A phrase most associated (in Britain anyway) with one of France's star footballers and a footballer with a unique FIFA World Cup record have a doubled syllable in common. Who are the players and what was the record?

peasypod

I know about as much about soccer as I do about the engine of my car, and as for being a non-Brit, well forgive me if my 'Zizou' stab is way off the mark. ;) Jun 29 06, 9:19 PM

gmackematix

Of course I forgive you for being way off the mark, Peasy! It's kind of ironic you should mention the engine of your car though... Jun 30 06, 12:27 AM

peasypod

Yes, but not ironic. That, my dear, was intentional. Jun 30 06, 7:03 AM

MyAlias

So.....What is the answer? Jun 30 06, 7:05 AM

peasypod

Well, I made my stab with Zidane... (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) Jun 30 06, 7:20 AM

davejacobs

I'm not quite sure what having a doubled syllable in common means. In the names, presumably. You mean like Lua-Lua, or Tintin although I don't think he ever played football? Or just two syllables not necessarily the same, like Ronaldo and Ronaldino, although they are both Brazilian? No, reading the question very closely, it seems it is (1) the phrase associated with the french footballer and (2) the World Cup footballer (his name) that have this double syllable in common. No, baffled. It seems most football fans are watching it at present instead of reading these questions. Jul 01 06, 4:29 AM

gmackematix

The first answer was France and Arsenal's own Thierry Henri, who advertised cars as having "Va va voom". The second part referred to a Braziian player called Vava who certainly had "va va voom". Vava won two consecutive World Cup Finals (1958 and 1962), scoring a hat trick in one of them. Apr 12 07, 6:23 PM