There are plenty of great options: Giggs, Scholes, Baresi, Maldini, Facchetti, Puyol, etc.
For me though, the greatest is Francesco Totti. The others above played for clubs who won multiple trophies, and all won the champions league at least once. Aside from a smattering of Coppa Italias and one Scudetto, Totti didn’t win anything with Rome.
For me, it’s easier for a top player to stay at a top club, rather than be a top player like Totti and stay at a club that was rarely considered the best in Serie A. For my money, he is the greatest one-club man of all time.
Who would you choose?
Rogério Ceni
3x Brazilian Championship 1x Copa Sudamericana 2x Copa Libertadores 1x Club World Cup 1x Fifa World Cup 1x Best Goalkeeper in the world
All of that with 131 goals scored, in 1237 caps for São Paulo F.C.
And he was a Goalkeeper
They’re not ready for this conversation
Do goalkeepers score goals now?
Giroud does.
Now? Not really. But back then, Rogerio did. A lot. He was Sao Paulo top scorer in both 2005 and 2006, with 21 and 16 goals.
Not a one club man… played senior games for Sinop.
My favourite goalkeeper ever, at least one of them. His free kicks were the only reason I watched Librtadores. Imagine how difficult was that, living in Kazakhstan.
H…how?
He was an amazing free kick and penalty taker.
He was an outstanding free kick taker. From his 131 goals, 61 were via free kicks. He was also São Paulo’s main penalty taker and captain throughout most of his career.
Probably his most iconic goal was his 100th, were he converted a perfect free kick against SPFC’s fiercest rival Corinthians.
https://youtu.be/WU1Vum9cDbE?si=DFTB-PjreRnUS2-8
That is probably my favorite goal of all time. I was a kid when it happened and I went nuts (I’m a São Paulo supporter).
Rogerio played for Sinop before São Paulo.
Killed everyone with that last line.