Trivia Thread

[Trancemeister]

The two croats are Soldo and Zivkovic.

[SincereTheRebel]

Never would of got that. On Croat I can think of back then, is Boban

[The Merse]

Bollocks. I came in here to offer up Soldo which came to me during the match.

Should’ve got Zivkovic, I used to sign him on USM98 all the time.

Good answers.

[Manc]

Marcelo for CB.

[thommo]

It's been a while since this thread has been active, so let's start off small.

Nicolas Pepe was the 15th Ivorian to be sent off in the Premier League on Sunday - can you name the other 14?

[Mellberg]

Calling Jimmy to the Trivia thread. Jimmy to the Trivia thread.

Drogba
Kolo
Yaya
Kalou

[thommo]

Calling Jimmy to the Trivia thread. Jimmy to the Trivia thread.

Drogba
Kolo
Yaya
Kalou

Drogba is one of 3 Ivorians to have received multiple red cards.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arouna Koné
Sol Bamba
Aruna Dindane
Cheikh Tioté
Emerse Faé
Didier Zokora

Kalou far too nice to be sent off.

[thommo]

Arouna Koné
Sol Bamba
Aruna Dindane
Cheikh Tioté
Emerse Faé
Didier Zokora

Kalou far too nice to be sent off.

Sol Bamba did get famously sent off in the Championship for Cardiff, but never in the Prem.

[Max Power]

Eboue

[thommo]

Eboue

Correct, got himself sent off in the first half of the North London derby.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Abdoulaye Méité
Guy Demel
Gervinho

[Manc]

Zaha
Serge Aurier
Bailly

[thommo]

Abdoulaye Méité
Guy Demel
Gervinho

Zaha
Serge Aurier
Bailly

Aurier is another one with multiple red cards to his name.

[thommo]

It's been over a year since this thread has been touched, so how about a question?

Last night, Aleksander Mitrovic took his tally to 24 league goals (in 23 games) so far this season. Can you name all 70 players who have managed to score at least 24 goals in a league season in the top 5 European leagues since the turn of the century?

(Since 2000/01 season, in the English, French, German, Italian and Spanish top division)

[Ian]

Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe.

I'll get the tricky ones out the way, lads.

[thommo]

Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe.

I'll get the tricky ones out the way, lads.

Cheers Ian, doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

[-james-]

Crespo
Forlan
Raul
Suarez
Salah
Cavani
Benzema
Aubameyang
Lewandowski

[-james-]

Luca Toni
Rooney
Kane
Sterling

[Ian]

Torres.
Did Kevin Phillips' come just before or just after that season?
Vardy.

[Spikey M]

Mark Noble.

[thommo]

Crespo
Forlan
Raul
Suarez
Salah
Cavani
Benzema
Aubameyang
Lewandowski

Surprisingly, Raul only managed it once, in the 2000/01 season.

Luca Toni
Rooney
Kane
Sterling

Sterling's best effort was 20 goals in 2019/20. Luca Toni did it across 2 different leagues, with Fiorentina and Bayern.

Torres.
Did Kevin Phillips' come just before or just after that season?
Vardy.

Kevin Phillips was the season before, with 30 Prem goals. Torres and Vardy have both only managed it once.

Mark Noble.

I'm sure you'll be surprised to learn that no, Noble has not managed the feat.

[CJay]

Cristiano Lucarelli

[CJay]

Van Nistelrooy
Henry
Higuain

[thommo]

Cristiano Lucarelli

Cracking shout, he was one of the answers I had earmarked as being tough to get. 24 goals for Livorno in 2004/05.

Van Nistelrooy
Henry
Higuain

Higuain managing 36 goals in one Serie A season is quite some feat.

[CJay]

I think Lucarelli was part of that weird Golden Shoe season where Alex (Fenerbahce) and Roy Makaay (there's an answer I think) were top challengers, hence why he always comes to mind.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anelka
Berbatov.

