Football Flashcards

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2021 UEFA final

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Chelsea 1 - Man City 0

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2020 UEFA final

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Bayern Munich 1 - Paris St Germain 0

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2019 UEFA final

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Liverpool 2 - Tottenham 0

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2018 UEFA final

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Real Madrid 3 - Liverpool 1

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5
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2004 UEFA winners

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FC Porto, beat Monaco in final. Managed by Mourinho

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6
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Luka Modric

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Croatian captain in 2018 world cup

Played for Real Madrid

2014-2018 peak

Won 2018 ballon d’or

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7
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John Charles

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Greatest Welsh player, 1957-1960

Played for Juventus

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Jairzinho

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Only player to score in every game of a world Cup tournament

Brazil, 1970

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George Weah

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AC Milan, Man U, Chelsea in 1990s

Now president of Liberia

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10
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Captain of World Cup winning England squad

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Bobby Moore

1966

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11
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Socrates

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1976-1984

Brazilian player nicknamed ‘the Doctor’
Corinthians club

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12
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Ronaldinho

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2000s

Barcelona

Brazilian ‘best of his generation’ player, won ballon d’or and 2 fifa World player

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Bobby Charlton

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1966 Ballon d’or

1966 England World Cup player, one of the greatest of all time

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14
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AC Milan stadium named after him

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Giuseppe Meazza

1934-38

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15
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Romario

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Brazilian ‘King of the lob’, now politician

1990-94

Claims to have scored over 1000 goals

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16
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Eusebio

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Portuguese footballer 1965 ballon d’or

Scored 4 goals to beat North Korea in 1966 world Cup

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17
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1968 English ballon d’or winner, called ‘fifth beatle’

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George Best

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18
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Cristiano Ronaldo

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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
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Michel Platini

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Disgraced former UEFA president, played for France in 80s

3 time ballon d’or winner

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20
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Zinedine Zidane

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French player, most world Cup final goals
1998 fifa World cup
Headbutted Materazzi in 2006

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21
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Johan Cruyff

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Dutch 1970s proponent of ‘total football’

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22
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Franz Beckenbauer

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German 1960s-70s player known as Der Kaiser

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23
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Lionel Messi

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Argentinian Barcelona all time top goal scorer

5 time ballon d’or winner

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24
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Most career goals of any footballer ever, fifa player of the century

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Pele

1958-70
1970 World Cup win
Brazilian

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25
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Diego Maradona

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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

26
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Givers of ballon d’or

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France Football magazine, awarded since 1956

27
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1980 Italian match fixing scandal

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Totonero

28
Q

Most expensive transfer all time

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Neymar 2017
Brazilian
Barcelona to PSG
222m euro

29
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Most expensive transfer for a teenager

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Kylian Mbappe
Monaco to PSG
180m euro
2018

30
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Thierry Henry

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French
Monaco, arsenal, Barcelona
1994-2010

31
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Xavi

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Xavier Hernandez
Spanish
Barcelona 1998-2015

32
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Arsene Wenger

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Managed Arsenal 1996-2018

Longest serving and most successful in club history

33
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Kaka

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Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Brazilian
AC Milan, Real Madrid 2003-2014

34
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Fabio Cannavaro

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Italian

Real Madrid, Juventus 2004-2010

35
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Andrea Pirlo

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Italian

AC Man 2001-2011, Juventus 2011-2015

36
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Sergio Ramos

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Spanish
Real Madrid 2005-2021, now PSG
Most capped player in Spain ever
Most international victories for Spain

37
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Philipp Lahm

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German
Former Bayern Munich and Germany captain
Bayern Munich 2002-2017

38
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Luis Figo

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Portuguese
One of few to play for rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid - record breaking transfer fee in 2000
1995-2005

39
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Luis Suarez

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Uruguayan
Nicknamed El Pistolero
Uruguayan all time leading goal scorer
Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona
Bitten opponents 3 times
40
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Sergio Busquets

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Spanish

Barcelona 2008 - present

41
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Steven Gerrar

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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
42
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Andriy Shevchenko

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Ukrainian
Ballon d’or 2004
Ukraine captain in quarter finals 2006 world cup
Chelsea, Milan 1999-2009

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Frank Lampard

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Chelsea 2001-2014

44
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Paul Scholes

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1993-2013 Man United

Now co-owner Salford City

45
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Wayne Rooney

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Record goalscorer for England and Man United

Man U 2004-2017

46
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John Terry

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Captained England, Chelsea, Aston Villa

Chelsea 1998-2017

47
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Ashley Cole

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Arsenal, Chelsea 1999-2014

48
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Gareth Bale

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Welsh footballer on the year 6 times
Tottenham 2007-2013
Real Madrid 2013- present

49
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Ryan Giggs

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Welsh
1990-2014 Man United
1991-2007 Wales national team
2009 BBC sports personality of the year

50
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Rio Ferdinand

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Manchester Uniter 2002-2014

England 1997-2011

51
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Old Firm derby

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Celtic and Rangers

52
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Superclasico

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Boca Juniors and River Plate

Buenos Aires, Argentina

53
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Derby della Capitale

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Lazio and Roma

54
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Cairo Derby

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Al-Alhy and Zamalek

55
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North West Derby

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Man United and Liverpool

56
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Portuguese rivalry

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Porto and Benfica (based in Lisbon)

57
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El Clasico

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Barcelona and Real Madrid

58
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Eternal Derby

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Serbia

Partizan and Crevna Zvezda (red star Belgrade)

59
Q

Derby of the eternal enemies

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Aka mother of all battles
Athens, Greece
Olympiacos and Panathinaikos

60
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Fla-Flu

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Rio de Janeiro Derby
Flamengo and Fluminese
Maracana stadium

61
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Derby della Madonnina

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AC Milan and Inter Milan

Stadio San Siro