Colm Cooper made his Kerry debut in 2002.
Over the course of 15 years, the Gooch scored 23 goals and 283 points in Championship as Kerry won five All-Irelands and nine Munster titles.
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On Tuesday morning he announced his retirement from the intercounty game but confirmed he will play on for Dr Crokes, with whom he won an AIB club All-Ireland title on St Patrick's Day.
That completed his set of senior medals, leaving the 33-year-old with one glaring absence from his mantlepiece - a Footballer of the Year award.
Without doubt one of the most skilful players of his or any generation - a footballer of vision, guile and accuracy - it is one of those weird quirks of modern GAA that he was never recognised as the outstanding footballer of a given season.
Since 2002, 15 different men have won the award, including five of his Kerry team-mates - each of whom would worship at the altar of Gooch.
It's a funny old game.
2002 - Kieran McGeeney (Armagh)
2003 - Stevie McDonnell (Armagh)
2004 - Tomas Ó Sé (Kerry)
2005 - Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone)
2006 - Kieran Donaghy (Kerry)
2007 - Marc Ó Sé (Kerry)
2008 - Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone)
2009 - Paul Galvin (Kerry)
2010 - Bernard Brogan (Dublin)
2011 - Alan Brogan (Dublin)
2012 - Karl Lacey (Donegal)
2013 - Michael Darragh MacAuley (Dublin)
2014 - James O'Donoghue (Kerry)
2015 - Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
2016 - Lee Keegan (May0)
