He's a 10-year 'veteran' with/of the team.
a 'veteran' of the political scene
a 'veteran' politician
(..) the more commonplace sobriquet... ...to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voil'! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran... ...cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity... ...is a vestige of the vox populi, (..)2005 V for Vendetta