Featured Players
Each profile covers club appearances, international caps, goals, and major honours across domestic leagues, continental competitions and the FIFA World Cup.
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Portugal
Italy
BrazilLionel Messi
Argentina
Germany
Spain
England
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The profiles in this section
12 players have a full career page here, each one built from club-by-club records rather than a summary. Between them they cover 8 nationalities and break down as attackers (7), midfielders (3), goalkeepers (2); the club histories on their pages span the seasons 1998 to 2026.
Profiles at a glance
| Player | Nationality | Position | Born | Clubs on record | Seasons | Titles won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Buffon | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1978 | 4 | 1998–2023 | 30 |
| Miroslav Klose | Germany | Attacker | 1978 | 4 | 2001–2015 | 0 |
| F. Lampard | England | Midfielder | 1978 | 4 | 1999–2016 | 13 |
| E. Cambiasso | Argentina | Midfielder | 1980 | 5 | 2003–2016 | 23 |
| Luís Fabiano Clemente | Brazil | Attacker | 1980 | 4 | 2003–2018 | 11 |
| Iker Casillas Fernández | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1981 | 3 | 2000–2019 | 25 |
| Robin van Persie | Netherlands | Attacker | 1983 | 5 | 2004–2019 | 11 |
| Robinho | Brazil | Attacker | 1984 | 9 | 2005–2020 | 16 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Attacker | 1985 | 6 | 2002–2026 | 54 |
| Eljero George Rinaldo Elia | Netherlands | Attacker | 1987 | 10 | 2005–2022 | 4 |
| L. Messi | Argentina | Attacker | 1987 | 5 | 2004–2026 | 65 |
| É. Banega | Argentina | Midfielder | 1988 | 11 | 2006–2026 | 12 |
The table is ordered by date of birth, which puts the careers in the sequence they were actually played rather than in alphabetical order. Read down the last two columns and they pull against each other: É. Banega has the most clubs on record at 11, and 12 titles to show for it, while L. Messi won 65 across 5. Moving often and winning often are not the same career.
One caveat belongs on this page rather than buried on a profile: a zero in the titles column means nothing was returned for that player, not that the player won nothing. Miroslav Klose shows a zero for exactly that reason. Where a figure is missing it is left visibly missing, because a blank that is quietly filled in is worse than one that is admitted.
Frequently asked
Whose careers are documented here?
12 players, covering 8 nationalities and attackers (7), midfielders (3), goalkeepers (2). The club histories on their pages run from 1998 to 2026.
How is the right player identified?
By date of birth, not by name. A name search returns the wrong footballer often enough to be untrustworthy — several of the players here share a surname with a contemporary — so each page is bound to a fixed identifier that was confirmed against the birth date before it was written down, and a build-time check re-confirms that binding every time the site is rebuilt.
Which of them won the most?
L. Messi, with 65 titles recorded across 5 clubs. The count covers competitions won outright; runner-up finishes are listed on each player’s own page but are not counted here.
Why are there birth years rather than ages?
An age is only correct on the day it is written. The players here were born between 1978 and 1988, and a birth year stays true; a page that says someone is thirty-four starts being wrong on their next birthday.