What are the combinations in football that have been with a team for many years, reaching more than ten years?

A friend once asked me a question, what kind of player combinations in football have been working together for more than 10 years? This question is quite difficult. After carefully recalling many players, I found that there are not many combinations for more than 10 years, and most of them are not together for a few years.

What Inzagi Piero, Vieri Ronaldo, it's not long. Due to injuries, team skills and tactics and other reasons, someone transferred to leave early, which led to the inability to combine for many years.

Here I will talk about some impressive combinations, the coverage range includes front, middle, backfield and other characters, and is not limited to matching in the same position.

The first one is Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta. Xavi and Iniesta are real peers, and the difference between the two is not very big. Xavi was from 1980 and Iniesta was from 1984.

They both debuted at Barcelona's youth training camp, and they have a good understanding of their partnership. I remember that they fought together for the first time in the 2002-2003 season.

This year, Iniesta was mentioned to the first team and played in the same game with 22-year-old Xavi. From this period, they began to combine and match in the midfield.

Two years later, in the 2004-2005 season, Iniesta was a relatively important rotation player for the team and was able to get multiple match opportunities.

It was from this time that his combination with Xavi began to gain worldwide reputation and officially became the team's midfield core.

From the perspective of time, Xavi and Iniesta have been combined for 13 years. In 2015, Xavi left Barcelona, ​​and the two talents officially parted ways and did not play football together.

The two of them are relatively strong in the combination of more than 10 years. No matter how many people are replaced in the middle, Deco, Yayatoure or Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta are the team's undisputed core, and no matter how they change their coaches, they will not be broken up.

The second one is Bayern's Ribery and Robben, who have been together for a long time, and have been in the process of 10 years.

Ribery came earlier. He joined Bayern from Marseille in 2007. Robben said that in 2009, he joined Bayern from Real Madrid. Two years later, two talents were together.

At the beginning, no one thought how long this combination could last. After all, both of them are glass people, and love is hurt. Most people expect that it will be good if they can play together for five or six years.

Unexpectedly, the two of them had a good chemical reaction together, and the cooperation complemented each other. One left and the other right is to turn the opponent upside down.

has good skills, fast speed, impact, and has a threat to shooting, which makes the opponent have no idea how to defend against them.

In the past ten years from 2009 to 2019, they defeated countless powerful enemies and won many honors.

In the history of football, it is estimated that it is difficult to find a classic combination like Robery. Not only is it a long time, but it has made outstanding contributions to the team.

The third one is "Knights of Milan". This is more complicated. It does not refer to one player, but multiple players, including Maldini, Costakuta and other players. These people have been in Milan for a long time and have not transferred. They have been with the team all the time. They have been together for more than 10 years.

is different from other forward combinations. The members of the Milan Cavaliers are mainly stars in the midfield and backcourt. Because of their excellent defensive skills and stable for many years, the team will not easily touch them, but will allow them to stay in the team for a long time.

Like Maldini, he joined the first team in 1985, came on as a substitute, and then played until 2009 before retiring, spanning 24 years.

Costakuta, except for a short loan trip to Monza for one season, was in Milan for the rest of the time. He played for Milan in 1987 and then retired in 2007, which was also 20 years old.

Baresi started playing football for Milan in 1977 and retired in 1997. He has been a span of 20 years. He has been together with Maldini for more than ten years.

And behind it, there are combinations such as Pirlo and Gattuso. Pirlo came to Milan in 2001 and left in 2011; Gattuso came to Milan in 1999 and left in 2012. Excluding the order of coming first and coming, the two have been together for 10 years, which is a relatively classic combination in football.

Pirlo and Gattuso have a good relationship. Not only do they have a tacit understanding on the field, but they also have a close relationship with each other off the field. They often joke and play together. When talking about the midfielder combination, they will inevitably think of this couple.

The fourth, Manchester United Ferguson's 92nd class member. There are still quite a lot of members in Class 92. Except for Beckham's transfer, Giggs, Scholes, Gary Neville and others have been together for a long time.

Especially the frontcourt combination of Scholes and Giggs, the two have been together for more than 10 years, and this group of people has been together for a long time.

If the scope of the combination is expanded, it is not only limited to the combination of forwards and defenders, but also the defenders, midfielders, and forwards. Gary Neville and others can also be counted as a combination that has been partnered for many years.

is also a relatively long time.

The fifth one, Totti and De Rossi of Rome. Totti and De Rossi will not be combined for a long time. After all, the age difference between the two is quite large. Totti was in 1976 and De Rossi was in 1983. The two are not of the same generation.

However, their careers were long and they both played for Rome.

Torti entered the first team in 1993 and retired in 2017 for a total of 24 years.. De Rossi joined the first team in 2001 and then left Rome in 2019 for 18 years.

The time when the two people overlapped and played football together has been 16 years since 2001, and this is also a relatively long partner.

The combination of these two people is more interesting than other combinations. First, he attacked and defended one after another. Later, he was older. Toti transformed into the midfield and backcourt, and De Rossi also played as a central defender. Sometimes the two of them would be a backcourt combination, which was quite interesting when watching the game.

The feeling is different from the front and back midfield combinations when I was young.

I like this pair very much, both offense and defense, each with its own characteristics, and it also brings many beautiful memories to the fans.