Niko Krankjar for the Croatian.
Edit: Matic or Ivanovic for the elusive Serbian
Niko Krankjar for the Croatian.
Edit: Matic or Ivanovic for the elusive Serbian
Last edited by Pen; 19-10-2023 at 10:48 AM.
It's most PL appeareances, not most international caps.Originally Posted by Pen
Mustapha Hadji for Morocco?
Brazil - Lucas
Portugal - Luis Boa Morte, Bernardo Silva
Germany - Huth
Columbia - Rodallega, Sanchez
Used the wrong word, but the guesses remain.
Dietmar Hamann for Germany?
KDB isn't far off with 243 PL appearances, but he's not the one we're looking for.
Ivanovic is indeed correct, 274 PL games for him.
Two more great guesses - both made a remarkable number of appearances, 296 for Boa Morte and 322 for Huth.
8 more countries left to answer:
Brazil
Belgium
Croatia
Morocco
Colombia
Senegal
Iran
Austria
Allison for Brazil?
Senegal must be Kouyate, he's been around for ages now.
Colombia - Juan Pablo Angel? Though I swear he missed a bunch of time.
Correct with both - Angel made 175 appearances, enough to be top.
Jahankbash for Iran?
Arnautovic for Austria?
Surely not Chamakh for Morocco? Didn't Coventry have 2 Moroccans..?
Willian for Brazil?
Edit: Belgium has to be Benteke by process of elimination.
Last edited by Adramelch; 19-10-2023 at 11:21 AM.
Of course it is Fulham's very own Willian - 292 appearances and counting.
4 to get.
Restating Benteke because it was a cheeky edit in the post above.
Austria's bound to be one of those nameless/faceless defenders they seem to churn out.
The other Coventry Moroccan was Chippo.
Hadji or Chippo for Morocco.
Modric for Croatia.
Hadji and Chippo wouldn't have had many apps. Chamakh maybe?
Saiss for Morocco?
For Austria what about that chap who was at Wigan for ages? Can't remember his name.
Kachloul is a possibility for the Moroccan too.
Paul Scharner or Pogatetz for the Austrian?
Scharner probably is the one. Was trying to think who the Wigan man was after Mahow said it.
He was such a don for Wigan.
Him, Figueroa and Palacios
What a team.
280 PL apps for Benteke.
Dave coming in with two big answers at the end.
Just Croatia to go.
Corluka
Modric
Lovren
Kranjcar
That big shit everton striker from Rangers
The last one would be Jelavic, but I doubt it's him. Who was the Croatian left back when they used to have Srna on the right.
Lovren is correct! 162 appearances for him.
Full list is below:
Argentina – Pablo Zabaleta – 2008-20, 303 apps
France – Sylvain Distin – 2001-16, 469 apps
Brazil – Willian – 2013-present, 292 apps
England – Gareth Barry – 1998-2018, 653 apps
Belgium – Christian Benteke – 2012-22, 280 apps
Croatia – Dejan Lovren – 2013-20, 162 apps
Netherlands – George Boateng – 1997-2010, 384 apps
Portugal – Luis Boa Morte – 1997-2011, 296 apps
Italy – Gianfranco Zola – 1996-2003, 229 apps
Spain – David de Gea – 2011-23, 415 apps
USA – Brad Friedel – 1997-2014, 450 apps
Mexico – Javier Hernandez – 2010-20, 158 apps
Morocco – Hassan Kachloul – 1998-2004, 112 apps
Switzerland – Stephane Henchoz – 1997-2007, 243 apps
Germany – Robert Huth – 2001-17, 322 apps
Colombia – Juan Pablo Angel – 2000-07, 175 apps
Uruguay – Gus Poyet – 1997-2004, 187 apps
Denmark – Thomas Sorensen – 1999-2014, 364 apps
Japan – Maya Yoshida – 2012-20, 154 apps
Senegal – Cheikhou Kouyate – 2014-present, 284 apps
Iran – Alireza Jahanbakhsh – 2018-21, 50 apps
Peru – Nolberto Solano – 1998-2008, 302 apps
Sweden – Sebastian Larsson – 2005-17, 282 apps
Ukraine – Oleksandr Zinchenko – 2017-present, 109 apps
Austria – Paul Scharner – 2005-12, 221 apps
South Korea – Son Heung-Min – 2015-present, 275 apps
Australia – Mark Schwarzer – 1996-2015, 514 apps
Serbia – Branislav Ivanovic – 2008-21, 274 apps
Tunisia – Radhi Jaidi – 2004-08, 61 apps
Poland – Lukasz Fabianski – 2007-present, 352 apps
Scotland – Darren Fletcher – 2003-18, 341 apps
Hungary – Zoltan Gera – 2004-14, 172 apps
Wales – Ryan Giggs – 1992-2014, 632 apps
Algeria – Riyad Mahrez – 2014-23, 284 apps
Egypt – Mohamed Salah – 2013-present, 238 apps
Chile – Alexis Sanchez – 2014-19, 154 apps
Czechia – Petr Cech – 2004-19, 443 apps
Ecuador – Antonio Valencia – 2006-19, 325 apps
Russia – Andrei Kanchelskis – 1992-2003, 151 apps
Nigeria – Shola Ameobi – 2000-15, 298 apps
Cameroon – Alex Song – 2005-16, 190 apps
Turkey – Muzzy Izzet – 1996-2006, 248 apps
Norway – John Arne Riise – 2001-14, 321 apps
Canada – Tomasz Radzinski – 2001-07, 194 apps
Panama – N/A
Costa Rica – Paulo Wanchope – 1996-2004, 156 apps
Romania – Dan Petrescu – 1994-2002, 215 apps
Slovakia – Martin Skrtel – 2007-16, 242 apps
Mali – Abdoulaye Doucoure – 2016-present, 220 apps
Ivory Coast – Kolo Toure – 2002-16, 353 apps
A quick one today:
Can you name the 4 players that have played in Europe's top 5 leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy & Spain)?
Does Aubameyang count for Milan?
Very close, but he didn't make a Serie A appearance.
Justin Kluivert.
Coutinho?
I'm a twit
Kluivert is correct, at the age of 24 no less. While at Roma, he was loaned to RB Leipzig, Nice and Valencia, before moving permanently to Bournemouth this summer.
The answer to this question always used to be Florin Raducioiu, so I presume it still is.
Correct - the first player to do it. He also managed to score in all 5 leagues.
Stevan Jovetic?
Jovetic is correct - he's also managed to score in all 5 leagues as well. One more to get.
Poulson. Denmark.Played for Liverpool and Sevilla.
Correct, Christian Poulsen is the 4th and final player, with spells at Schalke, Sevilla, Juventus, Liverpool and Evian.
Saw this on twitter figured it would go well here
Lionel Messi has done it. So has Ronaldo.
Michael Owen couldn't, neither could Raul or Gabriel Batistuta. Or Mo Salah an Harry Kane for that matter.
Paul Scholes tried and failed, Frank Lampard did it but Steven Gerrard wasn't given the opportunity.
What is it?
Take two penalties in one game as captain.
That wouldn’t work for Gerrard cos he scored two pens vs United
I'm a twit
All of those players don’t have a single league in common so it’s likely to be Champions League related. I just can’t put my finger on it yet.
internationally ?
Goals in CL finals between teams from the same country?
Mo Salah has done that.
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