I thought that but he only had one gig in England and (I hope for their sake) isn't in Real Madrid's greatest 16 players.
Must be someone in the 90s.
I thought that but he only had one gig in England and (I hope for their sake) isn't in Real Madrid's greatest 16 players.
Must be someone in the 90s.
He didn't necessarily start his career with Real. I've been a bit sneaky with the wording.
Laurie Cunningham? Although he died rather than retired.
Pedro Munitis or Santiago Solari.
Edit: Raul Bravo.
Yup. Good point on the retirement :/Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Some old twat moaned about Cunningham betraying the Albion to move to Real Madrid, then made a terrible joke - 'I hear he's going to make a comeback. Only 6 feet to go!' Watching my dad call him a cunt and telling him to fuck off was pretty great though. The old bloke I mean, not Cunningham.
Both of my professional clubs have enjoyed big cup wins this week. I've never played professionally in the land of my birth, but I have scored a World Cup goal for them, and my team have never lost a World Cup match when I've played.
John Obi Mikel?
I have won six league titles and four domestic cups between 2005 and 2010, but my career is so illustrious that no one remembers me because of them. Half of the titles mentioned I won in Europe and the other half in Asia. To put those lesser titles in perspective, I've also won the Champions league once and been the top goal scorer in it on another season.
(does that fall within the rules?)
I want to say Del Piero. But that's around the time Juventus were stripped of titles so he wouldn't really count.
No, I am not Del Piero.
I have played for 14 different teams as a professional and I've scored more than Del Piero for both club and country.
Rivaldo?
Yeah. It would've been even more obvious if I'd said anything about his Brazil career. I was tempted to throw in the fact he has scored in the same game as his son, but that also would've made it too easy. I picked him as I had completely forgotten his Greek Odyssey.
During my career I was always a prolific goalscorer, scoring more than 300 career goals for my clubs. Even with all those goals, I was never able to secure my team a domestic top flight title before I went to Turkey (my fifth country). I represented my country in three major tournaments and won the UEFA cup. I never won anything domestically in my home country despite playing there for more than a decade and scoring over 200 goals. Who am I?
van (something) Hesselink? Whatever he's called.
I might be confusing him with another Dutch striker.
It think it might be van Hooijdonk that you mean.
Jan Vennegor of Hesselink is the name you;re searching for (I've no idea if it's the right answer though).
Oh yeah, Vennegor of Hesselink is the name he's after, but I think van Hooijdonk is the right answer and the other Dutch striker he's confusing him with.
van Hooijdonk was indeed the one I was after.
Despite playing professionally for 16 years, I only managed under 300 games for my clubs. It was mostly down to injuries though as I won everything there is to win both domestically and in Europe and represented my country in two major tournaments and coming close to winning one of them. I ended my career in England, but enjoyed no success there. Who am I?
Ivan campo
Fernando hierro
Neither of them.
Davor sukur
Oleg luchny
Probably spelled incorrectly
Neither of those either. I'll start work in a few minutes so I'll be back to check in here during lunch.
Hmmmm... so its either a Portuguese fella or erm... I dunno. Half of that Portuguese 2004 lot would've taken medals with Mourinho.
Markus Babbel?
It'll be a Portugeezer as Pen loves them. Somebody comb through that 2004 Porto team. Did Maniche play anywhere after us?
I doubt there are any Chelsea Portugeezers who had no success in England at all. Nuno Valente would probably fit the bill.
I am Nuno Valente. Was tempted to put that he's made the last four in the world cup too.
I was born in the seventies and thus had no chance represent my own country before the nineties internationally. My attempts to move abroad from my home country didn't start of too well as it took me three 'failed' attempts to Finland, Switzerland and England before finally finding my place on my fourth try. I ended up staying in England for more than a decade. Funnily enough, two of the teams that ended up signing me did so after a loan period where I didn't play a game. I famously scored against the team that I stayed at for the longest in my debut against them. Who am I?
Is that first bit meant to imply he's South African? Doesn't sound like Lucas Radebe or anyone.
No, think Eastern Europe.
My first thought was East/West Germany, which doesn't really fit come to think of it. I only know Mark Fish for South Africa of anywhere near that period.
Hang on, if he was born in the 70's then he could easily not have been old enough until the 90's.
My teams in England were Portsmouth, Derby, Sunderland, Arsenal and Watford.
Mart Poom?
Yep. Interestingly he'ss not the most capped player for Estonia as they have a guy who's the most internationally capped player in Martin Reim.
I am the highest scorer for my country and managed a 1 in 2 average throughout my career for both club and country. Despite scoring so consistently, I only managed a single season in Europe, England to be precise. Many probably thought my style of play would've suited my team in England well, but I only scored fewer goals in one of my many clubs. I'm sure most of you remember one of my World cup goals, which is regarded as one of the best of its kind. Who am I?
Jared Borgetti
Afonso Alves?
It's Borgetti.
Although I'm not Italian, I won everything there is to win in both Italy and in Europe. I only played for three clubs during m whole career. I captained my country and was an important first team player throughout my career for all my clubs. I was never the outright superstar for my Italian teams, but due to my versatility and my ability to score from a long range (once as far as the halfway line) I always had a place in the team. I'm still the most capped player for my country in the Champions league.
Jeremy Beadle?
Javier Zanetti
No, not Zanetti.
Surprised at that, Zanetti fits perfectly
Shit.
He does actually (though I don't remember him scoring long range goals).
Cameronasi?
I had it in my head that this was Zanetti.
Not Camoranesi either.
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