Carragher pride at receiving One Club Award from Athletic
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Jamie Carragher is to be honoured with the One Club Award by Athletic Club and will go to Bilbao to collect the prize.
It is given to a player from any team who has demonstrated a real connection to the region of their club, representing just that one side.
Carragher, who made 737 appearances for Liverpool during his long playing career, will receive the award at Athletic's home game against Girona on September 24.
"That is something I am proud of and to be recognised in this way by another club is special."
The One Club Award is unusual in football in that Athletic celebrate players from other teams.
"You cannot quite believe the success that they have," says Carragher.
"I think anybody looking from afar, even if you are not a supporter of Athletic, you see it and you think, wow, that is special, imagine if my club was like that.
It would be really strange to lose that just for the sake of an extra 12 months," he explains.
"I think the longer you are inside a club, the more you are aware of that one-club-man status.
But I am glad I did what I did, to be honest.
"It is unfortunate because they are great players but some people just do not have that same connection with one club, really.