Khaberni - Very few football players in history can boast of having participated in or joined teams in all of the top five European leagues during their professional careers.
When specifically discussing the major leagues on the old continent, they are the English Premier League "Premier League", the Spanish League "La Liga", the German Bundesliga, the Italian League "Serie A", and the French League "Ligue 1".
This rare achievement is limited to a small number of players, no more than a handful, among thousands of professionals who have passed through the most famous football competitions in Europe.
5 Players Who Played in the Top Five Leagues
Let's take a look at these 5 players who joined teams in all the top five leagues, along with their domestic match numbers according to the famous Transfermarkt site.
The Romanian Florin Răducioiu
The journey of the international Romanian striker Răducioiu with the big leagues began with Italian Bari in 1990, after joining from Dinamo Bucharest and playing 30 matches with them.
During his career filled with transfers, Răducioiu defended the colors of other major league teams such as AC Milan (played 7 matches), Espanyol (56 matches), West Ham United (11 matches), Stuttgart (19 matches), and Monaco (12 matches).
He also played with two other teams in Italy, Hellas Verona (30 matches) and Brescia (29 matches).
The Dane Christian Poulsen
Poulsen took his first steps in the major leagues when he left Copenhagen and joined Schalke in the German league in the summer of 2002, playing 111 matches with them.
Within 10 years, Poulsen defended the colors of Sevilla (62 matches), Juventus (48 matches), Liverpool (12 matches), and Evian (24 matches), before he left the major leagues by joining Ajax Amsterdam in the summer of 2012.
The Montenegrin Stevan Jovetić
The midfielder joined Fiorentina in 2008 coming from Partizan Belgrade, marking the start of his journey with the major leagues.
After five seasons with "the Viola" during which he played 116 matches in Serie A, Jovetić moved to Manchester City (played 35 matches), then returned to Italy wearing the Inter shirt (31 matches), and from there he went to Sevilla (21 matches).
After the Andalusian team, Jovetić settled for a while with Monaco (61 matches), before joining Hertha Berlin in Germany and defending their colors in (35 matches).
The Dutch Justin Kluivert
The son of the former star Patrick Kluivert is the youngest player in history to play in the major European leagues, before reaching the age of 25, according to Planet Football.
Kluivert entered the big leagues through Roma in 2018, transferring from Ajax Amsterdam, and from there made his way to the rest of the competitions.
Kluivert defended the colors of Roma (53 matches), RB Leipzig (19 matches), Nice (27 matches), and Valencia (26 matches), and as of writing this, he played 84 matches with his current team Bournemouth.
The Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aubameyang's inclusion on this unique list is somewhat controversial, as he did not play any matches with Milan in Serie A, although he was a player in their ranks and went out on loan several times from 2008 until he was sold permanently to Saint-Étienne in 2012.
Overall, Aubameyang's career involves many moves between major league clubs: he played for French teams Saint-Étienne (87 matches), Olympique Marseille (60 matches), Monaco (19 matches), and Lille (14 matches).
In the Spanish league, he played 18 matches with Barcelona, while in England, he joined two major teams, Arsenal (128 matches) and Chelsea (15 matches).
His longest professional career was with Borussia Dortmund in Germany, with whom he played 144 matches.
