Weekend Quiz: Out of Africa

By: Laurie | May 9th, 2009

This week’s quiz is all about players who were born in Africa, but who moved elsewhere to ply their trade.

As always, leave your guesses in the comments. Answers tomorrow.

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Player 1

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Player 2

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Player 3

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Player 4

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Player 5

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Player 6

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Player 7

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Player 8

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Player 9

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Player 10

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Player 11

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Player 12

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Player 13

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• sidhanth |  May 9th, 2009 at 7:36 am

  
  
  

  3.yaya toure
  5.drogba
  6.mikel
  9.kalou
  12.mido?

  Posted from India

  

• Rob |  May 9th, 2009 at 7:36 am

  
  
  

  4 is Patrick Viera?
  7 I think is Samuel Eto’o

  Posted from United States

  

• sidhanth |  May 9th, 2009 at 7:37 am

  
  
  

  4 looks a lot like viera

  Posted from India

  

• Rob |  May 9th, 2009 at 7:49 am

  
  
  

  Well he was born in Senegal I believe, so it probably is.

  Posted from United States

  

• wob |  May 9th, 2009 at 7:57 am

  
  
  

  10 Freddy Adu

  Posted from Netherlands

  

• wob |  May 9th, 2009 at 7:58 am

  
  
  

  7 Eto’o ???

  Posted from Netherlands

  

• Wayne Farry |  May 9th, 2009 at 8:02 am

  
  
  

  1. Mohamed Zidan
  2.
  3. Yaya Toure
  4. Patrick Vieira
  5. Seydou Keita
  6. John Obi Mikel
  7. Sammi Kuffour
  8. Abdoulaye Faye
  9. Salmon Kalou
  10. Patrice Evra
  11. Emanuel Eboue
  12.
  13. Emmanuel Adebayor

  Posted from Ireland

  

• Eirik |  May 9th, 2009 at 8:03 am

  
  
  

  #2 could be Robinho.

  Posted from United States

  

• Eirik |  May 9th, 2009 at 8:04 am

  
  
  

  Ah geez, I just read what I wrote! Africa. Doh!

  I’ve been working all day though, if that’s an excuse.

  Posted from United States

  

• skander |  May 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am

  
  
  

  Haha 2 is Song from Arsenal, 12 is Chermiti

  Posted from Sweden

  

• skander |  May 9th, 2009 at 8:28 am

  
  
  

  Wayne 8# is Muntari

  Posted from Sweden

  

• Wayne Farry |  May 9th, 2009 at 9:06 am

  
  
  

  Yeah, might be. I was thinking it was one of the two. they both look particularly evil.

  Posted from Ireland

  

• Wayne Farry |  May 9th, 2009 at 9:08 am

  
  
  

  My brother was telling me that #12 was a Tunisian but I couldn’t pick which player it was…Damn!

  Posted from Ireland

  

• Laurie |  May 9th, 2009 at 9:43 am

  
  
  

  Freddy Adu! D’oh! I should have included him!!

  (In other words, no, but good guess.)

  Posted from United States

  

• skander |  May 9th, 2009 at 11:09 am

  
  
  

  hehe Wayne, #12 is Chermiti from Tunisia haha

  Posted from Sweden

  

• Lissette Evil Blue |  May 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

  
  
  

  # 2 Is Evra, # 1 Laurie I need a shirtless pic. no idea

  Posted from United States

  

• Laurie |  May 9th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

  
  
  

  Good guesses, guys. For the record, nobody has yet guessed

  #7 (a personal favorite of mine. I used him once before and nobody got him then, either. C’mon, people!)

  Posted from United States

  

• brief |  May 10th, 2009 at 12:33 am

  
  
  

  My guesses have all been covered by everyone else, but I second the request for a shirtless pic of #1.

  Posted from Indonesia

  

• omar |  May 10th, 2009 at 1:28 am

  
  
  

  i back up the request for the pic of #1 …and # 7 is essien?he looks familiar but i cant pin it…

  Posted from United States

  

• omar |  May 10th, 2009 at 1:29 am

  
  
  

  and im surprised she included mohamed zidan

  Posted from United States

  

• Houssem |  May 10th, 2009 at 3:41 am

  
  
  

  12. is Hertha Berlin’s Amine Chermiti, used to play for Étoile du Sahel

  Posted from Germany

  

• Weston |  May 10th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

  
  
  

  laurie, so does that mean that we can safely assume #7 is french?

  Posted from United States

  

• Laurie |  May 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pm

  
  
  

  Well, he wasn’t BORN in France. Obviously.

  Posted from United States

  

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