Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is awarded One-Club Man award for 2025 (Credits: Imago Images)
Athletic Bilbao have awarded Jamie Carragher the One-Club Man award 2025. The Liverpool legend is one of the most celebrated footballers at Anfield.
The defender spent his entire career at Liverpool, including his youth days. Born in Bootle, a town just north of Liverpool, Carragher started his football career with the Reds at the age of 10.
The Englishman was expected to be born with spina bifida. It is a condition where there is an incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes surrounding it.
Despite doctors suggesting an abortion, her mother refused, and Carragher was born with gastroschisis. Tough beginnings didn’t stop the footballer as the Englishman went on to make 737 appearances for the Reds.
He debuted for Liverpool in 1997 and became a regular by the start of the century. As a youth footballer for the Merseysiders, he has an FA Youth Cup to his name.
With Liverpool’s senior side, he bagged two FA Cups, three EFL League Cups, two FA Community Shields, a UEFA Champions League, a UEFA Cup and two UEFA Super Cups.
Carragher made the PFA Team of the Year in the 2005-06 season and was also Liverpool Player of the Season twice.
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“It was an honour when Athletic Club got in touch”
Jamie Carragher exclaimed joy and a sense of achievement when asked about the award. He also told Liverpoolfc.com how he always wanted to be a one-club man.
“After winning the Champions League, being a one-club man is the biggest achievement of my career. It was an honour when Athletic Club got in touch. Athletic are respected everywhere in the world of football. They’re a truly unique club.”
“I’m very honoured to receive this award and to know my name will always remain alongside some great footballers like Paolo Maldini and Carles Puyol.”
“As soon as I started playing for Liverpool, I knew I wanted to be a one-club man. I like the idea that when people ask, ‘Who did you play for?’, you respond ‘Liverpool’ and nothing else. I was a supporter on the pitch”, he said in the interview.
Carragher was also a vice-captain for a long time under the legend, Steven Gerrard. After a senior career spanning 17 years, he hung up his boots at the end of the 2012-13 season.
The Englishman will receive his award on Tuesday, the 23rd of September. It will be just before Athletic Bilbao host Girona at San Mames in La Liga.
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