01 August 2014
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Guess the World Cup finalist from their transfer history
by Dan Mobbs
Only 12 nations have reached the pinnacle of football and graced the 20 finals of the World Cup since Uruguay won the inaugural competition on home soil in 1930.
That select band of players have written themselves into the annals of history, while the famous faces that have lit up the final game of each tournament have been etched across the minds of fans worldwide.
However, when all that’s left is their transfer history, these idols of world football can at times blend in behind a career which is on paper a little unexpected, confusing, or even surprisingly simple. What World Cup winner had a spell at St Andrews? Who had four spells at Vasco de Gama? And which finalist now plies their trade in the Indian Premier League?
There’s no prize for winning, but if you don’t answer them all correctly you will be forced to soberly watch Pudsey: The Movie in a private screening with David Walliams.
Good luck.
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1. Santos » New York Cosmos
2. Arsenal » Barcelona » Chelsea
3. Cannes » Bordeaux » Juventus » Real Madrid
4. Nantes » Marseille » Bordeaux (loan) » Juventus » Chelsea » Valencia
5. River Plate » Corinthians » West Ham United » Liverpool » Barcelona
6. Leeds United
7. Manchester United » Zaragoza (loan) » Barcelona
8. Argentinos Juniors » Boca Juniors » Barcelona » Napoli » Sevilla » Newell’s Old Boys » Boca Juniors
9. FC 08 Homburg II » FC 08 Homburg » 1. FC Kaiserslautern II » 1. FC Kaiserslautern » Werder Bremen » Bayern Munich » Lazio
10. Vasco da Gama » PSV » Barcelona » Flamengo » Valencia » Flamengo » Vasco da Gama » Fluminense » Al-Sadd (loan) » Vasco da Gama » Miami FC » Adelaide United » Vasco da Gama
11. Platense » Monaco » Juventus » Hercules » Banivas » River Plate » Newell’s Old Boys (loan) » FC Pune City
12. West Ham United » Fulham »San Antonio Thunder » Seattle Sounder » Herning Fremad
13. Borussia Monchengladbach » Bayern Munich » Internazionale » Bayern Munich » MetroStars
14. Sao Paulo » Real Zaragoza » Juventude » Palmeiras » Roma » Milan
15. Bayern Munich » Milan » Middlesbrough » Liverpool » Tottenham Hotspur » Borussia Monchengladbach
16. Manchester United » Middlesbrough » Preston North End
17. Stuttgarter Kickers » VfB Stuttgart » Internazionale » Monaco » Tottenham Hotspur » Bayern Munich » Sampdoria » Tottenham Hotspur
18. Sporting Gijon B » Sporting Gijon » Zaragoza » Valencia » Barcelona » Atletico Madrid » New York City » Melbourne City (loan)
19. Vicenza » Fiorentina » Juventus » Milan » Bologna » Internazionale » Brescia
20. Gremio » Paris Saint-Germain » Barcelona » Milan » Flamengo » Atletico Mineiro
21. West Ham United » Stoke City » Cape Town City (loan) » West Bromwich Albion » Cork Celtic » Seattle Sounders
22. Independiente » Atletico Madrid » Manchester City
23. Ajax » Atletico Madrid » Everton » Fulham » Hertha BSC
24. Uniao Sao Joao » Palmeiras » Internazionale » Real Madrid » Fenerbahce » Corinthians » Anzhi Makhachkala
25. Bayern Munich » Newcastle United » Liverpool » Bolton Wanderers » Manchester City » Milton Keynes Dons
26. Bayern Munich » New York Cosmos » Hamburger SV » New York Cosmos
27. Hertha BSC II » Hertha BSC » Hamburger SV » Manchester City » Bayern Munich
28. Feyenoord » RKC Waalwijk » Rangers » Arsenal » Barcelona » Feyenoord
29. Cruzeiro » PSV » Barcelona » Internazionale » Real Madrid » Milan » Corinthians
30. Brescia » Internazionale » Reggina (loan) » Brescia (loan) » Milan » Juventus
31. Ajax » Barcelona » Los Angeles Aztecs » Washington Diplomats » Levante » Ajax » Feyenoord
32. Bayern Munich II » Bayern Munich » Bayer Leverkusen (loan) » Real Madrid
33. Ajax » Hamburger SV » Real Madrid » Tottenham Hotspur » Hamburger SV
34. Grenoble » Strasbourg » Monaco » Paris Saint-Germain » Internazionale » 1 FC Kaiserslautern » Bolton Wanderers » Blackburn Rovers » New York Red Bulls
35. Monaco » Arsenal » Barcelona » Chelsea
36. 1861 Nordlingen » Bayern Munich » Fort Lauderdale Strikers
37. Toulouse » Marseille » Monaco » Manchester United » Marseille » Nantes
38. Feyenoord » Arsenal » Manchester United
39. Bordeaux » Milan » Barcelona » Marseille » Bordeaux » Birmingham City
40. Napoli » Parma » Internazionale » Juventus » Real Madrid » Juventus » Al-Ahli
41. Bayern Munich » Real Madrid » Eintracht Braunschweig » Bayern Munich
42. Parma » Juventus
43. San Lorenzo » Espanyol » Manchester City
44. Roma
45. Kickers Offenbach » 1860 Munich » Werder Bremen » Roma » Marseille » Bayer Leverkusen
46. River Plate » Real Madrid » Napoli
47. Instituto de Cordoba » Belgrano » Huracan » Tottenham Hotspur » Paris Saint-Germain (loan) » St George Saints (loan) » Blackburn Rovers » Queens Park Rangers » Fort Lauderdale Strikers » Swindon Town
48. Calcio Padova » Juventus » Sydney FC
49. Cannes » Milan » Arsenal » Juventus » Internazionale » Manchester City
50. Monaco » Juventus » Arsenal » Barcelona » New York Red Bulls » Arsenal (loan)
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Test.
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After a year of withdrawal symptoms,
thanks for another enjoyable quiz.
PS I hope we don’t have to wait another year
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Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!! I give up! 48!
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Exhausting
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Done!
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Another great quiz at last
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Woohoo!
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Amazing quiz!!!
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Great fun, thanks. I confess: only got 22 before having to research. The ones I got easily were the older World Cup Stars, probably as a result of all those sticker-albums as a kid!
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Damn.
Excellent quiz!
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