Serie A (Average: 8.1 years)
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Compared to most leagues in Europe, players moving from one rival club to another used to be pretty common in the Italian Serie A. While some were poached due to scandals such as Calciopoli in the top flight, others simply moved on to something better at the time.
However, a select few remained loyal and still carry on about their business – legends in the eyes of not just their own fans but having earned the respect of rival fans as well. And no player embodies that better than AS Roma’s Francesco Totti.
The Italian forward almost joined AC Milan when he was a youngster before his mother chased away the scouts who knocked on his door. He has remained a Roman gladiator throughout his career and is currently Europe’s longest serving player at a single club – 24 years!
His World Cup winning teammate Gianluigi Buffon is another gentleman who never left Juventus despite relegation in 2006 and he has been rewarded with five consecutive Serie A titles with the Old Lady and a possible sixth within reach.
| # | PLAYER | CLUB | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Totti | AS Roma | 24 |
| 2 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | 15.5 |
| 3 | Daniele De Rossi | AS Roma | 15.5 |
| 4 | Sergio Pellissier | Chievo | 14.5 |
| Angelo Palombo | Sampdoria | 14.5 | |
| 6 | Francesco Magnanelli | Sassuolo | 11.5 |
| 7 | Marek Hamsik | Napoli | 9.5 |
| 8 | Stefan Radu | Lazio | 9 |
| 9 | Ignazio Abate | AC Milan | 7.5 |
| 10 | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | Udinese | 7 |
