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Totti, Maldini, Giggs, Adams: Ranking football’s greatest one-club men

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Every year at San Mames, the iconic home of Athletic Club in Bilbao, local fans pause to recognise and celebrate players not from their own club, but those who share a unique value with the Basque outfit – loyalty.

Athletic Club – famous for only fielding players born or raised in the region – introduced the One-Club Award in 2015, honouring those who dedicated their entire professional career to a single team.

“We wanted to create an award that recognised most kids growing up dream of playing for one club,” explains Dan Parry from the La Liga side’s communications department.

“On the other side, we wanted to show despite all the big-money transfers in modern-day football, there are top players all over the world who want to become one-club players.

“It’s an individual award, but it’s also an award that celebrates the union between the football team, fans and the player.”

Keeping those values in mind, then, this week I’m ranking football’s top 10 one-club men – you can have you say below, too.


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