Comments on: Weekend Quiz: Name a Player Who…

By: Shazback

Shazback — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:10:30 +0000

In fact, scratch Lothar Matthaus. Hossam Hassan won the African Cup of Nations in 1986 aged 20, and then again in 2006 aged 39. He also won the African Champions’ League in 1987 only just aged 21, and then again in 2002 aged 36. He also won three African Cup Winners’ Cups before he was 21 (1984,85,86) and won Gold for football in the All-Africa Games 1987 just days before he turned 21…

By: Shazback

Shazback — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:34:48 +0000

…Has won the top division league in three (or more) different countries. – Claude Makelele (Ligue 1 1994-95 with Nantes, La Liga 2000-01 and 2002-03 with Real Madrid, FA Premier League 2004-05 and 2005-06 with Chelsea) for instance.

…Has won more Continental cups than Domestic leagues. – Djimi Traore (UEFA Cup 2000-01 and Champions’ League 2004-05 with Liverpool, but never won a domestic league) for instance.

…Has never played professionally in the country they were born in (the UK counts as one country). – Miralem Pjanic (Born in Yougoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, played professionally in Luxemburg and France) for instance.

…Has played in three (or more) major derbies (i.e. Boca-River, Glasgow-Rangers, Barca-Real, Fener-Gala, Fla-Flu…). – Rivaldo (Played for Barca against Real Madrid, for AC Milan against Inter Milan and for Olympiakos against Panatinaikos) for instance.

…Has played on both sides in two (or more) major derbies. – Andrew “Andy” Cole (Newcastle United and Sunderland for the Tees-Tyne derby, Manchester United and Manchester City for the Manchester derby, and the lesser Blackburn, Bolton Wanderers and Burley for the East Lancashire and Lancastershire derbies) for instance.

…Has managed the same club or country on three (or more) different occasions, not as a caretaker. – Gunduz Kilic (Galatasaray 1954-57, 1961-63, 1964-67) for instance.

…Has been second in the top-division league in three (or more) different countries. – Nicolas Anelka (2nd with PSG in the 1996-97 French Division 1, 2nd with Arsenal in the 1998-99 Premier League, and 2nd with Fenerbahce in the 2005-06 Super Lig) for instance.

…Has been the top goalscorer in the top division of the same country ten seasons (or more) after being the top goalscorer for the first time. – Fernando Peyroteo (1937–38 Portuguese Liga top goalscorer with Sporting, 34 goals; 1948-49 Portuguese Liga top goalscorer with Sporting, 40 goals) for instance.

…Has won a major international club trophy ten years (or more) after winning it with the same club. – Ricardo Pavoni (Copa Libertadores 1965 and 1975 with Independiente) for instance.

…Has won a major international trophy (club or country) before turning 21 and after turning 35. – Lothar Matthaus (European Championship 1980 with West Germany aged 20, UEFA Cup 1996 with Bayern Munich aged 36) for instance.

By: k

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:50:25 +0000

5. Ronaldo. Played in 2 derbies on both sides. (Barca, Real, Milan, Inter)

By: andersen

andersen — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:22:51 +0000

to continue with my number 4 of tim howard; he played in the new york/dc derby. It is a major one because the winner takes the atlantic cup.

By: andersen

andersen — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:39:56 +0000

for number 6 is it extra points for naming extra managers or extra for naming the occasions over 2?

By: MAD

MAD — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:30:04 +0000

All Inter Quiz Answers Theme

All players in the following answers played for Inter – some maybe repeats from above to fit in the theme.

1. Luis Figo – 4 La Liga Trophies, 4 Serie A Trophies

2. Dino Baggio – 3 Domestic Cups (Serie B, 2 Coppe Italia), 5 Continental Cups (1 Mitropa Cup, 2 UEFA Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 UEFA Cup Winners Cup)

3. Dario Simic – Born in Yugoslavia in 1975. According to his Wiki page, he started his professional career in Croatia in 1992. Croatia, a completely separate political entity than Yugoslavia, was recognized as a country by the U.N. on Jan. 15 1992.

4.
A. Luis Figo played for Barca, Real and Inter. He played in El Classico and Derby della Madonnina

B. Aldo Serena played in: Derby della Madonnina (Inter v AC Milan) and the Derby d’Italia (Inter v. Juventus).

5.
A. Aldo Serena played for AC Milan, Inter and Juventus. See answer to question #4b. He played on all 3 sides of the Derby d’Italia and Derby della Madoninna.

B. Roberto Baggio played for AC Milan, Inter and Juventus
so he played on all 3 sides in the 2 derbies.

C. Christian Vieri played for Inter, Juventus and AC Milan so he played on all 3 sides of 2 derbies

D. Fabio Cannavaro played for both Inter and Juventus

6. I can name 7 managers that managed Inter on more than 1 occasion and 2 of them managed Inter on 3 occaisons: Arapad Weisz 3x, Giuseppe Meazza 2x, Giullio Cappelli 2x, Aldo Campatelli 2x, Enea Masiero 2x, Luis Suarez 3x, Luciano Castellini 2x.

7. Ronaldo 95-96 PSV, 97-98 Inter, 04-05 Real Madrid

9. Clarence Seedorf 1995 w/Ajax, 2007 w/AC Milan

10. Giuseppe Bergomi – at 18 he was a World Cup Champion in 1982, at 35ish he was a UEFA Cup winner :D

By: Shreyas

Shreyas — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:21:22 +0000

1. Andriy Shevchenko (UKR)
2. Ricardo Pavoni (URU)- Won 3 league titles and 5 Copa Libertadores titles
3. Massimiliano Vieri (AUS)- Born in Australia and plays for them, but all his clubs have been in Italy
4. Javier Saviola (ARG)- Played for River+Barca and Real
5. Kenny Miller (SCO)- Rangers and Celtic
6. Alfio Basile (ARG)- Racing Club (3 times), Racing de Cordoba (3 times), Velez Sarsfield (2 times), Argentina (2 times), Boca Juniors (2 times)
7. Darko Kovacevic (SRB)- Runner up with Red Star Belgrade (1995-96), Juventus (1999-00), Real Sociedad (2002-03)
8. Odd Iversen (Nor)- 1967, 1968, 1969, 1979
9. Alessandro Costacurta (ITA)- Won the European Cup with Milan in 1989, 1990, 1994, and 2003
10. If it can be different competitions or national titles, a few different ones (assuming international means multination tournaments). Obviously, I assume this excludes u-21 tournaments. Otherwise, Maldini is the only one I can think of who matches the requirements for one multinational tournament.

By: andersen

andersen — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:00:15 +0000

to try to squeeze out more points i can argue that my number 4, tim howard also played in the “battle of britain” derby against Rangers in champions league.

By: Weston

Weston — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:33:21 +0000

oh… vic hadnt posted when i was typing, can i still get credit for lippi?

By: Weston

Weston — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:31:56 +0000

1. Robben (Chelsea and Real Madrid)
2. Inzaghi (2 UEFA Champion Leagues’s and 2 UEFA Super Cups [4], but only 1 Serie B and 2 Serie A’s [3])
3. Pauleta (he played in FRANCE for most of his career, does that earn me extra points? :-D )
4. Higuain (Superclasico and El Clasico)
5. Giuseppe Meazza (Both sides of the Derby della Madonnina)
6. Lippi (Juventus and Italy)
7. Gudjohnsen – i’ll check that later
8. going to check later
9. going to check later
10. going to check later