Nicknamed "Susi" in his early days because of his long hair, he spent his entire career with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in 572 competitive mat ...

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Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

): player 1981–1998; general manager of football 1998–2022.

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