[CJay]

Immobile
Mertens
Di Natale
Ibrahimovic
Quaglierella

Why do Serie A goalscorers stick in my head like this?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Diego Milito
Ailton
David Villa
Ciro Immobile

[Shindig]

Luca Toni
Alan Shearer
Did James Beattie have one mad year?

[thommo]

I think Lucarelli was part of that weird Golden Shoe season where Alex (Fenerbahce) and Roy Makaay (there's an answer I think) were top challengers, hence why he always comes to mind.

Makaay is indeed correct, 29 goals for Deportivo in 02/03.

Anelka
Berbatov.

Anelka's best was 19, Berbatov's was 21.

Immobile
Mertens
Di Natale
Ibrahimovic
Quaglierella

Why do Serie A goalscorers stick in my head like this?

Ibrahimovic is one of only 2 to have done it with 3 clubs, the other being Cristiano Ronaldo.

Diego Milito
Ailton
David Villa
Ciro Immobile

Ailton is another good answer, 28 goals for Werder Bremen.

Luca Toni
Alan Shearer
Did James Beattie have one mad year?

Beattie did, but he just misses out with 23 goals for Southampton in 02/03.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Van Persie
Tevez
Aguero
Mario Gomez.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh The Hunter

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mario Gomez
That bloke at Stuttgart (you know the one. Brazilian, naturalised)
Raul Tamudo
Djibril Cissé
Sonny Anderson

[Ian]

That bloke at Stuttgart (you know the one. Brazilian, naturalised)

Argh, what's this guy's name? I don't want to look it up but my feeble brain is failing me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Argh, what's this guy's name? I don't want to look it up but my feeble brain is failing me.

One word, I think beginning with C. I've got Careca in my head but it's 20 years after him.

Gustavo something? Nah.

[CJay]

Grafite isn't that guy, but he is an answer.

Kuranyi?

I'm out of Italians unless Gilardino or Iaquinta did it.

[CJay]

And England and Man United's Greatest Ever Goalscorer Wayne Rooney of course.

[thommo]

Van Persie
Tevez
Aguero
Mario Gomez.

Tevez got close with 23 goals in 2009/10.

Oh The Hunter

Managed it once, with 29 goals in a season for Schalke.

Mario Gomez
That bloke at Stuttgart (you know the one. Brazilian, naturalised)
Raul Tamudo
Djibril Cissé
Sonny Anderson

I wont give you the name, but I can tell you he didn't manage it. Sonny Anderson surprisingly also never hit 24 in a league season.

Grafite isn't that guy, but he is an answer.

Kuranyi?

I'm out of Italians unless Gilardino or Iaquinta did it.

And England and Man United's Greatest Ever Goalscorer Wayne Rooney of course.

28 goals for Grafite in Wolfsburg's title winning season. Rooney is also correct but has been said.

In terms of Italians, there's a few more to get.

[CJay]

Darko Kovacevic?

How many are we on Thommo?

Rivaldo?

[Ian]

Kuranyi?

Damn you, I had just remembered this and opened the thread up to post it.

[thommo]

List of answers so far:

