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Football quiz: what is missing from these players' CVs?

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These players had brilliant careers. What did they not achieve?

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All four of these players won the Ballon d’Or, but only one of them played at a World Cup. Which one?

Denis Law

George Best

Alfredo Di Stéfano

George Weah

All of these players won more than 50 caps for England, but only one of them won a top-flight league title. Which one?

Stanley Matthews

Bobby Moore

David Platt

Gary Lineker

Kevin Phillips scored 30 league goals in the 1999-2000 season, enough to win the Premier League golden boot and European Golden Shoe. How many goals did he score for England in his whole career?

None

Two

Four

Six

Which of these great strikers has scored at a World Cup?

Marco van Basten

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Jimmy Greaves

Eric Cantona

Which of these players won league titles in four different European countries yet never won the Champions League?

Ronaldo

Dennis Bergkamp

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Gianluigi Buffon

Which of these players finished second in a domestic league, domestic cup, a European competition and a World Cup in the space of six weeks?

Lionel Messi

Thierry Henry

Gonzalo Higuaín

Michael Ballack

Which of these players has lost a World Cup final and a European Championship final?

Paolo Maldini

Olivier Giroud

Thierry Henry

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Ballack is not the only player to have lost Champions League and World Cup finals in the same year. Who did it in 2018?

Luka Modric

Ragnar Klavan

Raphaël Varane

Dejan Lovren

Which player has made the most appearances in the Premier League (469 for five different clubs) without ever earning a cap for his country?

Kevin Nolan

Sylvain Distin

Kevin Davies

Lee Bowyer

Only one of these players has won the World Cup, the Champions League and Premier League? Which one?

Juan Mata

Fernando Torres

Xabi Alonso

Fabien Barthez

1 and above.

Better luck next time.

2 and above.

Better luck next time.

3 and above.

Better luck next time.

4 and above.

Better luck next time.

5 and above.

A solid score.

6 and above.

A great performance but – like the players in this quiz – you’ve fallen short

7 and above.

A great performance but – like the players in this quiz – you’ve fallen short

8 and above.

A great performance but – like the players in this quiz – you’ve fallen short

9 and above.

A great performance but – like the players in this quiz – you’ve fallen short

0 and above.

Better luck next time.

10 and above.

Perfection.

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