Trivia Thread

[thommo]

List so far:

1992-93 – Peter Ndlovu (Zimbabwe) – 7 goals
1993-94 – Efan Ekoku (Nigeria) – 12 goals
1994-95 –
1995-96 –
1996-97 – Efan Ekoku (Nigeria) – 11 goals
1997-98 –
1998-99 – Efan Ekoku (Nigeria), Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) – 6 goals
1999-2000 – Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) – 12 goals
2000-01 – Frederic Kanoute (Mali) – 11 goals
2001-02 – Frederic Kanoute (Mali) – 11 goals
2002-03 –
2003-04 – Yakubu (Nigeria) – 16 goals
2004-05 – Yakubu (Nigeria) – 13 goals
2005-06 – Yakubu (Nigeria) – 13 goals
2006-07 – Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) – 20 goals
2007-08 – Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) – 24 goals
2008-09 – Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Benni McCarthy, Amr Zaki (Egypt) – 10 goals
2009-10 – Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) – 29 goals
2010-11 –
2011-12 – Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Yakubu (Nigeria) – 17 goals
2012-13 – Demba Ba (Senegal) – 15 goals
2013-14 – Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) – 20 goals
2014-15 –
2015-16 – Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) – 17 goals
2016-17 – Sadio Mane (Senegal) – 13 goals
2017-18 – Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – 32 goals
2018-19 – Sadio Mane (Senegal), Mohamed Salah (Egypt) and 1 other – 22 goals

[Shindig]

See, I chalked Kanoute off because I thought he switched to Mali in his Sevilla days.

Steven Pienaar

[SincereTheRebel]

Switched.

Berahino

[SvN]

Tony Yeboah
Kanu
Moses

[SvN]

Peter Odemwinge

[SincereTheRebel]

Marcus Gayle
Jason Euell
Robbie Earle
Geremi
Martins
Okocha
Ameobi
Kalou

[SvN]

Jamaica isn't in Africa, Sincere.

[thommo]

Switched.

Berahino

I thought that would be the toughest one. Burundi international Berahino managed 14 goals in 2014-15.

Tony Yeboah
Kanu
Moses

Peter Odemwinge

Kanu has already been said, but Yeboah and Odemwingie are both correct also.

Just 3 names left, don't miss the 18-19 joint top scorer with Mane & Salah.

[Shindig]

Aubameyang!

[SincereTheRebel]

Jamaica isn't in Africa, Sincere.

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I thought that would be the toughest one. Burundi international Berahino managed 14 goals in 2014-15.

The switch gave it away.

[thommo]

Aubameyang!

Just 2 left - one a little tough, and one very tough in my opinion.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have no idea who 98 would be if it wasn't Ekoku. Surely not Wreh?

[SvN]

Mark Fish?

[Dave.]

Lucas Radebe?

[Shindig]

Fortune?

[Danny]

Amokatchi

Terrible spelling I am sure

[SvN]

Marc Vivien Foe?

[SvN]

Jay Jay Okacha?

[thommo]

Marc Vivien Foe?

Foe is correct for 02-03, with 9 goals. Ekoku scored 4 goals in 97-98, with the top African goalscorer getting 5.

[Shindig]

That surprises me. I never really saw Foe as a goalscorer.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Having looked up the 98 one (even that with great difficulty), my clue would be it's someone who is known neither for being African nor for having succeeded at all in the PL.

[Dave.]

I'm stumped as well. I thought Ekoku was the answer.

[SincereTheRebel]

Hadji
chippo

[Shindig]

Kachloul
Bartlett

[SvN]

He's probably an English guy that played for an Afircan country because he was too shit for England (Robbie Earle).

Someone like Marcus Bent?

[thommo]

None of the above. The player is duel citizenship Ivorian/French if that helps, and is (apparently) a bit of a cult hero at the Premier League club he turned out for.

[Shindig]

I had a list of African goalscorers just in front of me and nobody jumped out. French Ivorian doesn't help in the slightest. I was looking for the least African names.

[SvN]

There goes my theory then.

If you tell us who he played for, will that give it away?

[thommo]

Not particularly - he played for West Ham between 1997 and 2000, with short spells on loan at Ipswich and Walsall.

