Football quiz Premier League managers when they were players
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Who did not enjoy fish? Who stopped the bus? Who rejected a cap?
Which current Premier League manager won the Champions League as a player in 2004?
Daniel Farke
Frank Lampard
Ralph Hasenhüttl
Nuno Espírito Santo
David Moyes signed his first professional contract with Celtic at 18. In which country was he playing when Celtic offered him that deal?
Northern Ireland
Iceland
France
Portugal
Pep Guardiola won the European Cup in 1992. He played his last game in the competition a decade later, in September 2002. What was the score?
Arsenal 5-0 Brescia
Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona
Roma 0-3 Real Madrid
Panathinaikos 1–0 Barcelona
Guardiola also had two stints at Brescia towards the end of his playing career. He did not score many goals, but he did convert a penalty in each of his two seasons at Brescia. Who was the club’s regular penalty taker at the time?
Gheorghe Hagi
Andrea Pirlo
Mario Balotelli
Roberto Baggio
Nigel Pearson captained his club to victory in the League Cup final in the early 1990s. Which other current Premier League manager did he come up against at Wembley that day?
Frank Lampard
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Sean Dyche
Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce did not win the League Cup in 1990-91, but why was that a special season for the Manchester United centre-back?
He won his first and only cap for England
He won his first and only cap for the Republic of Ireland
He scored 19 goals
He captained Manchester United to their first league title in 26 years
Where did the Southampton manager, Ralph Hasenhüttl, end his playing career?
Barcelona reserves
Borussia Dortmund reserves
Bayern Munich reserves
Real Madrid reserves
When Harry Redknapp took over as Portsmouth manager in 2002, the first player he signed was Eddie Howe. Howe spent two years at the club. How many games did he play?
None
Two
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250
For which club did Mikel Arteta first play in the Champions League?
Rangers
Everton
Barcelona
PSG
Carlo Ancelotti only scored one goal for Italy. What made it special?
It was in a World Cup final
It was on his debut
It was on his 35th birthday
It was on his 50th and final cap
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