I would say at least Tim Cahill meets the criteria for this quiz. He's quite famous with his goal during the WC2014, and playing for Millwall, Everton, New York Red Bulls, and now Shanghai Shenhua.
It is by country, there is one German, doesn't need to be the most famous one. French could cry there is no Zidane and Argentinians that there is no Maradona. What Brazilians should say? Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Cafu....
If anyone should be pissed off for missing players it should be Poland with players like Lewandowski, Dudek, Tomaszewski, Boniek or Lato 1974 World Cup best scorer. We are also 2 times bronze medal winners and if it wasn't to cheating Germans we should be World Champions. Also Hungary should be on this list with their great team of 1950's and 60's, Bulgaria with 1994 team and Stoichkov, Penev not to mention Russia. So overall Germans have no reason to cry, Gerd Muller is a legendary icon in world of football and I don't see a difference him or Lothar Mattheus and Franz is obvious choice.
I'm not German, but they're a far more successful football nation than Poland, Hungary and Russia...none of them have won the world cup, while Germany have won four (including the last one so they're the current world champions) so Majic makes absolutely no sense
To be fair to Poland, Hungary and Russia, there are only 8 countries in the world that HAVE won a World Cup. 2 runner-up spots actually makes Hungary second only to the Netherlands in terms of placings, outside of those that have won. So, certainly no slouches and more successful than Portugal, Sweden, Belgium or Croatia. And Poland has the best record of those teams that have not reached the final with two third placed finishes (both, it has to be said before Robert Lewandowski was born).
dunkinggandalf How did you Germans do in the 2018 World cup??? You did not even get Klose to a qualifying spot.You got Mullered by Mexico who Hummilsliated you.Face it you Werner no good
That very much depends on who you ask in Northern Ireland, Northern Irish people are allowed to put "Irish" as their nationality because a lot of them feel more attached to Ireland than the UK.
Easy, done with 2:05 left. Should try and do a harder one with players not everyone knows and with fairly difficult countries (e.g. Adebayor, Togo or Ryan Nelesen, New Zealand). I guess there is George Weah there and to some that is difficult.
FIFA uses Republic of Ireland. When Ireland split from the UK in 1922 it was Northern Ireland which was allowed to keep the designation of Ireland - not the Irish Free State.
Also Gerd Muller played for West Germany, if you're not going to change the answer you could at least accept West Germany.
In football/soccer, there is no UK team, the four constituent countries that comprise the UK play as individual teams. This is a hangover from the fact that the game started in the UK and individual football associations were formed before the game was played anywhere else in the world.
On one hand it seems a sneaky way to play more teams, but on the other hand if they combined their best players onto one team they would be better, so it's probably good for the other teams who play them that they are divided, but being from the US I don't really care - although I do enjoy watching soccer occasionally. (But thank you, fitheach, for the explanation.)
A UK team would basically just be England. The only near dead cert that would join a UK side that isn't English is Andy Robertson, after that it's maybe maybe Tierney but he would only get in as a backup. Bale obviously would have if it was a few years ago but he's close to retirement now.
Got them all with 2:19 remaining. I must say that I'm very surprised that only 35% of people got George Weah, given that he was world player of the year and won the Ballon d'Or, and played for AC Milan for 4 years when they were still one of the worlds best teams.
Muller played for a country called (in his language) Bundesrepublik Deutschland. That country still exists, it has continued to exist, it's just that its borders changed in 1990. It's the same country.
Unfortunately Weah never got the chance to show his skills on the international stage. Liberia never qualified for the world cup and most football fans (like myself) know about Weah's teams in Europe and about him breaking the nose of Jorge Costa in reaction for Costa's taunts, but Weah was not referred to as George Weah from Liberia.
Oh God, not another one! There is no UK national football team, the four "home" nations (as they're called) have their own individual teams who play internationally.
England and Northern Ireland AREN'T "countries". So, UK should be accepted both for Rooney and Best. I, of course, typed in the end England and Northern Ireland for them, in order to get the points awarded for this quiz, but I see so much strictness in all the other quizzes regarding what is and what isn't a country that I just don't understand why this one, whose description clearly reads COUNTRY, accepts England and N.Ireland in this case.
"Country" does not necessarily equal "sovereign state" (according to Wikipedia, "England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom"). This quiz doesn't ask for sovereign states, but for national teams, as stated in the description.
FIFA, the governing body of world football, currently has 211 national members, including 23 non-sovereign countries. These include Bermuda, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Macao, Guam, Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Palestine, Cayman Islands, USVI. Just 7 fully independent states are NOT members, including Kiribati, FS Micronesia, Vatican City and Monaco.
I went through this so quick. All the other quizzes I do on the site is information I've learned as an adult and I'm so slow, but this stuff is seared into my brain. Good.
In football, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and even Gibraltar with Faroe Islands, are considered to be countries and are eligible to participate in Euro's or World Cup competitions.
You ought to learn about the history of the sport then. It's been called soccer since the 19th century in the country where it was invented, alongside the term football. Watch some old FA Cup finals on YouTube from the 1950s onwards, you'll hear the word "soccer" as much as you'll hear "football".
Can we get a part 2 with players like Park Ji Sung or Son for South Korea, Kagawa for Japan, Mo Salah for Egypt, Aubameyang for Gabon, Chicarito for Mexico, Navas for Costa Rica, Cahill from Australia, etc.
Ibrahimovic is about the least Swedish name ever. The player in question has Bosnian roots, hence the surname. There is no way you are guessing Sweden 'easily' because of the surname.
England is a country within the United Kingdom. Besides, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all separately competing countries with the Fifa. That's why there's no team representing the United Kingdom in World Championships or European Championships.
Great quiz! From a football fan perspective, all these players deserved to be on this list. Although, one recommendation would be Lewandowski or Australian legend Tim Cahill or Harry Kewell. Otherwise, its amazing!
Spain should work also for Luis Suarez. I don't even think the Uruguayan Luis Suarez had a better career than the Spanish who even received the Ballon d'Or
Boo hoo! My favourite footballer/country isn't on this quiz. It's a personal attack on me and my human rights. I am so offended, because I have no perspective in my life.
If anyone should be pissed off for missing players it should be Poland with players like Lewandowski, Dudek, Tomaszewski, Boniek or Lato 1974 World Cup best scorer. We are also 2 times bronze medal winners and if it wasn't to cheating Germans we should be World Champions. Also Hungary should be on this list with their great team of 1950's and 60's, Bulgaria with 1994 team and Stoichkov, Penev not to mention Russia. So overall Germans have no reason to cry, Gerd Muller is a legendary icon in world of football and I don't see a difference him or Lothar Mattheus and Franz is obvious choice.
I have made some footbal quizzes, so feel free to try :-)
Also Gerd Muller played for West Germany, if you're not going to change the answer you could at least accept West Germany.
Spanish should be accepted then
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez_(footballer,_born_1935)
Dont watch soccer at all
Its ok, but, it would be nice to have that as an option.
De Bruyne, Courtois, Scifo, Lukaku, Nilis, Hazard, Pfaff, Preud'homme, plenty of them.