Topic: "Guess the footballer"

[Daniel Cabbaggio]

Diarra 5

[Ray K]

3 is Carles Puyol

[Crosby Nick]

3 is Carles Puyol

Good shout. I was thinking Xavi but he had a year or two in Qatar at the end didn’t he.

Scott Carson is in there. Didn’t realise he only played 4 games for us (is that League games only?). Mad that one of the 4 (or 5!) was against the might of Juve.

[Crosby Nick]

2. I’m rubbish on muddling up my Serbian footballers but think it’s Dejan Stankovic?

[Ray K]

2. I’m rubbish on muddling up my Serbian footballers but think it’s Dejan Stankovic?

That's probably him.  I was thinking Sinisa Mihaljovic but I think he played for Sampdoria at some stage?

[Elzar]

Jimmy Case
Dejan Stankovic
Carlos Puyol
Scott Carson
Lass Diarra

All correct! Next coming up

[Elzar]

6.
1998–2001   AIK Bačka Topola   76   (68)
2001–2002   Mornar   23   (15)
2002   Kolubara   8   (3)
2003–2006   Red Star Belgrade   79   (47)
2003   → Spartak Subotica (loan)   11   (14)
2006–2007   Racing Santander   32   (11)
2007–2010   Valencia   28   (5)
2009   → Racing Santander (loan)   19   (13)
2010–2014   Birmingham City[a]   128   (32)
2014–2015   Birmingham City   9   (0)

7.
1993–1995   Alavés   45   (2)
1995–1997   Valencia   25   (1)
1995–1996   → Valladolid (loan)   24   (2)
1997–1998   Mallorca   33   (1)
1998–2003   Real Madrid   60   (1)
2002–2003   → Bolton Wanderers (loan)   31   (2)
2003–2008   Bolton Wanderers   141   (11)
2008–2009   Ipswich Town   17   (1)
2009–2010   AEK Larnaca   8   (0)

8.
1996–2003   Chelsea   124   (5)
2003–2004   Leeds United   12   (0)
2004   Rotherham United   10   (1)
2004–2007   Millwall   65   (5)
2008–2012   St Johnstone   104   (4)
2012–2013   Bristol City   4   (0)

9.
1968–1970   RCH   68   (1)
1970–1974   Ajax   124   (33)
1974–1979   Barcelona   140   (35)
1979–1984   New York Cosmos   94   (17)
1984–1985   Groningen   7   (0)
1985   South Florida Sun   1   (1)
1985–1986   Kansas City Comets (indoor)   23   (1)
1986–1987   Löwenbrau (amateurs)   5   (0)
1987–1990   Baar   23   (5)
1990–1991   Zug   1   (0)

10.
1991–1996   Vasco da Gama   50   (26)
1995–1996   → Grêmio (loan)   73   (67)
1996–2000   Porto   125   (130)
2000–2001   Galatasaray   24   (22)
2001–2003   Sporting CP   49   (53)
2003–2004   Bolton Wanderers   7   (0)
2004   → Ancona (loan)   3   (0)
2004–2005   Newell's Old Boys   3   (3)
2005–2006   Goiás   4   (1)
2006–2007   Beira-Mar   12   (3)
2007   Anorthosis Famagusta   7   (2)
2007–2008   Newcastle Jets   11   (0)
2008   Criciúma   17   (6)
2009   Ferroviário   6   (5)
2009   América (CE)   11   (
2010   Flamengo (PI)   16   (12)
2010   Cherno More   8   (1)
2010–2011   Rio Negro   13   (

[Crosby Nick]

Jimmy Case
Dejan Stankovic
Carlos Puyol
Scott Carson
Lass Diarra

All correct! Next coming up

Good man! Excellent way to avoid doing work, like I haven’t got enough already with the family at home...

[gerrardisgod]

6. Zigic?

[Crosby Nick]

10. Mario Jardel

Look at his goals and games record at Porto. Champ Manager legend!

[Elzar]

Good man! Excellent way to avoid doing work, like I haven’t got enough already with the family at home...

I love doing these, mainly because I'm really good at them.

Try all these too
https://www.sporcle.com/games/sixte105/football-players-mapped-out

If you scroll down after, there is about 20 of them.

[Ray K]

I'm guessing 9 is Johan Neeskens as he went to Barca at the same time as Cruyff, but that's a magnificent end to his career regardless 

[Kuytinho]

Didn't know 1 or 5. Diarra is a great shout.

6. Zigic?
10. Jardel

[Crosby Nick]

8. Jody Morris?

[TepidT2O]

7 must be Ivan Campo

[Elzar]

Fucking hell that was quick

Ok last 5 for now. Might do Guess the footballers by honours after lunch.

