Football Flashcards
2021 UEFA final
Chelsea 1 - Man City 0
2020 UEFA final
Bayern Munich 1 - Paris St Germain 0
2019 UEFA final
Liverpool 2 - Tottenham 0
2018 UEFA final
Real Madrid 3 - Liverpool 1
2004 UEFA winners
FC Porto, beat Monaco in final. Managed by Mourinho
Luka Modric
Croatian captain in 2018 world cup
Played for Real Madrid
2014-2018 peak
Won 2018 ballon d’or
John Charles
Greatest Welsh player, 1957-1960
Played for Juventus
Jairzinho
Only player to score in every game of a world Cup tournament
Brazil, 1970
George Weah
AC Milan, Man U, Chelsea in 1990s
Now president of Liberia
Captain of World Cup winning England squad
Bobby Moore
1966
Socrates
1976-1984
Brazilian player nicknamed ‘the Doctor’
Corinthians club
Ronaldinho
2000s
Barcelona
Brazilian ‘best of his generation’ player, won ballon d’or and 2 fifa World player
Bobby Charlton
1966 Ballon d’or
1966 England World Cup player, one of the greatest of all time
AC Milan stadium named after him
Giuseppe Meazza
1934-38
Romario
Brazilian ‘King of the lob’, now politician
1990-94
Claims to have scored over 1000 goals
Eusebio
Portuguese footballer 1965 ballon d’or
Scored 4 goals to beat North Korea in 1966 world Cup
1968 English ballon d’or winner, called ‘fifth beatle’
George Best
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid's all time top goal scorer 5 time ballon d'or winner Now plays for Man United Portuguese 2009 - then most expensive transfer ever to real Madrid from man u
Michel Platini
Disgraced former UEFA president, played for France in 80s
3 time ballon d’or winner
Zinedine Zidane
French player, most world Cup final goals
1998 fifa World cup
Headbutted Materazzi in 2006
Johan Cruyff
Dutch 1970s proponent of ‘total football’
Franz Beckenbauer
German 1960s-70s player known as Der Kaiser
Lionel Messi
Argentinian Barcelona all time top goal scorer
5 time ballon d’or winner
Most career goals of any footballer ever, fifa player of the century
Pele
1958-70
1970 World Cup win
Brazilian
Diego Maradona
Argentinian player, captained 1986 winning world Cup team
Played in 4 world cups, led Argentina to victory over west Germany in 1986
Hand of God goal against England in 1986 world Cup quarter final - unpenalised hand ball
Givers of ballon d’or
France Football magazine, awarded since 1956
1980 Italian match fixing scandal
Totonero
Most expensive transfer all time
Neymar 2017
Brazilian
Barcelona to PSG
222m euro
Most expensive transfer for a teenager
Kylian Mbappe
Monaco to PSG
180m euro
2018
Thierry Henry
French
Monaco, arsenal, Barcelona
1994-2010
Xavi
Xavier Hernandez
Spanish
Barcelona 1998-2015
Arsene Wenger
Managed Arsenal 1996-2018
Longest serving and most successful in club history
Kaka
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Brazilian
AC Milan, Real Madrid 2003-2014
Fabio Cannavaro
Italian
Real Madrid, Juventus 2004-2010
Andrea Pirlo
Italian
AC Man 2001-2011, Juventus 2011-2015
Sergio Ramos
Spanish
Real Madrid 2005-2021, now PSG
Most capped player in Spain ever
Most international victories for Spain
Philipp Lahm
German
Former Bayern Munich and Germany captain
Bayern Munich 2002-2017
Luis Figo
Portuguese
One of few to play for rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid - record breaking transfer fee in 2000
1995-2005
Luis Suarez
Uruguayan Nicknamed El Pistolero Uruguayan all time leading goal scorer Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona Bitten opponents 3 times
Sergio Busquets
Spanish
Barcelona 2008 - present
Steven Gerrar
Born Merseyside Captained Liverpool & England Liverpool 2008-2015 Now manages Aston Villa Man of the match 2005 UEFA champions league final & 2006 FA Cup final
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukrainian
Ballon d’or 2004
Ukraine captain in quarter finals 2006 world cup
Chelsea, Milan 1999-2009
Frank Lampard
Chelsea 2001-2014
Paul Scholes
1993-2013 Man United
Now co-owner Salford City
Wayne Rooney
Record goalscorer for England and Man United
Man U 2004-2017
John Terry
Captained England, Chelsea, Aston Villa
Chelsea 1998-2017
Ashley Cole
Arsenal, Chelsea 1999-2014
Gareth Bale
Welsh footballer on the year 6 times
Tottenham 2007-2013
Real Madrid 2013- present
Ryan Giggs
Welsh
1990-2014 Man United
1991-2007 Wales national team
2009 BBC sports personality of the year
Rio Ferdinand
Manchester Uniter 2002-2014
England 1997-2011
Old Firm derby
Celtic and Rangers
Superclasico
Boca Juniors and River Plate
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Derby della Capitale
Lazio and Roma
Cairo Derby
Al-Alhy and Zamalek
North West Derby
Man United and Liverpool
Portuguese rivalry
Porto and Benfica (based in Lisbon)
El Clasico
Barcelona and Real Madrid
Eternal Derby
Serbia
Partizan and Crevna Zvezda (red star Belgrade)
Derby of the eternal enemies
Aka mother of all battles
Athens, Greece
Olympiacos and Panathinaikos
Fla-Flu
Rio de Janeiro Derby
Flamengo and Fluminese
Maracana stadium
Derby della Madonnina
AC Milan and Inter Milan
Stadio San Siro