The Obscure Quiz
Thursday, 08 November 07, 03:55 AM
The completely obscure yet totally googleable football quiz:
See how many you can get without resorting to research.
A certain Serie A team is (usually) marshalled by two bald/shaven headed players in the middle of the park. Both more attack minded than Everton's duo of Thomas Gravesen and Lee Carsley, it's still
a slightly odd occurence in Serie A where players usually like their hair... long. Name the team and players. (Hint - the lesser known one of them is Eugene Corini)
Inter's Hernan Crespo has a namesake playing for a well known La Liga club. He appeared in that clubs' win on the weekend despite only lasting 41 minutes. Name the club and player.
Abdel Kader Keita played for Cote D'Ivoire at Germany 2006. Seydou Keita plays for Sevilla this season. What country does the latter represent ?
Despite the name, Lazio's Christian Manfredini has been capped for a different country in the past. Name the country. (Hint - they were at the World Cup last year)
Jose, Raul, Sergio, Luis. Which two Garcias play for Athletico Madrid ? Bonus - name another Garcia who sometimes plays in goal for another La Liga club.
Athletic Bilbao have a unique and interesting trend with regards to player personnel. All their players must be something in common. What is it ?
At France 98, the only player in Italy's squad not to play for a Serie A team was Christian Vieri. Despite being unpopular and regularly booed, he scored 24 goals in 24 league appearances for them
the season before. Name the club.
Parma's Damiano Zenoni and Sampdoria's Christian Zenoni are, you guessed it, twins. What team did the both play for, for a while when they both came to prominence several years ago ?
Christian Vieri, arguably the most successful 'journeyman' striker of all time has of this season, played for 14 different clubs. But how many of them were in Serie A when he played for them
?
Liverpool's Xabi Alonso has a sibling playing in the Premiership. Name him and the team he plays for.
Wales' current manager John Toshack has a penchant for managing Spanish Clubs. Which one did he manage for 3 separate spells?
Portsmouth's Benjani Mwaruwari is from Zimbabwe. Pompey used to have another African player from a country that neigbours Zimbabwe across the Zambezi river. Name the player and the country.
An Ex-Arsenal star and current media pundit for the Premiership had a twin brother who died in a car crash. Name the player. (Hint - he scored the last World Cup goal of the 20th century.)
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Good work SM, you nailed most of them.
Answers:
1) Torino: Alessando Rosina and Eugene Corini. Admittedly Palermo could also have been mentioned with Bresciano, Migliano (sp) and
Guana.
2) Jose Crespo at Sevilla.
3) Seydou Keita plays for Mali.
4) Christian Manfredini played for Ivory Coast sporadically - as recently as 2006.
5) Raul and Luis play for
Atletico, Conde Luis plays for Getafe.
6) Yes, Basque only recruitment policy indeed.
7) Atletico Madrid.
8) Atalanta.
9) 7 Serie A clubs - Torino, Juventus, Lazio, Inter, Milan,
Atlanta, Fiorentina. In addition he has played for Monaco, Atletico Madrid as well as Atlanta, Ravenna, Venezia in Serie B.
10) Bolton, Mikel Alonso.
11) Real Sociedad thrice. Real Madrid
twice.
12) Collins Mbesuma from Zambia indeed.
13) Manu Petit
I wish I had seen this earlier!
I think my favourite thing about Christian Vieri is that he has by far the most ocker Aussie accent you are ever likely to hear!
He was once interviewed on
"The World Game" and they asked him who his sporting hero was, and quick as a flash he answered "Allan Border!" Later on when they gave him a signed Allan Border bat, I thought he was going to
cry.
It's a shame that neither Christian, nor his brother Max ended up making their respective national squads for the 2006 World Cup, because they would have come up against each other when
Italy played Australia in the second round.
4 Comments
First one - either Torino or Palermo. And the other player is Rosina?
No clue - Villareal or Sevilla?
FIFA doesn't allow a player to appear for two countries, but Manfredini was an Italian
youth international maybe?
Luis Garcia and Raul Garcia
Basque-only recruitment policy
Atletico Madrid
Atalanta - this was a legendary time for Champ Manager!
Mikel Alonso -
Bolton
Real Madrid? Or Sociedad?
Heh. That would be Collins "Tornado" Mbesuma, from Zambia.
He's tall, he's quick, his name's a porno flick... Emmanuel Petit
First one - either Torino or Palermo. And the other player is Rosina?
No clue - Villareal or Sevilla?
FIFA doesn't allow a player to appear for two countries, but Manfredini was an Italian
youth international maybe?
Luis Garcia and Raul Garcia
Basque-only recruitment policy
Atletico Madrid
Atalanta - this was a legendary time for Champ Manager!
Mikel Alonso -
Bolton
Real Madrid? Or Sociedad?
Heh. That would be Collins "Tornado" Mbesuma, from Zambia.
He's tall, he's quick, his name's a porno flick... Emmanuel Petit