[Danny]

Samassi Abou

[thommo]

Samassi Abou

Danny gets it! Full list as follows:

1992-93 – Peter Ndlovu (Zimbabwe) – 7 goals
1993-94 – Efan Ekoku (Nigeria) – 12 goals
1994-95 – Tony Yeboah (Ghana) – 12 goals
1995-96 – Tony Yeboah (Ghana) – 12 goals
1996-97 – Efan Ekoku (Nigeria) – 11 goals
1997-98 – Samassi Abou (Ivory Coast) – 5 goals
1998-99 – Efan Ekoku (Nigeria), Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) – 6 goals
1999-2000 – Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) – 12 goals
2000-01 – Frederic Kanoute (Mali) – 11 goals
2001-02 – Frederic Kanoute (Mali) – 11 goals
2002-03 – Marc-Vivien Foe (Cameroon) – 9 goals
2003-04 – Yakubu (Nigeria) – 16 goals
2004-05 – Yakubu (Nigeria) – 13 goals
2005-06 – Yakubu (Nigeria) – 13 goals
2006-07 – Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) – 20 goals
2007-08 – Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) – 24 goals
2008-09 – Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Benni McCarthy (South Africa), Amr Zaki (Egypt) – 10 goals
2009-10 – Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) – 29 goals
2010-11 – Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria) – 15 goals
2011-12 – Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Yakubu (Nigeria) – 17 goals
2012-13 – Demba Ba (Senegal) – 15 goals
2013-14 – Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) – 20 goals
2014-15 – Saido Berahino (Burundi) – 14 goals
2015-16 – Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) – 17 goals
2016-17 – Sadio Mane (Senegal) – 13 goals
2017-18 – Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – 32 goals
2018-19 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – 22 goals

[SvN]

I barely remember him, but I remember him as French rather than African.

That was a good one though.

[thommo]

I barely remember him, but I remember him as French rather than African.

That was a good one though.

It was a little contentious, but he was described as Ivorian in most places I checked. I'll try and get another question up shortly.

[Ian]

That half-season where Zaki was a beast.

[thommo]

As a quickfire follow-up to the last one, can you name all of the top Premier League goalscorers from the Americas & Caribbean for each season?

[Ian]

Wanchope.
Dempsey.
Radzinksi.

[SincereTheRebel]

Alexis Sanchez
Carl Cort
Robbie Earle
Jason Euell
Wes Morgan

[Dave.]

Kenwyne Jones

[thommo]

Wanchope.
Dempsey.
Radzinksi.

Alexis Sanchez
Carl Cort
Robbie Earle
Jason Euell
Wes Morgan

Kenwyne Jones

Wes Morgan

[Shindig]

McBride
Marlon King
Nobby Solano.

[thommo]

McBride
Marlon King
Nobby Solano.

Solano with 8 goals in 04-05.

[SincereTheRebel]

Willian
Robinho
Junihio
Firmino

[Ian]

Christ, Kenwyne Jones. There's a name.

[Luca]

Dwight Yorke
Sergio Aguero
Carlos Tevez

[Luca]

Juan Pablo Angel
Hernan Crespo
Luis Suarez

[thommo]

Willian
Robinho
Junihio
Firmino

Dwight Yorke
Sergio Aguero
Carlos Tevez

Juan Pablo Angel
Hernan Crespo
Luis Suarez

Luca with 6 from 6, and that leaves just 3 to get. List so far:

1992-93 – Robbie Earle (Jamaica) – 7 goals
1993-94 – Robbie Earle (Jamaica) – 9 goals
1994-95 – Dwight Yorke (Trinidad & Tobago) – 6 goals
1995-96 – Dwight Yorke (Trindad & Tobago) – 17 goals
1996-97 – Dwight Yorke (Trinidad & Tobago) – 17 goals
1997-98 – Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica) – 13 goals
1998-99 – Dwight Yorke (Trinidad & Tobago) – 18 goals
1999-2000 – Dwight Yorke (Trinidad & Tobago) – 20 goals
2000-01 –
2001-02 – Juan Pablo Angel (Colombia) – 12 goals
2002-03 – Tomasz Radzinski (Canada) – 11 goals
2003-04 – Juan Pablo Angel (Colombia) – 16 goals
2004-05 – Nolberto Solano (Peru) – 8 goals
2005-06 – Hernan Crespo (Argentina) – 10 goals
2006-07 –
2007-08 –
2008-09 – Robinho (Brazil) – 14 goals
2009-10 – Carlos Tevez (Argentina) – 23 goals
2010-11 – Carlos Tevez (Argentina) – 21 goals
2011-12 – Sergio Aguero (Argentina) – 23 goals
2012-13 – Luis Suarez (Uruguay) – 23 goals
2013-14 – Luis Suarez (Uruguay) – 31 goals
2014-15 – Sergio Aguero (Argentina) – 26 goals
2015-16 – Sergio Aguero (Argentina) – 24 goals
2016-17 – Alexis Sanchez (Chile) – 24 goals
2017-18 – Sergio Aguero (Argentina) – 21 goals
2018-19 – Sergio Aguero (Argentina) – 21 goals

[Shindig]

Elano
Gilberto Silva
Roque Santa Cruz

[thommo]

Elano
Gilberto Silva
Roque Santa Cruz

Just one to get from 2000-01! Surprised you got Silva as a top scorer, but he got 10 in 06-07, 5 from the spot.

[Shindig]

Sylvinho's in the team of year for some reason so I wonder if he scored a couple.

[Luca]

Radzinski

No Americans there, so I'll take a punt on a few from that era:
Reyna
McBride

Most of the good ones have been keepers