{"id":672576,"date":"2026-05-15T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672576\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:48:08","slug":"seamus-coleman-to-finish-as-everton-player-at-end-of-season-after-17-year-stay-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672576\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e9amus Coleman to finish as Everton player at end of season after 17-year stay | Everton"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e9amus Coleman will end his distinguished 17-year career with Everton<\/a> when his contract expires next month, but he has yet to decide whether his playing days are over.<\/p>\n

The Everton captain, famously signed for \u00a360,000<\/a> from Sligo Rovers in January 2009, has been hampered by injuries in recent years and has announced that this season will be his last as a player with the club. Everton have offered the 37-year-old a coaching role but he is considering continuing with another club and with the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Coleman has made 433 appearances for Everton, including a club-record 372 in the Premier League. He will overtake the legendary William Ralph \u201cDixie\u201d Dean and Leon Osman into 10th place on the club\u2019s all-time appearance list should he feature in the final home game of the season, against Sunderland on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter more than 17 years at this great football club, I\u2019ve decided this season will be my last as a player here,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cI want to thank the fans for their unbelievable support. You\u2019ve helped me in more ways than you could imagine. I\u2019ve always tried my best to put Everton Football Club first and you all mean the world to me. I live in the city \u2013 I see you all daily \u2013 and I\u2019ve taken your love of the football club back into the dressing room to explain to the lads how much Everton means to the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, after such a big decision, I want to have some time over the summer to focus on what\u2019s next for me and my family. My love for Everton is something you all know about \u2013 and I\u2019ve got a huge love for Ireland as well. The club have been unbelievable with me. They\u2019ve offered me an opportunity to stay on at the football club. The manager and staff have been great, and I think with it being such an important decision over my future, I\u2019m going to take a nice, long holiday and look back on what has been an amazing time as an Everton footballer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coleman was signed by David Moyes during his first spell as Everton manager and has been a huge influence on and off the pitch, particularly during the club\u2019s relegation battles. Injuries have restricted the popular defender to only seven starts during the past two campaigns \u2013 he has featured more for his country this season \u2013 but his leadership is valued highly by Moyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s virtually impossible to put into words what I think of S\u00e9amus Coleman and the impact he\u2019s had,\u201d said the Everton manager. \u201cIt has been a genuine privilege to watch him grow as a player, a leader, and a man. I know it\u2019s going to be incredibly difficult to replace the characteristics S\u00e9amus brings to this club. His influence behind the scenes is hard to measure and explain. He\u2019s hugely respected by everyone, and we will miss his presence, on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n

S\u00e9amus Coleman (right) has featured more for the Republic of Ireland than Everton this season. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy\/Sportsfile\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe deserves to have a special place in the club\u2019s history, but also in the hearts of every Evertonian because he embodies everything this club stands for every time he pulls on the shirt. I must also give huge credit to the people who were instrumental in bringing S\u00e9amus here in the first place. To sign a player for \u00a360,000 from Ireland, and to see him go on to make well over 400 appearances in the first team, demonstrates just how important good recruitment is.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish S\u00e9amus all the very best in whatever he decides to do next, and he knows there will always be a place here for him if he chooses to return in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"S\u00e9amus Coleman will end his distinguished 17-year career with Everton when his contract expires next month, but he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-672576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}