Footballers with unusual shirt numbers - Statistics

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  • The average score is 9 of 17
Answer Stats
Player Team Years Hint / Background Number % Correct
Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool 2016- kept this number since his debut for the first team 66
96%
Ronaldinho AC Milan 2008-11 year of birth 80
76%
Samuel Eto'o Everton 2014-15 unusual number for a striker 5
67%
Sandro Wagner Bayern Munich 2018-19 unusual number for a striker, symbolized that it was not his first stint with the club 2
65%
Joao Cancelo ManCity 2022-23 unusual number for a full-back, in memory of his mother who died in a car crash 7
63%
Gianluigi Buffon Parma 2000 chose this number because it has "four balls". Switched to another number when he was accused of using a Nazi symbol 88
57%
Jonathan de Guzman Chievo 2016-17 unusual number for a midfielder 1
55%
Rui Patricio Wolverhampton 2018-21 allegedly refused to wear #1 out of respect to his predecessor who was suffering from cancer 11
53%
William Gallas Arsenal 2006-10 unusual number for a defender 10
51%
Gianluigi Donnarumma PSG 2021-22 his usual #99 was not allowed, so he switched to the highest possible number 50
51%
Emmanuel Adebayor Real Madrid 2011 unusual number for a striker 6
51%
Nicklas Bendtner Wolfsburg 2014-16 unusual number for a striker, advice from his mother 3
47%
Rogerio Ceni Sao Paulo -2015 indication of his playmaker qualities as a goalkeeper (especially free kicks). Hint: swap order of digits of the classical playmaker number 01
43%
Bixente Lizarazu Bayern Munich 2004-06 year of birth, height, weight. Not what you're thinking of 69
37%
Ivan Zamorano Inter 1998-2001 was unhappy that he had to give his #9 to Ronaldo 1+8
33%
Jens Lehmann Germany 2005 refused to wear a classical "second goalie number" 9
33%
Nicklas Bendtner Arsenal 2009-11 allegedly switched to this number for an advice of a fortune teller 52
18%
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