"One-club men and women are among football's more celebrated groups, the players who dedicated their entire career to one particular cause. Athletic Club give out the One Club Man and One Club Woman awards each year; the list of recipients include Paolo Maldini, Matthew Le Tissier and Malin Mostrom. There's no such recognition of Almost One Club Men and Women, unless you count answers in one-newspaper trivia columns."
"First, a couple of bits of housekeeping: We haven't included non-league teams, which rules out Paul Scholes (three games for Royton) and Le Tissier (Eastleigh) among others. We've also excluded Hamburg legend Uwe Seeler, whose one appearance for Cork Celtic was in a sponsored event. Data on appearances for individual players can vary from source to source, particularly for older players. We made a judgment call in each case, so the figures may only be 99.82% correct."
A ranked list identifies players who made the highest percentage of their career appearances for a single club, excluding one-club players and non-league matches. Specific percentages and appearance breakdowns are given for individuals such as Gabby Agbonlahor (97.51%: 391 of 401 appearances for Aston Villa), David Narey (97.63%: 865 of 886 for Dundee United), Manny Kaltz (97.78% primarily for Hamburg) and Thomas Muller (98.38% with a note that his move to Vancouver may lower the figure). Methodology notes clarify exclusions and source variability, and some judgment calls were used.
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