Clarence Seedorf won European football's biggest club prize four times, and he needed three different clubs to do it: Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and AC Milan in 2003 and 2007.
Why does the three-club record matter?
Because nobody else has managed it. Seedorf is the only player in football history to win the Champions League with three different clubs, and it may never be done again. Winning it once takes a great team. Winning it with three suggests the common factor was the man in midfield.
He was built for the job. Seedorf could shoot, pass, tackle and dribble, and he could hit the ball from 30 yards with either foot. His long-range shooting was one of the most feared weapons in European football, and he paired it with a physical presence that made him very hard to knock off the ball.
Milan got the longest spell. He made over 400 appearances for the club across two decades and became a true Milan legend. For the Netherlands he won 87 caps and played at several World Cups and European Championships.
Few club footballers have a Champions League record like his, and none have spread it across so many dressing rooms.
Tomorrow: number 20.
