Top 5 active Premier League players with the most appearances in the league | Premier League 2018-19

3. Petr Cech - 443

One of the greatest ever goalkeeper's to grace the Premier League

One of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, Petr Cech is an absolute beast between the sticks. Unlike all the other names on the list, Cech is the only non-British player in the list and is the 4th highest non-British appearance maker on the list after Mark Schwarzer, Sylvain Distin and Brad Friedel.

Petr Cech made his debut in 1999 for his native club Chmel Blsany spending 2 seasons with the club before moving to Czech giants Sparta Prague in 2001. A season with Sparta was followed by a move to France with Ligue 1 club Stade Rennes capturing the signature of the shot-stopper.

Two seasons with the French side was followed by a move to the Blue side of London with Chelsea signing the big Czech in 2004, becoming the most expensive Chelsea goalkeeper then. Cech had a big slice of luck at Chelsea during his debut season as a club legend and first team shot-stopper Carlo Cudicini had to miss the start of the season with injury prompting new manager Jose Mourinho to start with the Czech keeper.

Cech ousted Cudicini with a quite a number of impressive displays as he set a then Premier League record of 1025 minutes without conceding in his debut season.

Cech made his debut on the August 15, 2004 against Manchester United in front of the home crowd in Stamford Bridge. He went on to win the Premier League retaining it the very next season before the Czech sustained a head injury in the 2006-07 season against Reading, returning in January with his iconic headgear.

The goalkeeper went on to win all the prices on offer in the club football level, except for Club World Cup, spending 11 seasons at the Bridge winning 13 major honours with the club before parting with it to join Arsenal in the 2015/16 season.

Cech made his Premier League debut for Arsenal on the 9th of August 2015 as the Gunners lost 2-0 to rivals West Ham. The keeper still continues with Arsenal in his 4th season with the club but with the arrival of German, Bernd Leno, Emery seems to be finally overlooking the great Czech.

Petr Cech has made a total of 443 Premier League appearances (333 for Chelsea and 110 for Arsenal) and is leading goalkeeper with the most clean sheets in the league with 202.