Émile Mpenza
Jürgen Klopp
Uwe Rösler
Bjřrn Helge Riise
Unai Núńez
Eusébio
Andrés Iniesta
I think that the ex-Serbian footballer and manager Boškov-Ćurković-Savićević may take the biscuit.
Any more that you can think of?
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Émile Mpenza
Jürgen Klopp
Uwe Rösler
Bjřrn Helge Riise
Unai Núńez
Eusébio
Andrés Iniesta
I think that the ex-Serbian footballer and manager Boškov-Ćurković-Savićević may take the biscuit.
Any more that you can think of?
Mesut ÖzilQuote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Martin Řdegaard
Siôn Spence
Mats Mřller Dćhli,
Ole Gunnar Solskjćr
Two with City connections
Footballers'
Jörn Schwinkendorf.....another City superstar:hehe:
Frank O’Farrell, Gary O’Neil, Stuart O’Keefe
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
I propose the only Olympic Gold Medallist to play for Aberdeen.
Remember his run against Reading which ended with him smashing the post at the Grange End.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
That goes in and he was on for Ballon D'Or. No doubt in my mind. It all seemed to unravel after that.
Him hitting the woodwork seems to make it more memorable. He was tall, German, majestic he strode forward, opposition players parting like the Red Sea, I thought we had a player in that fleeting moment. How mistaken I was!!Quote:
Originally Posted by blue lewj
More like the Sh*thouse Door perhapsQuote:
Originally Posted by blue lewj
Complete guess, but. I reckon it’s someone from Iceland or the Faroes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
You’ve got the right continent but, otherwise, nowhere nearQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Greece?Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
IncorrectQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
So, summer Olympics, not winter?
CorrectQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I’m never going to get this - I can’t think of a sport where someone would win a gold medal and then become a footballer (I suppose it could happen the other way around, but I’m struggling to think of an example when it has), so I’m going to guess that Spain won the football when the Games were held in Barcelona and one of their squad played for Aberdeen.
You eventually got on the right track but you need to look at earlier OlympicsQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
The Olympic football tournament was won by (I had a look) Eastern Block countries from 1952 all the way through to the 1980 games in Moscow, so I'd guess the answer lies somewhere amongst that lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
Definitely getting warmer despite the weather !Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
Zoltán Varga
Zoltán Varga is the correct answer. Well done :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
I remember him from the days when non British players in this country were an exotic rarity compared to the situation now. I’m not old enough to have seen the Robledo brothers but Steve Mokone played in the first ever City game I saw (not that he lasted long) and later, players like Preben Arentoft (Newcastle) and Dietmar Bruck (Coventry) added some exoticism to the Football League. Varga was part of the very useful Hungarian teams of the 60s that included Ferenc Bene, Florian Albert and Janos Farkas.