| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Chelsea's Ivorian great | Didier Drogba | 86%
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| Career ended with a headbutt on the world's greatest stage | Zinedine Zidane | 84%
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| Hand of God | Diego Maradona | 82%
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| Portugal's great striker of the 1960s | Eusebio | 82%
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| Der Kaiser | Franz Beckenbauer | 81%
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| French midfield artist who corruptly ran UEFA | Michel Platini | 79%
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| He bent it for a film title | David Beckham | 77%
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| The only man to win three World Cups | Pele | 77%
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| Egomaniacal Swede | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 77%
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| Generational Man Utd talent destroyed by booze | George Best | 72%
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| Mightiest of the Magyars | Ferenc Puskas | 70%
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| Soviet keeper nicknamed 'the black spider' | Lev Yashin | 68%
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| 'Siuuuu' | Cristiano Ronaldo | 67%
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| He managed teams to win English, Spanish and Italian leagues | Jose Mourinho | 67%
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| Toothy Brazilian imprisoned for using a fake passport | Ronaldinho | 67%
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| AC Milan great who became president of his country | George Weah | 65%
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| Der Bomber | Gerd Muller | 61%
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| The greatest manager of the current age | Pep Guardiola | 61%
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| Ponytail and penalty miss defined 1994 World Cup | Roberto Baggio | 60%
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| Brazilian dribbler of the 1950s | Garrincha | 58%
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| Decked in an Arab robe for his crowning achievement | Lionel Messi | 58%
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| World Cup golden boot winner turned TV presenter | Gary Lineker | 54%
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| Stunning volley that won Euro 88 | Marco Van Basten | 54%
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| East Asia's greatest ever player | Son Heung-Min | 54%
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| Led Real Madrid to five early European Cup wins | Afredo di Stefano | 49%
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| Kung Fu badboy | Eric Cantona | 49%
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| His team of 'babes' were lost in a Munich air disaster | Matt Busby | 49%
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| Scored more goals in one World Cup than anybody else | Just Fontaine | 47%
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| Ultimate football bureaucrat brought down by corruption | Sepp Blatter | 47%
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| Brazil's 'White Pele' of the 1970s and 80s | Zico | 47%
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| Italian striker who seized glory in 1982 | Paolo Rossi | 46%
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| Mad-eyed bald referee | Pierluigi Collina | 44%
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| Hirsute Brazilian great who gave up football to become a doctor | Socrates | 44%
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| Chain smoking exemplar of total football | Johan Cruyff | 42%
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| Took a small English team to two European cups | Brian Clough | 40%
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| Assaulted with a pig's head | Luis Figo | 39%
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| Germany's egomaniac late 80s star | Lothar Matthaus | 37%
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| The man who invented the World Cup | Jules Rimet | 35%
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| Corner flag dance to announce Africa's arrival in world football | Roger Milla | 35%
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| Legal ruling in his favour changed football finances forever | Jean-Marc Bosman | 33%
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| English talent who cried after a 1990 yellow card | Paul Gascoigne | 30%
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| The greatest Arab player | Mohammed Salah | 23%
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| Coach who invented Total Football | Rinus Michels | 19%
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| Orchestrated the great AC Milan team of the late 1980s | Arrigo Sacchi | 18%
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| America's greatest - if fictional - football export | Ted Lasso | 18%
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| Accused of shoplifting in Colombia | Bobby Moore | 14%
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| Wizard of the dribble | Stanley Matthews | 12%
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| Juventus hardman of the 1970s | Claudio Gentile | 11%
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| Won the ticker tape World Cup | Mario Kempes | 11%
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| Early English manager who pioneered use of money to win titles | Herbert Chapman | 7%
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