Seamus Coleman has announced that he'll be leaving Everton at the end of the season. The Irishman joined the club in 2009 from Sligo Rovers and has made 433 appearances.
Coleman was appointed as club captain in 2019 taking over from Phil Jagielka. The 37-year-old cost the Blues £60,000 and is Everton's all-time Premier League appearance holder of 354.
This weekend will be Coleman's last home game as Everton take on Sunderland as the 37-year-old will end his 17 years at the club.
Everton 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur - 2009/10
Having joined the club in January 2009, Coleman's debut came in the 2009/10 season away at Benfica in the Europa League, where a depleted Everton lost 5-0.
The start of the 09/10 season was a struggle for the Blues as they lost seven of their first 14 games and it looked like they were heading towards another defeat when they hosted Spurs.
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Everton were 2-0 down but with 12 minutes remaining a young energetic Coleman burst past Gareth Bale before finding Louise Saha who halved the deficit.
Coleman again had a say in Everton's second as the full-back's cross fell to Leighton Baines who hammered across goal and was met by Tim Cahill to rescue a draw.
The second-half of the season the Irishman went on loan to Blackpool and played a key role as the Tangerines won promotion to the Premier League via the Play-offs.
Everton 3-0 Arsenal - 2013/14
Everton came into this game full of confidence as Roberto Martinez's side had won their previous five. During this run Coleman scored a late goal in a 2-1 win over Cardiff City.
The 2013/14 season Coleman was named in the PFA Team of the Year and won both Everton's Player and Supporters' Player of the Year awards.
The former Sligo Rovers man scored six goals including a rocket against Southampton where he drifted in and out before firing past Kelvin Davis as his strike flew into the top corner.
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Against Arsenal with the Blues cruising Coleman showed the Evertonians that confidence was at a high as he ran towards the Gwladys Street by doing keepy-ups. Moments later the Irishman did a clever nutmeg on Santi Cazorla.
Everton ran out 3-0 winners against the Gunners and they closed the gap to one point for the race for Champions League football.
Everton 1-0 Leeds United - 2022/23
Once again Coleman showed his importance as his brilliance secured three vital points for Everton as they were deep in a relegation battle.
The previous season Everton stayed up following a dramatic 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace, where then Everton manager Frank Lampard labelled him as 'one of the best people he's ever met'.
This time Everton were managed by Sean Dyche and it was a tense game at Goodison Park. Alex Iwobi played a ball down the line which Coleman looked up and saw none of his teammates were in the box.
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The full-back noticed that Illan Meslier wasn't covering his near post and struck from distance to gain Everton their second win in three games for Sean Dyche.
Everton 2-1 Leicester - 2017/18
While on international duty for the Republic of Ireland, Seamus Coleman suffered a leg-break which saw him miss the rest of the 2016/17 season and his absence was a huge miss for the Blues.
The following season Everton used Jonjoe Kenny, and Cuco Martina but Everton struggled and appointed Sam Allardyce as manager as for the first half of the season, it looked like Everton could have been in a relegation battle.
Coleman's first game back came in January 2018 against Leicester City and it was like he never left. Late on Coleman went on a powerful darting run reminding the Everton faithful what he's still about.
In the 2022/23 season despite being stretchered off against Leicester, Coleman showed his importance as captain as while he was being carried off he was seen urging the Everton supporters at the King Power, to keep supporting the team.
Everton 2-0 Peterborough United - 2024/25
For the visit of Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup, Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines took charge of the game, as Sean Dyche was dismissed hours before.
Everton ran out 2-0 winners with goals from Beto and Iliman Ndiaye as this was the first coaching opportunity for Coleman.
When speaking to Everton's YouTube channel Coleman did say the club have offered him an opportunity to stay on at the club.
"The club have been unbelievable with me. They've 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 deal over my future, I'm going to take a nice, long holiday and look back on what has been an amazing time at Everton."