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.
Nicolas Anelka has not made
any competitive appearance for any club since 2015 which is the year when the Frenchman left Mumbai City.
Incredibly, Seamus Coleman cost under # 100k and he has gone on to rack up just shy of 250
competitive appearances for the club.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
Playing the waiting game to make his first
competitive appearance for his new
club was frustrating
for the 17 - year - old.
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.
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.
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.
500 - Wayne Rooney is making his 500th
competitive appearance for @ManUtd today; the 10th player to reach this landmark
for the
club.
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.