11.
1981–1982   St Patrick's Athletic   26   (4)
1982–1989   Manchester United   163   (12)
1989–1996   Aston Villa   253   (9)
1996–1997   Derby County   24   (0)
1997   → Sheffield United (loan)   7   (0)
1997–1998   Sheffield United   5   (0)

12.
1944   Ganz TE   9   (2)
1945–1946   Ferencváros   49   (27)
1946–1948   Slovan Bratislava   33   (14)
1948–1949   Vasas   20   (10)
1949–1950   Pro Patria   16   (9)
1950   Hungária   6   (5)
1951–1961   Barcelona   186   (131)
1963–1965   RCD Espanyol   29   (7)
1966–1967   Zürich   12   (7)
1967      Toronto Falcons   19   (5)

13.
1999–2000   Louhans-Cuiseaux   3   (0)
2000–2002   Bayern Munich II   41   (5)
2000–2002   Bayern Munich   0   (0)
2002–2005   Liverpool   0   (0)
2002–2003   → Le Havre (loan)   25   (0)
2003–2004   → Bastia (loan)   35   (4)
2004–2005   → Lens (loan)   34   (2)
2005–2006   Lens   32   (2)
2006–2007   Lyon   15   (1)
2007–2011   Bordeaux   133   (11)
2011–2012   Marseille   34   (2)
2012–2014   West Ham United   6   (0)
2013   → Rennes (loan)   12   (0)
2015–2016   Charlton Athletic   44   (1)
2016–2017   Nancy   18   (2)

14.
1996–1999   ASC Diaraf      
1999–2000   Vevey      
2000–2001   Neuchâtel Xamax   19   (4)
2001–2002   Grasshoppers   29   (5)
2002–2004   Lens   47   (6)
2004–2007   Fulham   76   (8 )
2007–2010   Portsmouth   53   (0)
2010–2011   AEK Athens   19   (1)
2011–2012   West Ham United   16   (1)
2012–2013   Birmingham City   2   (1)

15.
1995–1996   Racing Bafoussam   28   (5)
1996–1997   Cerro Porteño   6   (0)
1997–1999   Gençlerbirliği   57   (9)
1999–2003   Real Madrid   45   (0)
2002–2003   → Middlesbrough (loan)   33   (7)
2003–2007   Chelsea   72   (4)
2007–2009   Newcastle United   49   (2)
2010   Ankaragücü   12   (2)
2010–2011   AEL   10   (0)

[TepidT2O]

11 Paul McGrath?

[gerrardisgod]

13. The legend that was Alou Diarra.

[Crosby Nick]

15. Think Pearl Jam wrote a song about him - Geremi

[Iska]

15. Think Pearl Jam wrote a song about him - Geremi

Some of these career arcs are absurd.  How do you go from double European Cup winner with Real Madrid, to Abramovich’s prime Chelsea, via a loan spell at Middlesbrough?

[Elzar]

11 Paul McGrath?

13. The legend that was Alou Diarra.

15. Think Pearl Jam wrote a song about him - Geremi

Yes Yes and Yes!

[Daniel Cabbaggio]

Papa bouba Diop

[Crosby Nick]

Papa bouba Diop

The wardrobe!

Some of these career arcs are absurd.  How do you go from double European Cup winner with Real Madrid, to Abramovich’s prime Chelsea, via a loan spell at Middlesbrough?

I think he was one of this first post Abramovich signings when they bought the likes of Joe Cole and Glen Johnson. They then loaned him out for a season.

[Crosby Nick]

I think only 12 is missing? Pretty sure he must be a Hungarian but I can’t think of the name. Don’t think it’s Sandor Koscis but I’ll guess him anyway.

[Iska]

Laszlo Kovacks?  Barcelona had a Laszlo in the 50s, can’t remember his surname though.  Laszlo de Almasy?

Edit: lol, it’s neither of those

[rafathegaffa83]

I have been a record transfer fee, participated at the Olympics and lost the final of a major tournament on my club’s home ground. I twice won a country's domestic cup. Those wins came more than a decade apart and were with two different clubs. I've played alongside the following:

Phil Babb
Oussama Assiadi
Fabio Aurelio
Abel Xavier
Fernando Morientes
Michael Bridges
Patrick Kluivert
Luis Figo
Azpilicueta
Nikola Zigic
Nacho Monreal
Joao Moutinho

[rafathegaffa83]

I think only 12 is missing? Pretty sure he must be a Hungarian but I can’t think of the name. Don’t think it’s Sandor Koscis but I’ll guess him anyway.

Czibor?

[TepidT2O]

Czibor?

Isn’t that just the bottom row of your keyboard?

[Ray K]

Laszlo Kovacks?  Barcelona had a Laszlo in the 50s, can’t remember his surname though.  Laszlo de Almasy?