50 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2011/12
48 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2014/15
46 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2012/13
46 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2011/12
43 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2014/15
41 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – 2020/21
40 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2010/11
40 – Luis Suarez – Barcelona – 2015/16
38 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG – 2015/16
37 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2016/17
36 – Gonzalo Higuain – Napoli – 2015/16
36 – Ciro Immobile – Lazio – 2019/20
36 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2018/19
35 – Edinson Cavani – PSG – 2016/17
35 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2015/16
34 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – 2019/20
34 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2009/10
34 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2017/18
34 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2012/13
33 – Kylian Mbappe – PSG – 2018/19
32 – Diego Forlan – Atletico Madrid – 2008/09
32 – Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – 2017/18
31 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund – 2016/17
31 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2010/11
31 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United -2007/08
31 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2013/14
31 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus – 2019/20
31 – Luis Suarez – Liverpool – 2013/14
31 – Luca Toni – Fiorentina – 2005/06
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30 – Thierry Henry – Arsenal – 2003/04
30 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG – 2012/13
30 – Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur – 2017/18
30 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – 2015/16
30 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – 2016/17
30 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2020/21
30 – Robin van Persie – Arsenal – 2011/12
29 – Edinson Cavani – Napoli – 2012/13
29 – Antonio Di Natale – Udinese – 2009/10
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29 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – Schalke 04 – 2011/12
29 – Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur – 2016/17
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29 – Ciro Immobile – Lazio – 2017/18
29 – Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – 2017/18
29 – Roy Makaay – Deportivo La Coruna – 2002/03
29 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus – 2020/21
29 – Luis Suarez – Barcelona – 2016/17
28 – Ailton – Werder Bremen – 2003/04
28 – Edinson Cavani – PSG – 2017/18
28 – Antonio Di Natale – Udinese – 2010/11
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28 – Mario Gomez – Bayern Munich – 2010/11
28 – Grafite – VfL Wolfsburg – 2008/09
28 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – AC Milan – 2011/12
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28 – Dries Mertens – Napoli – 2016/17
28 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2013/14
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28 – David Villa – Valencia – 2008/09
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27 – Thierry Henry – Arsenal – 2005/06
27 – Gonzalo Higuain – Real Madrid – 2009/10
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27 – Kylian Mbappe – PSG – 2020/21
27 – Wayne Rooney – Manchester United – 2011/12
26 – Sergio Aguero – Manchester City – 2014/15
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26 – Edinson Cavani – Napoli – 2010/11
26 – Djibril Cisse – Auxerre – 2003/04
26 – Hernan Crespo – Lazio – 2000/01
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26 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG – 2013/14
26 – Mario Gomez – Bayern Munich – 2011/12
26 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2015/16
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26 – Fabio Quagliarella – Sampdoria – 2018/19
26 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2009/10
26 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2017/18
26 – Wayne Rooney – Manchester United – 2009/10
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26 – Robin van Persie – Manchester United – 2012/13
25 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund – 2015-16
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25 – Diego Forlan – Villarreal – 2004/05
25 – Thierry Henry – Arsenal – 2004/05
25 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Inter Milan – 2008/09
25 – Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur – 2015/16
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25 – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 2019/20
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25 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 2016/17
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25 – Luis Suarez – Barcelona – 2017/18
25 – Ruud van Nistelrooy – Manchester United – 2002/03
25 – Ruud van Nistelrooy – Real Madrid – 2006/07
25 – David Villa – Valencia – 2005/06
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24 – Sergio Aguero – Manchester City – 2015/16
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24 – Karim Benzema – Real Madrid – 2015/16
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24 – Mario Gomez – VfB Stuttgart – 2008/09
24 – Thierry Henry – Arsenal – 2001/02
24 – Thierry Henry – Arsenal – 2002/03
24 – Gonzalo Higuain – Juventus – 2016/17
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24 – Robert Lewandowski – Borussia Dortmund – 2012/13
24 – Cristiano Lucarelli – Livorno – 2004/05
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24 – Diego Milito – Genoa – 2008/09
24 – Diego Milito – Inter Milan – 2011/12
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24 – Raul – Real Madrid -2000/01
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24 – Luca Toni – Bayern Munich – 2007/08
24 – Fernando Torres – Liverpool – 2007/08
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24 – Jamie Vardy – Leicester City – 2015/16
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[Guybrush]

One word, I think beginning with C. I've got Careca in my head but it's 20 years after him.

Gustavo something? Nah.

Cacau.

[Spikey M]

Rivaldo
Ronaldinho
Batitstuta

[Spikey M]

Has Naymar somehow not been said?

[Ian]

Nay.

Batitstuta

Batistuta in purple is one of those pure 90s images.

[CJay]

Did Hasselbaink get 24?

For some reason that just reminded me that Darren Bent did.

[Ian]

Michael Owen hasn't been said, he must've got close once or twice, shirley?

[CJay]

Michael Owen hasn't been said, he must've got close once or twice, shirley?

He never broke 20.

[Ian]

Useless twat.

I somehow got prime, plays-for-Liverpool Owen to United in one of the early 2000s CMs and he had a 50-goal season for me.