A one club man

Discussion in 'Soccer History' started by gaijin, Feb 13, 2006.

  1. gaijin

    gaijin New Member

    Aug 1, 2004
    Malaysia
    Two off the top of my head:

    Matt Le Tissier (Southampton)
    Marco Bode (Werder Bremen)

    Anyone else know any?

    Players who have played for just one club in their entire playing careers?
     
  2. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    Well, Maldini is a pretty obvious one.
     
  3. gaijin

    gaijin New Member

    Aug 1, 2004
    Malaysia
    Speaking of Milan, Franco Baresi was a one club man for the Rossoneri
     
  4. Excape Goat

    Excape Goat Member+

    Mar 18, 1999
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Bergomi
    Garrincha????
     
  5. leg_breaker

    leg_breaker Member

    Dec 23, 2005
    Nat Lofthouse.
     
  6. michaec

    michaec Member

    Arsenal
    England
    May 24, 2001
    Essex
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Tony Adams only played for Arsenal.

    Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville are all Man Utd one club men so far, I doubt they'll play for anyone else.
     
  7. Toon³

    Toon³ Member

    Dec 27, 2002
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Steve Harper....well can you count Seaham Redstar as a club?

    John Trollope - Swindon 770 appearances is a league record

    Jimmy Dickinson - Portsmouth

    Roy Sproson - Port Vale
     
  8. Dark Savante

    Dark Savante Member

    Apr 24, 2002
    Become the Tea Pot!!
    Bobby Charlton.
     
  9. gaijin

    gaijin New Member

    Aug 1, 2004
    Malaysia
    Did Alan Knight play for just Pompey throughout his career?
     
  10. Moonsault

    Moonsault New Member

    Nov 8, 2003
    Germany
    Hopefully some of you still can remember the one and only Dieter Eilts

    1985-2002 Werder Bremen
    31 games for Germany

    Actually he's the coach of the german U21 national team but a lot of Werder fans think that he'd succeed Thomas Schaaf as Werder's new head coach in a few years (Schaaf always said that some day he wants to coach a foreign club)
     
  11. Shen-O

    Shen-O Member+

    United States
    Jul 26, 2005
    Los Angeles
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Francesco Totti - AS Roma

    Cobi Jones and Kevin Hartman of the Galaxy - MLS

    Jose Maria Guti.H - Real Madrid
     
  12. Cassano

    Cassano Member

    Jul 16, 2004
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Totti actually spent a little time at Cisco Lodigiani before moving to Roma.
     
  13. minorthreat

    minorthreat Member

    Jan 1, 2001
    NYC
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Manolo Sanchis spent his entire career with Real Madrid.

    There are a lot of one-club men in Liga Primera history, most of whom played for either Athletic Bilbao or Real Sociedad. Pichichi and Luis Arconada, respectively, are two of the most famous examples.
     
  14. dor02

    dor02 Member

    Aug 9, 2004
    Melbourne
    Club:
    UC Sampdoria
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    He played for Pau Grande, Botofogo, Corinthians, AJ Baranquilla, Flamengo and Red Star Paris.

    Giampiero Boniperti and Giampiero Combi played for Juve for their whole careers.

    Uwe Seeler played for Hamburg in his whole career and Fritz Walter, captain of West Germany's 1954 World Cup team, played his club career for Kaiserslautern only.
     
  15. edcalvi

    edcalvi Moderator
    Staff Member

    Olimpia
    Guatemala
    May 1, 2005
    US
    Juan Carlos Plata (35) currently plays for CSD Municipal from Guatemala City.
     
  16. leg_breaker

    leg_breaker Member

    Dec 23, 2005
    Raul, played his entire professional career at Real Madrid.

    He played for the youth team at Atletico Madrid, but the club scrapped its youth system before he made it to the first team. I bet they regret doing that!
     
  17. dmar

    dmar Member

    Jan 21, 2002
    Madrid, Spain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    But he's not retired. He could end up playing in Qatar when he's 35.

    Camacho is a similar case, he played for Albacete's youth team but was transferred to Real Madrid's own youth system. But he did retire in Madrid.
     
  18. leg_breaker

    leg_breaker Member

    Dec 23, 2005
    Mind you I don't think that Raul should get too much credit, it's not really a test of loyalty to stay at a team that wins countless European cups.
     
  19. dmar

    dmar Member

    Jan 21, 2002
    Madrid, Spain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Neither is being a mediocre player and staying at a mediocre club ;)
     
  20. Dave Brull

    Dave Brull Member

    Mar 9, 2001
    Mayfield Hts, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cobi played for several teams prior to MLS.

    Ben Olsen on the other hand...
     
  21. dor02

    dor02 Member

    Aug 9, 2004
    Melbourne
    Club:
    UC Sampdoria
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I think Giuseppe Baresi, Franco's brother, played his whole career for Inter Milan.
     
  22. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    nicolas anelka
     
  23. ChaChaFut

    ChaChaFut Member

    Jun 30, 2005
    :D

    Seriously, nobody mentioned the one and only Lev Ubanovich Yashin (FC Dinamo Moscow)

    Billy Wright also played his entire career with Wolverhampton Wandereres.
     
  24. minorthreat

    minorthreat Member

    Jan 1, 2001
    NYC
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Dunno about him, but Giuseppe Bergomi did.
     
  25. dor02

    dor02 Member

    Aug 9, 2004
    Melbourne
    Club:
    UC Sampdoria
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I think we all know about Bergomi. Did Camacho player for Real Madrid in his whole career?

    1960s Hungarian star Florian Albert played for Ferencvaros for his whole career.

    Sandro Mazzola played for Inter for his whole career too.
     

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