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Foreigners in the English Premiership

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : FA Premier League : Foreigners in the English Premiership

Introduction:
"Ten questions on the influx of international footballers into the British leagues."


1. Gianfranco Zola joined Chelsea in November 1996 in a transfer from which Italian team?
    Parma
    Empoli
    Napoli
    Sampdoria


2. Three of the four foreign internationals listed who have played for Middlesbrough FC and have the letter Z in their Christian names (first names). Which one is 'Z-less'?
    Ravenelli
    Boksic
    Mendieta
    Nemeth


3. Name the Costa Rican international?
    Stern John
    Hamilton Ricard
    Paulo Wanchope
    Raidi Jaidi


4. In Feb 2005, Arsenal played Crystal Palace in a league game at Highbury. What made the headlines alongside the score in the following mornings newspapers?
    Arsenal's starting eleven PLUS the five substitutes were foreigners
    Cesc Fabregas, the classy Spanish youngster ,scored all five for Arsenal in a 5-1 win
    Arsenal won 5-1 and their scorers were all foreign defenders
    The match was watched in 47 countries yet Londoners lost the satellite pictures and never saw the game


5. Which country did 2002 Blackburn Rovers international midfielder, Tugay, come from?
    Bermuda
    Albania
    Turkey
    Venezuela


6. Between 1996 and 2002, which Italian striker played in the Premiership for Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Bradford, Derby County and, finally, a loan period at Middlesbrough, before returning to Italy?
    Guissepe Verdi
    Benito Mussolini
    Benito Carbone
    Luciano Pavarotti


7. Who is the non-European of these four Manchester United players?
    Ole Gunnar Solksjaer
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    Edwin Van der Sar
    Gabriel Heinze


8. In 2006, if Chelsea played Didier Drogba up front alongside Andrei Shevchenko and Arjen Robben, then which nationality was not represented?
    Ukraine
    Ivory Coast
    Belgium
    Holland


9. Which of these Newcastle players is a Republic of Ireland international?
    Damien Duff
    Nicky Butt
    Scott Parker
    Shola Amoebi


10. Which player listed went on to manage the Premiership club they played for?
    Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
    Steffan Freund (Tottenham)
    Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea)
    Jan Molby (Liverpool)


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