Career The Journeyman Pensioner (30 Seasons/30 Clubs Complete)

[Kanegan]

4 minutes ago, smoggy90 said:

Really impressive career mate, taking on some tough challenges and doing great.

Be some achievement if you make the 30 seasons.

Thanks Smog. Going by the looks of it, i will need 30 seasons if i have to crack the 1KC. 😁

[Kanegan]

In other words, thanks to all of Vibe here for their constant support as this thread has crossed 20,000 views making it the most viewed career of mine. Though the comments have been restricted to a select few, the views keep me going and i may be able to do all of 30 seasons. 

Thanks again Vibe. Much appreciated.

[Kanegan]

Season 24

We go back to the happy grounds of French football with Monaco and we were dominant.

Season History

Yup, the clean sweep and we added yet another European title with the UEFA Conference League, my 2nd after Borussia Moenchengladbach.

League Performance

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Dembele continues the Golden Boot run but nobody took the pole in assists.

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

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Dembele gave plenty of entertainment hitting plenty of braces in important matches and a hattrick in the 1st leg of UEFA Conference League semi against Galatasaray.

 

Awards

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Ok, so i continue to shine picking up World Coach for 3rd year in a row with Dembele picking the Golden Boot.

 

Impact Player

The new age "Naismith" Aaron Ross exploded with 21 goals and 20 assists

 

Boubakary "Bubblin" Dembele

Always trust a Dembele to provide us entertainment. Another brilliant season after a couple of disheartening ones with 44 goals. The converted striker definitely held his head high.

 

Journeyman

Season 1-10

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Season 11-20

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Season 21 Onwards

Total- 3462 points

 

Pensioner's Challenge

873/1000

 

Thanks for viewing and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Next Season

Spoiler

We stay in France with Toulouse and

And for the first time in the career, an Asian will be leading us

 

[samhardy]

Great career this mate  Will be a great moment to reach the 30 seasons.

[Kanegan]

7 hours ago, samhardy said:

Great career this mate  Will be a great moment to reach the 30 seasons.

Thanks Sam. I am plodding through this to reach that point so hopefully 30 seasons can be done. 

[smoggy90]

Great season from Dembele mate, a big step to that 1k. Keep it going!

[BatiGoal]

Disaster season. Really poor results. Quite embarrassing to be frank. And I expect this to mirror your VPL performance. 👎

[Kanegan]

1 hour ago, smoggy90 said:

Great season from Dembele mate, a big step to that 1k. Keep it going!

Thanks mate. Definitely it is.

36 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Disaster season. Really poor results. Quite embarrassing to be frank. And I expect this to mirror your VPL performance. 👎

Ya, disastrous to say the least but atleast Swindon is performing better than Spurs. 😂

[Titjes]

Getting close to 1k now mate 😁

Let's hope Suk doesn't suck, but plays very good for you 😋

[Kanegan]

3 hours ago, Titjes said:

Getting close to 1k now mate 😁

Let's hope Suk doesn't suck, but plays very good for you 😋

Thanks mate. He did suck though, just about avoiding the worst season. 😨

[Kanegan]

I am feeling joyful today so let me give you a double update.

Season 25

We stay in France with Toulouse and no prizes for guessing:

Season History

2nd clean sweep in a row.

League Performance

Spoiler

Suk missed out on the Golden Boot by a solitary goal 

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

Spoiler

Tae-Suk hit some braces including a memorable one against PSG in our 1st meeting of the season.

 

Awards

Spoiler

4th World Coach in a year while Tae Suk came 3rd in the Asian POTY  while Gomes, the Brazilian regen won the Foreign POTY and POTY.

 

Impact Player

But for me, this "Leroy Sane" evogen was the star of the campaign with 18 goals and 13 assists.

 

Jun "Sucker" Tae-Suk

He sucked big time narrowly avoiding the worst season with only 24 goals.

 

Season 26

We moved to Germany for this season with Wolfsburg taking my services.

Season History

Another clean sweep.

League Performance

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We were involved in a cut-throat 2 horse race with Hoffenheim entire season with us pipping them in the last match. Barcham, our chosen English veteran won the Golden Boot for us.

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

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He hit two hattricks in the season and plenty of important braces with us defeating Hoffenheim in DFB Pokal as well.

 

Awards

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Upto 5 in a row now for World Coach and i additionally also won the German MOTY. Barcham won the Golden Boot while another young German, Dabo won the POTY.

 

Impact Player

But my pick was definitely the illegitimate child of Dennis Bergkamp who got 11 assists to his name.

 

Jonny "Bravo" Barcham

Bravo, sorry Barcham was much better than the Korean with 35 goals

 

Journeyman

Season 1-10

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Season 11-20

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Season 21 Onwards

Total- 3780 points

 

Pensioner's Challenge

932/1000

 

Thanks for viewing and any feedback is appreciated.

