Weekend Quiz: The Defenders

By: Laurie | January 31st, 2009
   

For this week’s quiz, let’s take a look at the unsung heroes of the pitch, the back four. (Or back whatever, if your manager insists in getting creative.) These are the guys who are often next to invisible when they’re doing their jobs well, and most noticed when they screw up. So lets give them a little Weekend Quiz love to make up for the abuse, shall we?

Since “Defenders” is a pretty broad category, all of these guys play in the top leagues of the countries they play in. Most are regular starters, and if any aren’t regular starters at the moment, you’ll probably know them anyway.

That narrow it down enough? (Or maybe too much?) Then let’s begin.


Defender 1



Defender 2



Defender 3



Defender 4



Defender 5



Defender 6



Defender 7



Defender 8



Defender 9



Defender 10



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  • J
    I think 8 is Pepe of Real Madrid. not sure though.
  • Marcus R4E
    1. mexes
    2.Taiwo
    3.Sergio Ramos
    4. no idea sorry Laurie my best guess is panucci
    5.Lucio
    6.Capdevila
    7.Materazzi
    8.Clichy
    9.metzelder
    10.Toure
  • 10. Kolo toure?

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  • Itanio.
    1. Sexy Mexy (Roma).
    3. Ramos (Madrid).
    5. Looks Brazilain, so my guess is Lucio.
    7. Materazzi (during the WC2006??).
    8. Alex (Chelsea).
    10. Toure (Arsenal).
  • kay
    #2 has gotta be Essien, who filled in at right back for a while before Bosingwa
    10-Robinho (does defending dignity count?)
  • micronesia justin
    3 - hejduk
  • Felix
    is #3 not a holiday snap of sergio ramos?
    #5 cannavaro
    #7 materrazi
    #9 metzelder
  • mele419
    I agree Johonna, 7 must be Matrix
  • Alex
    8. Clichy
    I didn't see any unibrows so I guess Laurie didn't include Boswinga
  • See, I think 7 is my man Marco Materazzi...

    The rest....
    1. Mexes?

    This is diabolical, Lauri!
    :)
  • Hana
    10. Kolo Toure?
  • Hana
    3. Sergio "HAB" Ramos
  • Juliet
    #9 - Metzelder. I love that photo.
  • KG
    #2 Essien
    #5 Lucio
    #10 Kolo Toure
  • ajay
    1 is mexes
    10 is arsenal's armand traore
  • matt
    i think 10 is kolo toure
  • gregorio
    1. senderos
    2. juan
    3. mexes or some girl, don't know
    6. zambrotta
    7. metzelder
    8. pepe
    9. looks italian, but i'm not sure
  • Ranjeet
    2 feels like Muntari,Mikel or Essien. And none are defenders.
  • Oh, 1 is Mexes.
    They just keep coming to me! :P
  • 8 - Daniel Alves?
  • Wow, these are harder than I thought! And I didn't intentionally include any holding midfielders. :-)
  • Hawk
    Do defending midfielders count as defenders?
    If so then I think 10 is Yaya Toure and 2 is Essien.
  • Oh, 10 is Evra.
  • 3 - Dog the Bounty Hunter?
  • Gaston
    essien number 2
  • Golazo
    4. Del Piero
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