Moroccan legend Medhi Benatia started his senior club football journey in 2005 after graduating from Marseille's academy.
After loan spells at Tours and Lorient, he joined Ligue 2 club Clermont in 2008.
In 2010, Udinese came calling, signing him for free.
Three seasons and 80 appearances later, Benatia moved to Roma in a €13.50 million move.
However, after just one season in Rome, Bayern Munich came calling, signing him for €28m.
After 29 appearances for Bayern over two seasons, he was loaned to Juventus, who made his move permanent for €16.70m in 2017.
He left Juventus in 2019 before moving to Al-Duhail in Qatar. In the summer of 2021, Benatia moved to Turkish club Fatih Karagumruk before retiring from professional football in December 2021.
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9Hidetoshi Nakata | €28.40 million/£25.56 million | Parma | 2001
After the 1998 World Cup in France, Nakata moved to Italy, signing with Perugia for €3.50 million.
In January 2000, after making 48 appearances for Perugia, AS Roma came calling, signing him for €21.69m.
Nakata played a crucial role in helping Roma win the Scudetto in his one season with the club.
His best performance for Roma came on May 6, 2001 against Juventus. After replacing Francesco Totti in the second half with Roma trailing 2-0, Nakata first scored a 30-yard thunderbolt past Edwin van der Sar before helping Roma score the equaliser with another fierce strike which was parried by the Dutch goalkeeper in the parth of Vincenzo Montella, who scored for Roma in the last minute.
The Japanese midfielder moved to Parma in the summer of 2001, for €28.40m.
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8Erik Lamela | €30 million/£27 million | Tottenham | 2013
After spending two years as a youngster at River Plate's academy in Argentina, Erik Lamela made a move to Europe with Roma for €17 million.
In two seasons with Roma, Lamela made 62 appearances, scoring 19 goals before Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur came calling.
The Argentine winger was sold to the North London club for €30m in the summer of 2013.
After eight years with Spurs, Lamela moved to Sevilla as a free agent in July 2021.
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7Marquinhos | €31.40 million/£28.26 million | PSG | 2013
Product of the famous Corinthians academy in Brazil, Marquinhos made a move to Serie A with Roma in 2012 on a season-long loan, making 16 appearances.
Roma chose to sign him for €5.70 million in January 2013.
After making just 10 appearances for the Italian club, he was shipped to PSG in July 2013 for €31.40m, at a massive profit.