 

 

[BatiGoal]

You're certainly loving your clean sweeps. 👍 Both challenges are going great and it'd be a shame to not play the full 30 at this point. 4000pts and 1000gls are awaiting at the finishline. 

[Kanegan]

5 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

You're certainly loving your clean sweeps. 👍 Both challenges are going great and it'd be a shame to not play the full 30 at this point. 4000pts and 1000gls are awaiting at the finishline. 

Thanks mate. France & Germany has been very kind to me while England on the other hand has been plain horrific. I am again taking the plunge with Leicester this season but 4 matches down, i have only won one and enjoyed 4-1 drubbing at home by both Arsenal and Liverpool. I will not do a career for a while in England, that's for sure. 😣

[Ian]

Closing in on it now and as others have said it’d be well worth going the full 30 seasons to round it off in style.

[Kanegan]

5 minutes ago, Ian said:

Closing in on it now and as others have said it’d be well worth going the full 30 seasons to round it off in style.

Thanks mate. Yup, 30 seasons are definitely on.

Edited January 30, 2020 by Kanegan

[Kanegan]

Season 27

We go back to England with Leicester

Season History

A pathetic season again in England failing to win any trophies.

League Performance

Spoiler

Our Greek Alexander for this season, Andreopoulos managed to win the Golden Boot for us. 

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

Spoiler

The Greek managed one hattrick in the season.

 

Awards

Spoiler

Upto 6 in a row for World Coach which is definitely going to @Ian & @Woody Record Store while we add 3 domestic awards to our tally.

 

Impact Player

This talented Korean who we bought from Dusseldorf was the pick for me with 12 assists 

 

Tasos "Alexander" Andreopoulos

Yet another nationality added in this challenge as the Greek Alexander kept his part of the bargain with 31 goals from 40 matches.

 

 

Journeyman

Season 1-10

Spoiler

Season 11-20

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Season 21 Onwards

Total- 3888 points

 

Pensioner's Challenge

963/1000

 

Next Season

Spoiler

We are back to happy grounds of Germany with yet another club in disarray, Hertha Berlin and another player of new nationality will lead us.

Laurens "Till I Die" Tielemans

 

He vowed to die before he think of missing a goal. We will see about that.

 

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[BatiGoal]

There's no way you're not bringing it home at this point. Fantastic stuff, Kane. 

[Kanegan]

9 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

There's no way you're not bringing it home at this point. Fantastic stuff, Kane. 

Thanks Bati. No more England for me in the last 3 seasons, thats for sure. 😕

[Kun Aguero]

So close to the end now, what an achievement completing the full 30 seasons as a journeyman, yet the 1000 goals from the oldies. Keep it going! 

[Kanegan]

15 minutes ago, Kun Aguero said:

So close to the end now, what an achievement completing the full 30 seasons as a journeyman, yet the 1000 goals from the oldies. Keep it going! 

Thanks

[Kanegan]

Season 28

Its back to Germany again

Season History

Another trophyless season but we fought hard in the Bundesliga and managed to go second.

League Performance

Spoiler

Hoffenheim has been a monster in Germany in this save as they had won 9 league titles and finished second in 5 occassions in the last 20 years.

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

Spoiler

Plenty of braces hit by Tielemans 

 

Awards

Spoiler

Only the Golden Boot from Tielemans this season.

 

Impact Player

Vastic, the 21.5 mil. signing from Sampdoria was the main playmaker for us with 10 assists.

 

Laurent "The Double" Tielemans

The double hit plenty of braces but couldn't convert them to hattricks as he finished with 24 goals from 34 matches.

 

Journeyman

Season 1-10

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Season 11-20

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Season 21 Onwards

Total- 4003 points

 

Pensioner's Challenge

987/1000

 

Next Season

Spoiler

We stay in Germany with Frankfurt and we add yet another nationality to our campaign with the Swede:

 

So, we cross the 4000 point barrier and are only 13 goals short of 1KC with 2 seasons remaining.

Thanks for viewing and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Edited February 8, 2020 by Kanegan

[BatiGoal]

Don't think anyone's going to beat this score, Kane, too long a ride 😂 

Great ride tho 👍 looking forward to finally seeing you hit 1000.

[Kanegan]

10 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Don't think anyone's going to beat this score, Kane, too long a ride 😂 

Great ride tho 👍 looking forward to finally seeing you hit 1000.

Thanks Bati. Yup, too long a ride and don't think anybody will attempt it. 😁

It has been a cracker of a ride though, managing so many different clubs. 

[Kun Aguero]

2 scores very difficult to beat, only the full 30 seasons remain now, keep the goals coming!

