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