Clarence Seedorf

Clarence Seedorf (born 1 April 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch-Surinamese football midfielder, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan and the Netherlands national team. He is the only player to win the UEFA Champions League with three different clubs. He is the older brother of Chedric Seedorf.

in A.C. Milan

After two years with Inter Milan, Seedorf moved to city rivals A.C. Milan in 2002. He won the Coppa Italia with Milan in 2003, which was the first time they had won the competition in twenty-six years. In the same season, Seedorf gained his third Champions League medal with a third different team, after an all Italian final in which AC Milan beat Juventus on penalties after a 0-0 draw. As a result, Seedorf became the only player to have won Champions' League trophies for three different clubs. The following season, 2003–2004, Seedorf played a role in the AC Milan side that won Serie A. It was also Seedorf's fourth national league title win of his career, after his two Dutch title wins with Ajax and his one Spanish win with Real Madrid.

Seedorf played a major role as Milan reached the Champions League final again in 2005. He started the Istanbul tie against Liverpool in which Milan contrived to lose a 3-0 lead, eventually losing on penalties after a 3-3 draw. Seedorf did not take of those spot-kicks. Milan also finished runners-up in the Scudetto to Juventus in 2005.

Another strong season by Milan in 2006, with Seedorf a key figure in most games in partnership with Andrea Pirlo, Kaká and Rino Gattuso, saw the team fall just short of another Champions League final when they were narrowly defeated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Barcelona.

A match-fixing scandal tarnished Serie A and Milan were weakened by the scandal but were allowed to continue in Europe the following season, which led to their best players staying at the club. Seedorf's role as foil to Kaká became increasingly impressive as the pair combined in some style to score and supply the goals which drove Milan past Bayern Munich and Manchester United to another Champions League final, again against Liverpool FC, beating them 2-1 in Athens, with Seedorf collecting his fourth UEFA Champions League medal. In the following season, Seedorf was a part of AC Milan squad which won the FIFA Club World Cup, becoming the first European player to win the trophy with two different clubs (Real Madrid in 1998). He ended up winning the Silver Boot for the competition.

At the end of the 2006-2007 season, Clarence Seedorf was voted best midfielder of the Champions League. He played his 100th game in the Champions League on December 4 against Celtic.