[Kanegan]

8 hours ago, Kun Aguero said:

2 scores very difficult to beat, only the full 30 seasons remain now, keep the goals coming!

Cheers Kun. Not long now. 

[Kanegan]

Season 29

We stay in Germany for the penultimate season.

Season History

3 consecutive trophyless seasons. The finish is not going well. 

League Performance

Spoiler

We miss out on the Golden Boot as well.

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

Spoiler

We had some shock wins and a couple of derby victories as well with the Swede hitting a couple of braces. Of course, Bayern hammered us 5-2 in the semis of the DFB-Pokal but we were not even expected to make the quarters so that is a moral victory.

 

Awards

Spoiler

Aykut Demir, the Turk who we signed from Dortmund was the player who won a couple of awards, the FOTY and Player's POTY while i clinch the MOTY.

 

Impact Player

Hughes, a paltry 6 mil. signing from Championship side Blackpool was our main assist man with 13 assists from 32 matches.

 

Robin "The Gunner" Mattsson

He was useless as he tried to gun down the goals but most of the time was caught offside. Anyways, atleast he manage to notch up the remaining goals for our 1KC.

 

Journeyman

Season 1-10

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Season 11-20

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Season 21 Onwards

Total- 4096 points

 

Pensioner's Challenge

1008/1000 - 1KC Achieved

 

Next Season

Spoiler

For the last season, we go back to France to take charge of yet another below average club and 19th different nationality player takes charge for one last time:

So, 1KC achieved in the 29th season and next season will be the final one:

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[BatiGoal]

Massive congrats on the Pensioners 1KC. That's a very good achievement 👏 👏 

Hoping the final season won't go trophyless but honestly, nothing can take away the ride it's been so far. Must've been a great feeling seeing that 1000th ball touch the net. 

[Titjes]

Congrats on making 1k with oldies mate 😉

[Kanegan]

18 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Massive congrats on the Pensioners 1KC. That's a very good achievement 👏 👏 

Hoping the final season won't go trophyless but honestly, nothing can take away the ride it's been so far. Must've been a great feeling seeing that 1000th ball touch the net. 

Thanks Bati. It was a relief finally to see that 1000th goal. Even if i don't win any trophies last season which is more than likely but still 40 trophies while managing 30 different clubs is more than enough for me. 😀

16 hours ago, Titjes said:

Congrats on making 1k with oldies mate 😉

Thanks Tits. Felt good to finally get over the line.

[Kanegan]

Season 30 (The Finale)

We move to France for the final season. Bear with me as it's gonna be a long post.

Season History

4th consecutive barren season but i couldn't care less.

League Performance

Spoiler

My weakest performance since Auxerre as we missed out on yet another Golden Boot.

 

Notable Matches & Cup Runs

Spoiler

Super Mario had a pretty successful season hitting some lovely braces and even managed a hattrick but for the first time there were no awards for me or my players. Again, i couldn't care less. The main thing was that this mammoth of a challenge is now finished.

 

Impact Player

The Slovenian Jokic was our final impact player of the career with 9 goals and 9 assists. How pathetic that we are celebrating this performance..

 

"Super" Mario Williams

Super Mario was outstanding with 26 goals and 11 assists from 37 matches, almost a contribution a match

 

Journeyman

Season 1-10

Spoiler

Season 11-20

Spoiler

Season 21-30

Total- 4173 points

So, we finish this career with 4173 points

 

Pensioner's Challenge

1034/1000

And we finish the veteran's 1KC challenge with 1034 goals.

Club Management History

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Final Manager Profile & Trophy Cabinet

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So, here is the final summary of the career:

- 30 clubs were managed in 30 seasons with 10 Premier League clubs, 9 Bundesliga Clubs and 11 Ligue 1 clubs. 

- 15 League titles won -> 2 Premier League (2/10 - Success rate 20%), 8 Ligue 1 (8/11 - Success rate 72.73%) & 5 Bundesliga (5/9 - Success rate 55.56%). 6 consecutive league titles won with 6 different clubs

- 5 European titles won -> 3 Europa League & 2 UEFA Conference League 

- 19 different nationalities used for veteran 1KC with England contributing the highest with 5 veterans and France 4 veterans.

- 6 World Coach of the Year won in a row while managing 6 different clubs.

- Best season (Moussa Dembele - 48 goals)

- Worst season (Robin Mattsson - 21 goals)

 

Thanks @BatiGoal @Kun Aguero @Lord Danish @Ian @smoggy90 @Titjes for supporting this career throughout. Sorry if i missed anybody's name. And also thanks for all the viewers due to whom this career crossed 23,000 views.

Finally this mammoth career is finished. I hope everybody had a good time following this. Any closing comments or feedback is welcome. Until next time see you all.