List of one-club men in association football
A one-club man is a football player who has played his entire professional career with only one club. 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 and relegation creates the tendency for (mostly younger) players to be loaned out to gain first-team experience, for 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
- 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 2004 will be eligible for inclusion in 2014. Some can be seen here.
Retired players
Active players
Playing and post-playing careers
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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.
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- Barry Kitchener (Millwall): player 1967–1982; manager: 1982; youth team and reserves coach 1982–1985.[23]
- Lajos Tichy (Budapest Honvéd FC): player 1953–1971; manager 1976–1982.
- Hakkı Yeten (Beşiktaş JK): player 1931–1948; manager 1949 and 1950–1951; club president 1960–1963, 1964–1966 and 1967–1968.
- Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (Real Madrid): player 1912–1927; director/assistant manager and manager 1927–1936; club president 1943–1978.
- Bob Crompton (Blackburn Rovers): player 1896–1920; manager: 1926–1930 and 1938–1941.
- Kim Daugaard (Brondby IF): player 1993–2008; assistant manager 2009–2011.
- Ali Sami Yen (Galatasaray SK): player 1905–1909; manager 1916–1917; club president 1905–1918 and 1925
- Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow): player 1992–2008; assistant manager 2009–present.
- 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.
- Bob Paisley (Liverpool): player 1939–1954; physiotherapist and coach 1954–1974; manager 1974–1983, director 1983–1992.
- Ted Bates (Southampton): player 1937–1953; manager 1955–1973; assistant manager 1973–1976, board director 1976–1996, president 1996–2003.
- Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow): player 1949–1971; club administration 1971–1990.
- Ryan Giggs (Manchester United): player 1990–2014; player-coach 2013-2014; interim player-manager 2014; assistant manager 2014–present.
- Cosme Damião (Benfica): player 1907–1916; manager 1908–1926.
- Gerard Meijer (Feyenoord): physiotherapist 1959–2009.
- 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.
- Paul Scholes (Manchester United): player 1994–2011 and 2012-2013; reserve-team coach 2011–2012 before coming out of retirement; first team coach 2014–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[9]
- 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–present.
Rugby league football
Players who spent their whole career with one club (making 100 or more appearances, or playing 10 or more seasons) include:
See also
References
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