I got told this the other day.
Apparently, there are 24 men who have played football for England at senior level while playing club football for a foreign (non UK) team.
They’re listed here in order of how many caps they got while playing abroad and I’ve shown how many as a small clue. I’ll add them to the list as people get them.
After a while, if we find some of them a bit hard, I’ll give you the club/clubs they were playing for too. If you can work out the clubs yourself, that’d be cool.
Some are harder than others. And it goes back as far as the 1960s
I’ll give you the easiest one to start with - the one with the most ”foreign” caps.
1 cap
2 caps
3 caps
4 caps
4 caps
5 caps
6 caps
9 caps
11 caps
11 caps
11 caps
12 caps
13 caps
17 caps
17 caps
17 caps
22 caps
22 caps
24 caps
25 caps
27 caps
33 caps
39 caps
55 caps David Beckham - Real Madrid/LA Galaxy/AC Milan
Over to you...
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Owen
Ince
Lineker
Platt
Sancho
Hargreaves
Trippier
Carson?
With
Beckham
Owen
Linekar
Sancho
Already going thats my limit lol
Ray Wilkins?
Jonathan Woodgate?
Gotta be the 27 or 39
Chris Waddle
i recall seeing them play at US Luxembourg v Olympique Marseille. I think they were both in the England team at the time.
Jimmy Greaves
Trevor Francis?
Hopefully @lordromford has an early day on here and updates the list lol
Joe Hart
2 caps
3 caps Laurie Cunningham Real Madrid
4 caps Gerry Hitchens Inter
4 caps
5 caps
6 caps Trevor Steven Marseille
9 caps Glenn Hoddle Monaco
11 caps Michael Owen Real Madrid
11 caps Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund
11 caps Des Walker Sampdoria
12 caps Paul Gascoigne Lazio
13 caps Steve McManaman Real Madrid
17 caps Paul Ince Inter
17 caps Chris Waddle Marseille
17 caps Tony Woodcock FC Koln
22 caps Ray Wilkins AC Milan
22 caps Trevor Francis Detroit Express/Sampdoria
24 caps Gary Lineker Barcelona
25 caps Kevin Keegan Hamburg
27 caps Mark Hateley AC Milan/Monaco
33 caps David Platt Bari/Juventus/Sampdoria
39 caps Owen Hargreaves Bayern Munich
55 caps David Beckham - Real Madrid/LA Galaxy/AC Milan
Ok, here you go. All correct answers so far now in place. Not surprised by the missing ones, but I was impressed with @iaitch getting Gerry Hitchens and @paulie8290 getting Scott Carson. Well done to @cafcfan1990 @MrLargo @thai malaysia addick @Off_it and @C_A_F_C for getting some of them.
Also, I’d originally left Wayne Rooney out because his one appearance while at DC United was something of an exhibition appearance, but strictly it is correct.
And Kieran Trippier was apparently left off of my list. Whoops! Thanks Paulie. Git. 😉
Wrong answers given so far:
Jonathan Woodgate
Jimmy Greaves
Joe Hart
Can you get the last three Correct answers?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/19692/11835766/bulgaria-0-6-england-racist-chants-mar-england-rout-in-bulgaria
Trippier played in that game in October after his move to Spain
2 caps Gordon Cowans Bari
3 caps Laurie Cunningham Real Madrid
4 caps Gerry Hitchens Inter
4 caps Dave Watson Werder Bremen
5 caps Luther Blissett AC Milan
6 caps Trevor Steven Marseille
9 caps Glenn Hoddle Monaco
11 caps Michael Owen Real Madrid
11 caps Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund
11 caps Des Walker Sampdoria
12 caps Paul Gascoigne Lazio
13 caps Steve McManaman Real Madrid
17 caps Paul Ince Inter
17 caps Chris Waddle Marseille
17 caps Tony Woodcock FC Koln
22 caps Ray Wilkins AC Milan
22 caps Trevor Francis Detroit Express/Sampdoria
24 caps Gary Lineker Barcelona
25 caps Kevin Keegan Hamburg
27 caps Mark Hateley AC Milan/Monaco
33 caps David Platt Bari/Juventus/Sampdoria
39 caps Owen Hargreaves Bayern Munich
55 caps David Beckham - Real Madrid/LA Galaxy/AC Milan
Plus Rooney and Trippier of course.
Well done all!
https://www.englandstats.com/player.php?pid=1155
This was a good question, I'm into odd stats like this so found the question relatively easy.