Edit: lol, it’s neither of those

Laszlo Kubala.  I remember him being mentioned a lot in Sid Lowe's RM/FCB book. Think he persuaded Puskas and Kocsis to join Barcelona after the Hungarian Revolution.

[afc tukrish]

I'm guessing 9 is Johan Neeskens as he went to Barca at the same time as Cruyff, but that's a magnificent end to his career regardless 

9 is Neeskens, on account of his playing the one and only match for the South FL Sun, who later became Fort Lauderdale Strikers...

Didn't have much over here to follow, back in the day....

[Iska]

Laszlo Kubala.  I remember him being mentioned a lot in Sid Lowe's RM/FCB book. Think he persuaded Puskas and Kocsis to join Barcelona after the Hungarian Revolution.

Here is Kubala, flanked by fellow Barça legends Puskas and di Stefano in 1961.

[Crosby Nick]

Didn’t realise they were there at the same time as Ronald Koeman.

[Elzar]

I have been a record transfer fee, participated at the Olympics and lost the final of a major tournament on my club’s home ground. I twice won a country's domestic cup. Those wins came more than a decade apart and were with two different clubs. I've played alongside the following:

Phil Babb
Oussama Assiadi
Fabio Aurelio
Abel Xavier
Fernando Morientes
Michael Bridges
Patrick Kluivert
Luis Figo
Azpilicueta
Nikola Zigic
Nacho Monreal
Joao Moutinho

I think I've got this after a lot of club comparing on wikipedia

Spoiler

Hugo Viana?

Phil Babb - Sporting
Oussama Assiadi - Al Ahli
Fabio Aurelio - Valencia
Abel Xavier - Portugal
Fernando Morientes - Valencia
Michael Bridges - Newcastle
Patrick Kluivert - Valencia
Luis Figo - Portugal
Azpilicueta - Osasuna
Nikola Zigic - Valencia
Nacho Monreal - Osasuna
Joao Moutinho - Portugal

[close]

[Elzar]

Laszlo Kubala.  I remember him being mentioned a lot in Sid Lowe's RM/FCB book. Think he persuaded Puskas and Kocsis to join Barcelona after the Hungarian Revolution.

Correct!

[rafathegaffa83]

I think I've got this after a lot of club comparing on wikipedia

Spoiler

Hugo Viana?

Phil Babb - Sporting
Oussama Assiadi - Al Ahli
Fabio Aurelio - Valencia
Abel Xavier - Portugal
Fernando Morientes - Valencia
Michael Bridges - Newcastle
Patrick Kluivert - Valencia
Luis Figo - Portugal
Azpilicueta - Osasuna
Nikola Zigic - Valencia
Nacho Monreal - Osasuna
Joao Moutinho - Portugal

[close]

Correct

Spoiler

Also British transfer fee for a teenager, lost UEFA Cup as a Sporting player in Lisbon, won Portuguese domestic cup with Sporting and Braga eleven years apart

[close]

[Crosby Nick]

I’ll try a few:

1)
1988 Porto  1 (0)
1988–1989. Famalicão 17 (1)
1989–1990 Académica  23  (2)
1990–1994  Porto 106  (19)
1994–1996  Parma  36 (4)
1996–1998  Barcelona  44  (0)
1998–2005  Lazio  145  (9)
2005–2008  Parma  63  (1)

2)
1991–2001 Derby County  190 (53)
1994 → Torquay United (loan)  10 (5)
2001  Leicester City  22 (6)
2001–2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers  75 (28)
2003–2004 → Sheffield United (loan). 4. (0)
2005–2006. Queens Park Rangers. 11. (0)
2006–2007  Kidderminster Harriers 6  (0)

3)
1990–1993 Milan 0 (0)
1990–1991 → Hellas Verona (loan) 0 (0)
1991–1992 → Trento (loan) 38 (0)
1992–1993 → Ravenna (loan) 31 (0)
1993–2001 Fiorentina 266 (0)
2001–2010 Inter Milan 148 (1)

4)
1994–1995 Las Palmas B 25 (7)
1995–1997 Las Palmas 54 (5)
1997–1998 Mallorca 36 (3)
1998–2000 Atlético Madrid 65 (7)
2000–2013 Deportivo La Coruña 328 (24)
2013–2016 Las Palmas 82 (3)

5)

1986–1992 Ajax 187 (46)
1992–1996 Lazio 123 (21)
1996–1999 Internazionale 77 (1)
1999–2003 Ajax 51 (4)
2001–2002 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 32 (1)

[Gerry Attrick]

4 has to be Valeron.

[Elzar]

3 - Toldo

[Ray K]

5 is Aaron Winter

[rafathegaffa83]

5- Aaron Winter?