One-club men tend to be very rare in football. Even the likes of Steven Gerrard, Xavi, and Matt Le Tissier spent a year or two elsewhere towards the ends of their careers.
Nowadays, in the age of big-money signings from all over the globe, the one-club man looks like a thing of the past. Lionel Messi still qualifies for now, but that could all change anytime soon.
However, the one-club man is not an extinct species just yet. History has still thrown out some sensational players who stuck with the same team their entire playing careers.
Here’s a starting XI of the best one-club men in the history of football.