Football quiz: World Cup heroes' club careers

Which island was Roger Milla marooned on before Italia 90? Photograph: Getty Images

1. Roger Milla danced his way on to the global stage at Italia '90, having spent the previous season on which French island?

   1. Corsica

   2. Guadeloupe

   3. Réunion

   4. New Caledonia

2. Complete the sequence: Inter > Werder Bremen > Bayern Munich > ??? > Tottenham

   1. Marseille

   2. Monaco

   3. Manchester United

   4. Milan

3. Three of England's starting eleven in the 1966 final played for which club?

   1. Leeds United

   2. Arsenal

   3. Blackpool

   4. West Ham United

4. At Italia '90, which club from outside England provided four members of Bobby Robson's squad?

   1. Barcelona

   2. Marseille

   3. Lazio

   4. Rangers

5. 

   Sócrates came out of retirement to play for Garforth Town in 2004. What was his only other European club?

   1. Real Madrid

   2. Fiorentina

   3. Borussia Dortmund

   4. Panathinaikos

6. Sticking with Brazil: Zico's only outings for a European side came in which team's black and white kit?

   1. Juventus

   2. Notts County

   3. Udinese

   4. Boavista

7. In 1950, Joe Gaetjens' goal secured one of the all-time World Cup shocks as USA beat England. What was the unusual name of his club at the time?

   1. San Angeles

   2. Baltidelphia

   3. Brookhattan

   4. Torontreal

8. Iran's Milad Mohammadi earned his 15 seconds of fame at the 2018 World Cup after trying a forward-roll throw-in. Which disputed territory was he playing club football in?

   1. Chechnya

   2. Dagestan

   3. Northern Cyprus

   4. Western Sahara

9. Only three members of the Spain squad that won the World Cup in 2010 played overseas. Which club did two of them belong to?

   1. Benfica

   2. Bayern Munich

   3. Liverpool

   4. Zenit

10. 

    Yordan Letchkov was on the books of which club when his goal sent Germany out of the 1994 World Cup?

    1. Hull City

    2. Hamburg

    3. HJK Helsinki

    4. Heracles

11. Complete the sequence: Roma > Juventus > Real Madrid > Bayern Munich > ???

    1. Arsenal

    2. Chelsea

    3. Tottenham

    4. West Ham

12. 'I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who has ruined Italian football.' Which player was this irate Serie A chairman talking about?

    1. Pak Doo-ik

    2. Ahn Jung-hwan

    3. Jakob Johansson

    4. Sergio Goygochea

13. Just Fontaine scored a record 13 goals for France at the 1958 World Cup while on the books at which club side?

    1. Real Madrid

    2. Benfica

    3. Stade de Reims

    4. Eintracht Frankfurt

14. Which club sent the most players to the 2018 World Cup?

    1. Real Madrid

    2. Tottenham

    3. Manchester City

    4. Barcelona

15. Finally, which of these World Cup heroes played for the fewest different clubs?

    1. Saeed Al-Owairan

    2. Lev Yashin

    3. Pak Doo-ik

    4. Ferenc Puskas

Solutions

1:C - The 38-year-old was playing his club football with JS Saint-Pierroise on the tiny Indian Ocean island. Milla also played on Corsica from 1980 to 1984 with Bastia., 2:B - The respective clubs (at the time) of the last five Golden Boot winners: Ronaldo, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Müller, James Rodríguez and Harry Kane., 3:D - The two goalscorers - Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters - and the captain, Bobby Moore., 4:D - Chris Woods, Trevor Steven, Terry Butcher and Gary Stevens. The Glasgow giants had more players in the England squad than the Scotland squad., 5:B - The Brazilian legend played just one season in Serie A, in 1984-85., 6:C - Zico's two seasons with the Italian upstarts were largely disappointing, but he remains loved by supporters., 7:C - The New York outfit were one of the American Soccer League's most successful sides., 8:A - The full-back was playing for Akhmat Grozny in 2018, but has since earned a move to Belgian club Gent., 9:C - Fernando Torres and backup goalkeeper Pepe Reina. The other, Cesc Fábregas, played for Arsenal., 10:B - The big Bulgarian remained a fan favourite at HSV, before leaving for Marseille in 1996., 11:C - The clubs of the last five World Cup-winning captains, completed by Spurs and France keeper Hugo Lloris., 12:B - The South Korea forward was on loan at Perugia when he scored the goal that sent Italy out of the 2002 World Cup., 13:C - The Morocco-born forward played in a European Cup final with Reims, losing 2-0 to Real Madrid in 1959., 14:C - Sixteen City players were called up, edging out Real Madrid (15), Barcelona (14) and Spurs (12)., 15:C - North Korea's 1966 hero was an army corporal who never played club football at all. Al-Owairan and Yashin spent their whole careers at one club, while Puskas played for two (Honved and Real Madrid).

Scores

1. 14 and above.

   Time to lift the trophy

2. 11 and above.

   You made a run to the final

3. 6 and above.

   Knocked out on penalties

4. 0 and above.

   Going out in the group stages