Liverpool might have a settled squad these days, but there are plenty who have stopped by at Anfield before disappearing without a trace. Those include 11 players who made just a single Premier League appearance for the Reds.
Dozens of players left while stuck in single figures for appearances, from loanees like Steven Caulker (three games) to academy men who never properly broke through like Dani Pacheco (five).
The real gems, though, are those with just a single Premier League appearance to their name for the Reds. There are 11 in total, not including Kaide Gordon, who is still at the club and will likely add to his one league appearance to date.
Rafa Camacho
When Camacho made his Liverpool league debut in January 2019 against Crystal Palace – as a late sub for Mohamed Salah, no less – few imagined it would also be his final game for the club.
The Portuguese winger had already played in the FA Cup defeat to Wolves, a full 90 on that occasion, but he was allowed to move back home to join Sporting Lisbon that same summer.
It hasn’t exactly gone to plan. While Sporting have gone from strength to strength, winning two cups and a league title in the last 14 months, Camacho was first relegated to the B team then sent out on loan to Rio Ave. He is now at Belenenses, for whom he’s made seven league starts in 2021-22.
Sergi Canos
Canos’ nine league minutes were all he got in any competition, as part of a young Reds side given an outing by Jurgen Klopp at the end of the 2015-16 season.
None of the 11 players to start that day are still on the books at Anfield.
After a season at Norwich, Canos moved back to Brentford, where he had spent most of 2015-16 on loan. It couldn’t have gone much better for him in west London. He’s helped the Bees to the Premier League for the first time and they’ve reached the magical 40-point mark with four games to spare.
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🎵Oh Sergi Canos, oooh ahhh, I wanna know how you scored that goal 🎵
It’s two years to the day…