Trivia Thread

[Waffdon]

Carillo
Vargas
Tomiyashu
Suzuki
Honda
Toyota
Nissan
Nakata
Subaru
For Saudi, that bush head yute with the left foot

[thommo]

Not my strongest area but I'll have a guess at Jefferson Farfan for Peru?

Carillo
Vargas
Tomiyashu
Suzuki
Honda
Toyota
Nissan
Nakata
Subaru
For Saudi, that bush head yute with the left foot

Vargas is indeed one of the Peruvians, moving to Fiorentina for £9.6m in 2008. The other Peruvian is a veteran striker, still playing and enjoying some success in Italy.

Nakamura

The Japanese player was based in Portugal. He's a winger, now back in Japan and still only 28. The Saudi lad is still playing but has never left Saudi Arabia (apart from a strange loan spell with Leganes where he didn't play a game). 75 caps for the national team but didn't feature in the latest World Cup. Honestly doubt anyone will get him.

[Ben]

Ahhh, Lapadula. Italian with a Peruvian great half uncle or some shite.

[thommo]

Ahhh, Lapadula. Italian with a Peruvian great half uncle or some shite.

Correct! Moved to Genoa on one of those classic Italian loans with an obligation to buy him at the end of the season for extortionate money. He's got a Peruvian mother, and scored 26 in 43 last season to help earn Cagliari promotion to Serie A.

[thommo]

The last two players to get were Shoya Nakajima who moved from Portimonense to Al-Duhail in Qatar for £30m, and Yahya Al-Shehri, the Saudi Arabian who moved to Al-Nassr in 2013 for £8.5m.

The full list is as follows:

Belgium – Romelu Lukaku – Inter Milan -> Chelsea, £97.5m, 2021
Brazil – Neymar – Barcelona -> PSG, £190m, 2017
France – Kylian Mbappe – Monaco -> PSG, £166m, 2018
England – Declan Rice – West Ham United -> Arsenal, £105m, 2023
Argentina – Enzo Fernandez – Benfica -> Chelsea, £106.7m, 2023
Italy – Sandro Tonali – AC Milan -> Newcastle United, £55m, 2023
Spain – Kepa – Athletic Bilbao -> Chelsea, £71m, 2018
Portugal – Joao Felix – Benfica -> Atletico Madrid, £111m, 2019
Denmark – Rasmus Hojland – Atalanta -> Manchester United, £72m, 2023
Netherlands – Matthijs de Ligt – Ajax -> Juventus, £77.27m, 2019
Germany – Kai Havertz – Bayer Leverkusen -> Chelsea, £75m, 2020
USA – Christian Pulisic – Borussia Dortmund -> Chelsea, £58m, 2019
Switzerland – Granit Xhaka – Borussia Monchengladbach -> Arsenal, £30m, 2016
Mexico – Hirving Lozano – PSV -> Napoli, £35m, 2019
Croatia – Josko Gvardiol – RB Leipzig -> Manchester City, £77.6m, 2023
Colombia – James Rodriguez – Monaco -> Real Madrid, £63m, 2014
Uruguay – Luis Suarez – Liverpool -> Barcelona, £75m, 2014
Sweden – Alexander Isak – Real Sociedad -> Newcastle United, £63m, 2022
Wales – Gareth Bale – Tottenham Hotspur -> Real Madrid, £85.1m, 2013
Senegal – Sadio Mane – Southampton -> Liverpool, £36m, 2016
Iran – Alireza Jahanbakhsh – AZ Alkmaar -> Brighton & HA, £17m, 2018
Peru – Juan Manuel Vargas – Catania -> Fiorentina, £9.6m, 2008 & Gianluca Lapadula – AC Milan -> Genoa, £9.6m, 2018
Serbia – Dusan Vlahovic – Fiorentina -> Juventus, £66m, 2022
Chile – Alexis Sanchez – Barcelona -> Arsenal, £31.7m, 2014
Ukraine – Mykhaylo Mudryk – Shakhtar Donetsk -> Chelsea, £62m (£87m), 2023
Japan – Shoya Nakajima – Portimonense -> Al-Duhail, £30m, 2019
Poland – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich -> Barcelona, £42.5m, 2022
Morocco – Achraf Hakimi – Inter Milan -> PSG, £61m, 2021
Tunisia – Aymen Abdennour – Monaco -> Valencia, £19.7m, 2015
Austria – Marko Arnautovic – West Ham United -> Shanghai SIPG, £22.4m, 2019
Czech Republic – Pavel Nedved – Lazio -> Juventus, £35m, 2001
Algeria – Riyad Mahrez – Leicester City -> Manchester City, £60m, 2018
South Korea – Kim Min-Jae – Napoli -> Bayern Munich, £43m, 2023
Russia – Aleksandr Golovin – CSKA Moscow -> Monaco, £26.5m, 2018
Australia – Harry Souttar – Stoke City -> Leicester City, £15m, 2023
Nigeria – Victor Osimhen – Lille -> Napoli, £45m, 2020
Turkey – Arda Turan – Atletico Madrid -> Barcelona, £24.1m, 2015
Scotland – Kieran Tierney – Celtic -> Arsenal, £25m, 2019
Hungary – Dominik Szoboszlai – RB Leipzig -> Liverpool, £60m, 2023
Canada – Jonathan David – KAA Gent -> Lille, £25.6m, 2020
Norway – Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund -> Manchester City, £52m, 2022
Slovakia – Milan Skriniar – Sampdoria -> Inter Milan, £30.6m, 2017
Paraguay – Miguel Almiron – Atlanta United -> Newcastle United, £21m, 2019
Romania – Adrian Mutu – Parma -> Chelsea, £15.8m, 2003
Egypt – Mohamed Salah – Roma -> Liverpool, £43.9m, 2017
Ecuador – Moises Caicedo – Brighton & HA -> Chelsea, £115m, 2023
Ireland – Nathan Collins – Wolverhampton Wanderers -> Brentford, £23m, 2023
Saudi Arabia – Yahya Al-Shehri – Al-Ettifaq -> Al-Nassr, £8.5m, 2013
Costa Rica – Keylor Navas – Real Madrid -> PSG, £13.6m, 2019
Cameroon – Andre Onana – Inter Milan -> Manchester United, £43.8m, 2023

