500 - Wayne Rooney is making his 500th
competitive appearance for @ManUtd today; the 10th player to reach this landmark for the club.
He is eligible to represent the Black Stars as he is yet to make
a competitive appearance for Wales.
He therein struggled to make a single
competitive appearance for Liverpool before he was loaned out to Crystal Palace at the turn of the year.
Nicolas Anelka has not made
any competitive appearance for any club since 2015 which is the year when the Frenchman left Mumbai City.
For the 1st time in the entire playing career of Stephen Ireland, he failed to make a single
competitive appearance for his club during the 2016 - 17 English Premier League season due to an injury that the Irish midfielder sustained back on April.
Robinson made his long - awaited debut in April, but that outing against Charlton towards the end of last season remains his only
competitive appearance for QPR.
Chalobah is yet to make
a competitive appearance for Chelsea and was not in Jose Mourinho's first - team plans this season.
Playing the waiting game to make his first
competitive appearance for his new club was frustrating for the 17 - year - old.
Furthermore, the west London club would receive an additional # 500,000 should he make
a competitive appearance for England at the World Cup 2018 this summer, or for the Euro 2020 qualification.
Arsenal's Mathieu Debuchy is very much forgotten man at the club, with just a single
competitive appearance for the Gunners so far this season.
Tore never made
a competitive appearance for the Blues, but could now get another chance to show what he can do in the Premier League as Arsenal and Aston Villa chase him this winter, according to Calciomercato.
Butland had largely been expected to challenge Asmir Begovic for a first team spot this season, but he has yet to make
a competitive appearance for Mark Hughes» men and has been sent to Oakwell in order to gain some valuable first team experience in order to prepare himself for the Premier League.
He has made over 100
competitive appearances for Schalke and 10 for Germany, and he is only 20 years of age.
He joined Sporting at the age of 13 and has since made 76
competitive appearances for the Primeira Liga table - toppers.
Having secured his name in the annals of Paris Saint Germain's history by becoming the club's top scorer with 156 goals in 180 competitive matches, the big Swede is still proving his worth as a world class striker, at the age of 34, having already registered 4 goals in as many
competitive appearances for new club Manchester United, whom he joined on a free transfer this summer.
Griezmann scored 26 times in 53
competitive appearances for Atletico last season, but managed only seven goal in the first half of this season.
Incredibly, Seamus Coleman cost under # 100k and he has gone on to rack up just shy of 250
competitive appearances for the club.
Aguero has scored eight goals in 10
competitive appearances for Manchester City against Manchester United.
Not exact matches
His impressive form saw Dider Deschamps call him up to the French national squad
for this summer's European Championships, although he is yet to make a
competitive appearance.
The Arsenal youth teamer has made seven
appearances for his side this season and with the return of Theo Walcott to fitness hamstringing his game - time a loan move seems the best option to provide him with regular,
competitive football.
The 20 - year - old, who made just one
appearance as a substitute
for Germany during the Euro U21 tournament earlier in the summer, missed the entire 2014 - 15 campaign as he recovered from a serious knee injury sustained in the previous season and it's been well over a year since his last
competitive game
for the club.
Although Toral is often a part of the Arsenal pre-season tours and has made
appearances, he is still yet to feature
for the first team on a
competitive basis and he'll be hoping to be a part of the Arsenal squad, alongside his close friend Hector Bellerin, rather than be shipped out on loan again.
The former Barcelona and Malaga forward is yet to find a goal in a
competitive fixture
for the Toffees, with the player having only been able to register one assist so far in 11
appearances.
Having made his
competitive debut
for Arsenal in the league cup back in 2012, he has gone on to make only a few
appearances since.
But as well as that, United will owe the League 1 giants an extra # 7.7 m if Martial scores 25
competitive goals, makes 25
appearances for the France national team, or is shortlisted
for the Ballon d'Or.
Just seven of his 12 La Liga
appearances this season have been starts, while the 20 - year - old has started on the bench
for three of his team's last four
competitive outings, including both legs of the Champions League quarterfinal exit at the hands of Roma.
Falcao has scored just one goal in nine
competitive appearances this season
for the defending Premier League champions.
With 722
appearances in the first time he holds the record
for most
competitive matches
for Arsenal.
According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Richardson could come into contention
for a surprise move to the Serie A giants, despite having not made a
competitive appearance since December 2016.
His emergence as one of the best midfielders in world football in any age group has been down to his exposure to
competitive football as much as anything else, and while the Football Observatory's study may have focused on the quantity of
appearances made, quality has,
for the most part, risen to the top.
For supporters of Football League clubs without recent
appearances in the Premiership, the playing field has just become less even, and the prospect of less
competitive divisions more likely.
Many wondered why such a large fee had been paid
for a relatively unknown player, but as it does most of the time, the players made his critics eat their words after his first few
competitive appearances saw him win Man of the Match award twice.
Afobe scored three goals
for Bolton in
competitive play across the league, FA Cup, and Capital One Cup but did little else in his other
appearances.
The 20 - year - old had been on - loan with City's sister club New York City FC
for the 2015 MLS season but returned to his boyhood club after making 22
appearances in the
competitive league.
Ritchie de Laet was snapped up by the English League Championship club Aston Villa back on August of 2016 and so far, the Belgium defender has made 3 league
appearances for the club and it seems highly unlikely that Ritchie de Laet will be able to show up in any further
competitive matches
for Aston Villa in the near future due to a knee injury that he sustained.
After scoring 28 goals in 38
appearances in all competitions this term, Messi now has 535 goals in 601
competitive fixtures
for his club, with the bulk of his scoring predictably against La Liga opponents.
Now retired as a player, Athletic Club's former captain left in 2015 to join New York City in MLS
for one final season after running up a total of 510
competitive appearances across 12 years
for his former side.
Mignolet started
for Liverpool back in January, in the 2 - 1 win over Burnley, but found himself dropped two weeks later
for the 4 - 3 defeat of Manchester City, and a single FA Cup
appearance has been the 30 - year - old's sole
competitive action since.
The 25 - year - old was also eligible
for Scotland but has gone on to win six England caps, including
competitive appearances.
On platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter,
appearance can become a
competitive sport as girls vie
for emojis, likes and followers.
Also featuring
appearances by Chris Rock, Bill Clinton and Common, as well as reams of archival footage of the
competitive siblings being groomed
for greatness by their father during childhood.
Further, the quick succession of state adoptions that occurred leading up to the August 2010 RTTT deadline gave the
appearance that states were merely adopting the Standards in effort to be
competitive for RTTT funds.
The McRae link comes not from any
competitive appearances in the 2007 car — McRae left Subaru
for Ford in 1999 and drove only
for Citroen and Skoda after that — but from the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2007, when McRae drove the car up the famous hill.
It can be quite
competitive here, particularly
for healthy young dogs of purebred
appearance.
Competitive multiplayer types like King of the Hill, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Leader, and King of the Hill make an
appearance across the 10 included maps (look
for the return of classic map Gridlock, but this time... in the dark!)
If you applied
for an interview, and were not selected, but believe you are
competitive, go to the info session with a professional
appearance.