Just Now: 15 Longest-Serving Players in Europe’s Top Five Leagues – detail.

These days, loyalty in football is hard to come by.

It’s becoming increasingly rare in the age of major transfer fees and player power.

More often than not, footballers are always on the lookout for that next big payday

and there aren’t many now who manage to stick around in one place for too long.

The likes of John Terry, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Giggs became heroes with their

respective teams, spending either the majority or the entirety of their careers with them.

There are still a select few figures in football who have replicated that loyalty and longevity at one particular team, though.

Transfermarkt recently revealed the longest-serving players at one particular club in Europe’s top five leagues right now. Let’s take a look at them.

15 longest-serving player in Europe’s top five leagues
Rank	Player	Club	Time with team
1	Thomas Muller	Bayern Munich	16 years, 4 months, 13 days
2	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	16 years, 4 months, 13 days
3	Koke	Atletico Madrid	16 years, 4 months, 13 days
4	Oscar de Marcos	Athletic Bilbao	15 years, 4 months, 13 days
5	Inigo Lekue	Athletic Bilbao	14 years, 5 months, 13 days
6	Seamus Coleman	Everton	14 years, 5 months, 13 days
7	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	13 years, 4 months, 13 days
8	Stefan Bell	Mainz	12 years, 10 months, 13 days
9	Maximilian Arnold	Wolfsburg	12 years, 10 months, 12 days
10	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	12 years, 4 months, 13 days
11	Christian Gunter	SC Freiburg	12 years, 4 months, 13 days
12	Aritz Elustondo	Real Sociedad	12 years, 4 months, 13 days
13	Jose Gaya	Valencia	12 years, 4 months, 13 days
14	Joel Ward	Crystal Palace	12 years, 4 months, 13 days
15	Luka Modric	Real Madrid	12 years, 2 months, 17 days

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Luka Modric features here

Luka Modric, who joined Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur

and has been with the team for little over 12 years, barely makes the list.

He has won a ridiculous amount of trophies with Los Blancos,

so he has undoubtedly made the most of his time there. It’s interesting to note that a

number of players who have played for their present clubs for the exact same amount of time are tied next.

On the same day in 2012, Christian Gunter joined Freiburg, Joel Ward joined Crystal Palace,

Jose Gaya joined Valencia, and Aritz Elustondo joined Real Sociedad.

They have now been with their respective teams for 12 years, 4 months, and 13 days.

Even if there have been different levels of accomplishment along the road, they have all stayed faithful.

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Jamie Vardy is included in this section

Moving into the top 10, Jamie Vardy is technically tied with those who came before him, having spent 12 years, four months and 13 days at Leicester City, but due to the success he’s enjoyed since making the move, he was ranked above them on Transfermarkt’s list. Considering he was signed from the non-league, it’s hard to imagine anyone would have predicted Vardy’s tenure at the Foxes would stretch this long.
Maximilian Arnold, Stefan Bell and Manuel Neuer are three Bundesliga players in this section who have spent a very long time with their current teams. The former joined Wolfsburg in 2012 and has remained with them for 12 years, 10 months and 12 days. Bell moved to Mainz one day prior and has also remained loyal to his club.Neuer has become an icon at Bayern Munich after moving to the Bavarian giants in 2011. He’s been a key figure for the side in the years since, becoming one of the greatest goalkeepers in the world and has now spent 13 years, four months and 13 days with them. The final player included in this section is Seamus Coleman who moved to Everton 14 years, five months and 13 days ago.\

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Thomas Muller is the longest-serving player in Europe’s top five leagues

Three La Liga talents are starting things off as the final five players. While his teammate Oscar de Marcos joined Athletic Bilbao precisely eleven months prior, Inigo Lekue joined the squad fourteen years, five months, and thirteen days ago. Koke joined Atletico Madrid exactly one year ago, and he has already spent 16 years, 4 months, and 13 days with the team.

Thomas Muller joined Bayer Munich while Anthony Lopes relocated to Lyon on the same day. In the top five leagues in Europe, the three have the longest tenures at a single club. Loyalty cannot be purchased in that way.

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Just Now: 15 Longest-Serving Players in Europe’s Top Five Leagues – detail