LOYALTY is in short supply in modern football.
And that has never been more evident than in the case of Sebastian Abreu.
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The 40-year-old Uruguayan has completed a transfer for the 28th time of his incredible career — which is a Guinness World Record.
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Brazilian third tier side, Bangu, will be the 23rd different professional side he has turned out for.
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The record was previously held by German goalkeeper, Lutz Pfannenstiel, who turned out for 25 different clubs.
Bangu are the third different side Abreu will have played for in 2016 alone.
You could say he is loyal to the game.
The striker started his career a Defensor in 1995, and is still playing today.
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His transfers have taken him to nine different countries: Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, El Salvador, Brazil, Paraguay, Israel and Greece.
Abreu first moved to Europe from in 1998, when he signed for Deportivo from San Lorenzo for £4.25million — the only time he would.
Despite being contracted to the Galician side for five seasons, he was sent on loan no less than seven times — and made just 15 appearances in La Liga.
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His highlight would no doubt have been scoring the second goal in the 3-1 victory over Barcelona just weeks after joining.
In one of his loan spells, he returned to San Lorenzo and won the title — his first major honour.
Just a month after returning to La Coruna, he moved back to his homeland on loan at Nacional, and won another league championship.
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Three years later, he joined the Montevideo side on a permanent deal and won a further three honours.
He also won the Argentinian title during his time with River Plate in 2008 and the Rio de Janeiro championship with Botafogo.
Abreu has enjoyed a fruitful international career, earning 70 caps and appearing in no less than five major tournaments.
He was part of Uruguay’s 2011 Copa America squad and scored the decisive Panenka-style penalty to reach the semi-finals at Ghana’s expense.
On May 27, 2010, he was just five off becoming his country’s all-time top goal scorer — but has since been overtaken by Luis Suarez, Diego Forlan and Edinson Cavani.
