The route is ordered by career station
Each shirt marker represents a career station and the connecting line shows the order of the journey. The number on a marker is the station sequence, so it is possible to follow the player even when two clubs are in the same city or country.
Loans and reserve teams are meaningful
A loan is not simply another transfer: it often explains a short detour in a player鈥檚 development. Reserve-team spells can explain why a route begins close to a senior club without immediately becoming a first-team career. Both details are useful when comparing players who shared an academy or club system.
Why a club can appear more than once
Returns happen. A player can leave a club and later rejoin it, or have separate spells around a loan. The map keeps the career order even if the same location is visited again. Where stations visually overlap, the map offers a small switch control so every station remains reachable.
Status stations explain a gap
Some records represent a period without a mappable club, such as being without a club, taking a career break, retiring or being suspended. When that happens between two clubs, the status is displayed directly on the connecting route instead of inventing a location for it.
Routes are clues, not biographies
The aim is a fair and readable quiz route. A route gives enough context to recognise a player while still leaving a puzzle to solve. Use it together with the timeline, positions and optional hints rather than expecting one line on the map to identify a player by itself.