[Waffdon]

Christ, yeah they were impossible.

We want more trivia!

[thommo]

Ask and you shall receive.

Harry Kane moves to Germany and will aim to be the 18th foreigner to top the scoring charts in a Bundesliga season. Can you name the other 17?

And as a bonus, can you name the only Brit to have top scored in a Ligue 1, La Liga, Bundesliga or Serie A season?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Claudio Pizarro, fuck you SvN.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Roy Makaay. Fucking loved him.

Bobby Lewandowski.

[niko_cee]

Haaland?

[Adramelch]

One of the harder ones on the list I'd assume: Gekas

And two easy ones: Huntelaar and Elber (not sure on this one, but surely he must have done it at some point)

[niko_cee]

Did Big Jan Koller ever have a good enough year to trouble the scorers?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ebbe Sand
Luca Toni
Aubameyang.

[wullie]

Lineker or John Charles for the historic one

[niko_cee]

Keegan?

[Gray Fox]

There's a Brazilian chap whose face I can see but name I can't remember. Something like Grafite?

[SincereTheRebel]

Grafite
Dzeko

[Waffdon]

Nkunku, Huntelaar, Ailton and Ibisevic?

[SincereTheRebel]

Elber
Toni
Nkunku
Huntalaar
Amoroso

[thommo]

Claudio Pizarro, fuck you SvN.

Nope.

Roy Makaay. Fucking loved him.

Bobby Lewandowski.

Haaland?

One of the harder ones on the list I'd assume: Gekas

And two easy ones: Huntelaar and Elber (not sure on this one, but surely he must have done it at some point)

Did Big Jan Koller ever have a good enough year to trouble the scorers?

He managed 16 in 03-04 but it wasn't enough to top score.

Ebbe Sand
Luca Toni
Aubameyang.

[Baz]

Bas Dost

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who was that Dutch carthorse at one of the green teams (Werder/Wolfsburg) who had a massive season.

Bas Dost! Him. Fuck you, Baz.

[thommo]

Lineker or John Charles for the historic one

Charles is correct, with 28 goals for Juventus in 1957-58.

Keegan?

There's a Brazilian chap whose face I can see but name I can't remember. Something like Grafite?

Good shout, 28 goals for Wolfsburg when they won the title.

Grafite
Dzeko

Nkunku, Huntelaar, Ailton and Ibisevic?

Elber
Toni
Nkunku
Huntalaar
Amoroso

[thommo]

Bas Dost

Who was that Dutch carthorse at one of the green teams (Werder/Wolfsburg) who had a massive season.

Bas Dost! Him. Fuck you, Baz.

16 in 21 in 2014-15, but not enough to top score. He did manage 34 in 31 (!) for Sporting in 2016-17.

[thommo]

5 more to get, here's the list so far:

1989-90
1992-93
1993-94
2000-01
2000-01 – Ebbe Sand – Schalke, 22 goals
2001-02 – Marcio Amoroso – Borussia Dortmund, 18 goals
2002-03
2002-03 – Giovane Elber – Bayern Munich, 21 goals
2003-04 – Ailton – Werder Bremen, 28 goals
2004-05
2006-07 – Theofanis Gekas – VfL Bochum, 20 goals
2007-08 – Luca Toni – Bayern Munich, 24 goals
2008-09 – Grafite – VfL Wolfsburg, 28 goals
2009-10 – Edin Dzeko – VfL Wolfsburg, 22 goals
2011-12 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – Schalke, 29 goals
2013-14 – Robert Lewandowski – Borussia Dortmund, 20 goals
2015-16 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 30 goals
2016-17 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund, 31 goals
2017-18 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 29 goals
2018-19 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 22 goals
2019-20 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 34 goals
2020-21 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 41 goals
2021-22 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 35 goals
2022-23 – Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig, 16 goals

[Adramelch]

How about our boy Tony Yeboah? Must have been there or thereabouts before moving to England.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Wynton Rufer
Toni Polster

[wullie]

Chapuisat

[SincereTheRebel]

Mpenza
Berbatoes

[Ben]

And as a bonus, can you name the only Brit to have top scored in a Ligue 1, La Liga, Bundesliga or Serie A season?

