An one-club man is a player who spent his entire professional career with only one club. This is extremely rare in modern football era as players are tempted by big wages or ambitions.

Below is a list of extraordinary one-club men who has won much with their clubs and achieved legendary statuses. The list of a complete team of 11 players is compiled according to their positions and merits.

The criteria of the list is that the players have to play for the club for at least 10 seasons, and that youth academies and loans are not considered as playing for other clubs.

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Name: Iker Casillas Fernandez

Date of Birth: 20 May 1981

Position: Goalkeeper

Team: Real Madrid (1999 - current)

Squad Number: 1

Number of Games Played: 367 (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Player

Club Honours: 3 League Titles, 2 Champions League, 1 Intercontinental Cup

National Caps: 101 (updated 5th Feb 2010)

National Honours: European Championship 2008

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Name: Paolo Cesare Maldini

Date of Birth: 26 June 1968

Position: Left Back/Center Back

Team: AC Milan (1984 - 2009)

Squad Number: 3

Number of Games Played: 647 (29 goals)

Status: Retired

Club Honours: 7 League Titles, 5 European Cups/Champions League, 2 Intercontinental Cup, 1 World Club Cup

National Caps: 126 (7 goals)

National Honours: World Cup 1994 runnerup, European Championship 2000 runnerup

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Name: Franco Baresi

Date of Birth: 8 May 1960

Position: Sweeper

Team: AC Milan (1977 - 1997)

Squad Number: 6

Number of Games Played: 531 (16 goals)

Status: Retired

Club Honours: 6 League Titles, 3 European Cups, 2 Intercontinental Cup

National Caps: 81 (1 goal)

National Honours: World Cup 1982, World Cup 1994 runnerup

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Name: Tony Adams

Date of Birth: 10 October 1966

Position: Center Back

Team: Arsenal (1983 - 2002)

Squad Number: 6

Number of Games Played: 504 (32 goals)

Status: Manager

Club Honours: 4 League Titles, 1 Cup Winners' Cup

National Caps: 66 (5 goals)

National Honours: None

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Name: Guiseppe Bergomi

Date of Birth: 22 December 1963

Position: Right Back

Team: Inter Milan (1980 - 1999)

Squad Number: 2

Number of Games Played: 519 (23 goals)

Status: Retired

Club Honours: 1 League Title, 3 UEFA Cup

National Caps: 81 (6 goals)

National Honours: World Cup 1982

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Name: Ryan Joseph Giggs

Date of Birth: 29 November 1973

Position: Left Wing

Team: Manchester United (1991 - current)

Squad Number: 11

Number of Games Played: 579 (105 scored) (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Playing

Club Honours: 11 League Titles, 2 Champions League, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 World Club Cup

National Caps: 64 (12 goals)

National Honours: None

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Name: Xavi Hernandez i Creus

Date of Birth: 20 January 1980

Position: Central Midfielder

Team: Barcelona (1998 - current)

Squad Number: 6

Number of Games Played: 339 (34 scored) (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Playing

Club Honours: 4 League Titles, 2 Champions League, 1 World Club Cup

National Caps: 83 (8 goals)

National Honours: Olympic Games 2000 runnerup, European Championship 2008

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Name: Steven George Gerrard

Date of Birth: 30 May 1980

Position: Central Midfielder

Team: Liverpool (1998 - current)

Squad Number: 8

Number of Games Played: 353 (76 scored) (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Playing

Club Honours: 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup

National Caps: 77 (16 goals)

National Honours: None

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Name: Sidney Govou

Date of Birth: 27 July 1979

Position: Right Wing/Forward

Team: Lyon (1999 - current)

Squad Number: 14

Number of Games Played: 250 (46 scored) (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Playing

Club Honours: 7 League Titles

National Caps: 42 (10 goals)

National Honours: 1 Confederations Cup, World Cup 2006 runnerup

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Name: Raul Gonzalez

Date of Birth: 27 June 1977

Position: Striker

Team: Real Madrid (1994 - current)

Squad Number: 7

Number of Games Played: 536 (226 scored) (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Playing

Club Honours: 6 League Titles, 3 Champions League, 2 Intercontinental Cup

National Caps: 102 (44 goals)

National Honours: None

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Name: Francesco Totti

Date of Birth: 27 September 1976

Position: Forward

Team: Roma (1992 - current)

Squad Number: 10

Number of Games Played: 433 (188 scored) (updated 5th Feb 2010)

Status: Playing

Club Honours: 1 League Title

National Caps: 58 (9 goals)

National Honours: European U21 Championship 1996, World Cup 2006, European Championship 2000 runnerup

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There are many brilliant and famous footballers who are also one club men but do not manage to make it to our list.

Examples are:

Macros, goalkeeper of Palmeiras (1992 - current)

Alessandro Costacurta, center back of AC Milan (1986 - 2007)

John Terry, center back of Chelsea (1998 - current)

Jamie Carragher, center back of Liverpool (1996 - current)

Carles Puyol, center back/right back of Barcelona (1999 - current)

Wes Brown , center back/right back of Manchester United (1996 - current)

Gary Kelly, right back of Leeds United (1991 - 2007)

Manuel Sanchis, sweeper of Real Madrid (1983 - 2001)

Gary Neville, right back of Manchester United (1992 - current)

Joao Pinto, right back of Porto (1981 - 1997)

Paul Scholes, central midfielder of Manchester United (1994 - current)

Guti, attacking midfielder of Real Madrid (1995 - current)

Matthew Le Tissier, attacking midfielder of Southampton (1986 - 2002)

Julen Guerrero, attacking midfielder of Athletic Bilbao (1992 - 2006)

Lars Ricken, attacking midfielder of Dortmund (1993 - 2008) .

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