Got to be Italy, so got to be John Charles. Don't think the other prolific goalscorers lasted long enough over there.

[thommo]

How about our boy Tony Yeboah? Must have been there or thereabouts before moving to England.

Yeboah top scored in back to back seasons with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Wynton Rufer
Toni Polster

Chapuisat

Mpenza
Berbatoes

Got to be Italy, so got to be John Charles. Don't think the other prolific goalscorers lasted long enough over there.

Charles is correct, in the 50s.

Of the 4 remaining, there is 1 Dane, 1 Spaniard, 1 Bosnian and 1 Slovakian.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dzeko?

[thommo]

Dzeko?

Correct, but already been said.

[Max Power]

Marek Mintal.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Correct, but already been said.

Ibisevic for the other Bosnian then?

He had a good season or two in the top league I think.

Edit: Just seen he's been mentioned. Fuck. I can't remember any other Bosnian Bundesliga players that would have been top scorer.

[niko_cee]

Mismovic?

[SincereTheRebel]

Spanish

Mista
Alcacaer
raul

[Shindig]

Ibisevic? Bollocks, I'm out of Bosnians.

John Dahl Tomasson never wandered over there, did he?

Vittek. Is he Slovakian?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Having looked up the Dane, a small hint: he's not a Dane.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Flags are hard for Thommo.

[thommo]

Marek Mintal.

Correct, great shout.

Ibisevic for the other Bosnian then?

He had a good season or two in the top league I think.

Edit: Just seen he's been mentioned. Fuck. I can't remember any other Bosnian Bundesliga players that would have been top scorer.

Mismovic?

Spanish

Mista
Alcacaer
raul

Ibisevic? Bollocks, I'm out of Bosnians.

John Dahl Tomasson never wandered over there, did he?

Vittek. Is he Slovakian?

Having looked up the Dane, a small hint: he's not a Dane.

Whoops. The fact I said Dane is a big clue as to who the Spaniard is.

The "Dane" is actually Norwegian, and the earliest foreigner to top score. He's also managed North Korea and is currently in charge of Hong Kong.

The Bosnian stayed in Germany for ages, scoring for Dortmund, Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen.

[Shindig]

Hasan Salihamidzic.

[Clunge]

Barbarez. Recall him being an absolute don on an early FM, maybe the year Dortmund had that god awful white and mustard striped kit.

[thommo]

Barbarez. Recall him being an absolute don on an early FM, maybe the year Dortmund had that god awful white and mustard striped kit.

There's the niche knowledge I was looking for, good answer.

[thommo]

The final two missing answers were Jorn Andersen, who scored 18 goals for Eintracht Frankfurt in 1989-90, and Thomas Christiansen, who managed 21 goals for VfL Bochum in 2002-03.

Full list is as follows:

1989-90 – Jørn Andersen - Eintracht Frankfurt, 18 goals
1992-93 – Tony Yeboah – Eintracht Frankfurt, 20 goals
1993-94 – Tony Yeboah – Eintracht Frankfurt, 18 goals
2000-01 – Sergej Barbarez – Hamburg, 22 goals
2000-01 – Ebbe Sand – Schalke, 22 goals
2001-02 – Marcio Amoroso – Borussia Dortmund, 18 goals
2002-03 – Thomas Christiansen – VfL Bochum, 21 goals
2002-03 – Giovane Elber – Bayern Munich, 21 goals
2003-04 – Ailton – Werder Bremen, 28 goals
2004-05 – Marek Mintal – Nürnberg, 24 goals
2006-07 – Theofanis Gekas – VfL Bochum, 20 goals
2007-08 – Luca Toni – Bayern Munich, 24 goals
2008-09 – Grafite – VfL Wolfsburg, 28 goals
2009-10 – Edin Dzeko – VfL Wolfsburg, 22 goals
2011-12 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – Schalke, 29 goals
2013-14 – Robert Lewandowski – Borussia Dortmund, 20 goals
2015-16 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 30 goals
2016-17 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund, 31 goals
2017-18 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 29 goals
2018-19 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 22 goals
2019-20 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 34 goals
2020-21 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 41 goals
2021-22 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich, 35 goals
2022-23 – Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig, 16 goals

[Ian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66579751

Enjoyed this.

I only got 19. I didn't get B or V, both of which are annoying but the one which I really kicked myself for was E.

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I'd had a guess at Ekoku so given he was in the same team as Euell I'm annoyed I never gave him a go.

[wullie]

Missed out E, I, J, M, N, T, U and X which I was sure was just me not spelling Xisco right.

[Waffdon]

E, Q, I, N and U for me.

If anyone gets E or U they’re lying to themselves

[Jimmy Floyd]

I got 10/26. Normally a quiz fiend so either I'm becoming more normal or it's surprisingly hard.

[wullie]

Usually the hints are a bit more of a clue, as if anyone's seeing they scored 84 goals and immediately clocking who it is.