All-time same (first) name XI...

1950 said:
Trying to make the best XI of my namesakes, but it's surprisingly tough. There is an absurd abundance of quality right backs (Alves, McGrain, Petrescu, Carvajal), but not so much on the other side. I know that McGrain used to play on the left for Scotland a lot, but I don't believe it would function in this team, due to the severe lack of creativity further upfront and no quality wide player available on the left flank. With Danilo and De Rossi in front of defence, it also makes sense to go for the most offensive full-backs possible. Alves is the obvious choice and Rose, as far as I can see, the only one. I omitted Blind because of Passarella. In regards to Sturridge, one singular sensational season is simply not good enough. Also, Blanchflower is technically a Robert, so they can have him.

GK: Danijel Subašić

RB: Dani Alves
CB: Daniel van Buyten
CB: Daniel Passarella
LB: Danny Rose

DM: Daniele De Rossi
DM: Danilo Alvim
AM: Dani Ceballos

RW: Daniel Bertoni
LW: Danny
CF: Dani Ruiz-Bazán

Options: Blind, Agger, McGrain, Petrescu, Carvajal, Pereira, Borimirov, Parejo, Popivoda, Fonseca, Sturridge
For the future: Zagadou, Olmo, James, Welbeck
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Fellow namesake here, great work.

HOWEVA, Parejo > Ceballos, don't let the big teams on the resume fool ya
 
Invictus said:
Battiston or Rice over van Aanholt! :)

You can resolve the Forssell conundrum by selecting Míchel as the right midfielder, while moving Laudrup to left midfield (à la Iniesta/Isco in contemporary football). Also, Migueli can start over Silvestre...

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Once again, I bow to your knowledge!
 
NoPace said:
Fellow namesake here, great work.

HOWEVA, Parejo > Ceballos, don't let the big teams on the resume fool ya
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It was a close call. I figured I'd go for the more attacking one and it was mostly for his time with Betis tbf.
 
Web of Bissaka said:
:) Nope, not all.
Many yes but it wouldn't even reach half of all.

Also, I tried remembering a few, but not many footballers with that first name variations made it to the big stage I mean not famous enough.
Let's see..
  • Mohamed Salah
  • Mohamed Sissoko
  • Mahamadou Diarra
  • ???
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Mohammed Salisu
 
Alex Stepney

Alex Forsyth
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Costacurta
Aleksandar Kolarov

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alessandro Florenzi
Alexis Sanchez

Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Altobelli
Alex Young

Marco Amelia

Mark Lawrenson
Mark van Bommel
Marco Materazzi
Mark Bowen

Marco Tardelli
Marco Verratti
Marc Overmars

Mark Hughes
Marco van Basten
Marcus Rashford

Frank Swift

Frank Leboeuf
Franco Baresi
Frank Rijkaard
Frank de Boer

Frank Lampard
Frankie de Jong
Franck Ribery

Frank Worthington
Frank Stapleton
Franco Causio
 
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simplyared said:
Alex Stepney

Alex Forsyth
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Costacurta
Aleksandar Kolarov

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alessandro Florenzi
Alexis Sanchez

Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Altobelli
Alex Young

Marco Amelia

Mark Lawrenson
Mark van Bommel
Marco Materazzi
Mark Bowen

Marco Tardelli
Marco Verratti
Marc Overmars

Mark Hughes
Marco van Basten
Marcus Rashford

Frank Swift

Frank Leboeuf
Franco Baresi
Frank Rijkaard
Frank de Boer

Frank Lampard
Frankie de Jong
Franck Ribery

Frank Worthington
Francis Jeffers
Francesco Graziani
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I know it’s pedantic, but are ‘Frank’ and ‘Francis’ technically the same name? I ask this as I saw a Frank team earlier with both Franco Baresi and Francesco Totti. They are both Italian. Surely Franco and Francesco cannot BOTH be the Italian version of Frank? I just assumed Francesco was Francis and Franco was Frank.

That said, I’m of course splitting hairs here!
 
Rozay said:
I know it’s pedantic, but are ‘Frank’ and ‘Francis’ technically the same name? I ask this as I saw a Frank team earlier with both Franco Baresi and Francesco Totti. They are both Italian. Surely Franco and Francesco cannot BOTH be the Italian version of Frank? I just assumed Francesco was Francis and Franco was Frank.

That said, I’m of course splitting hairs here!
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Get your point and have now adjusted my attacking force in accordance with the name Frank. Good fun this I've got some more teams I'm working on!
 
simplyared said:
Get your point and have now adjusted my attacking force in accordance with the name Frank. Good fun this I've got some more teams I'm working on!
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Tbh, I’m probably being extra. I’m sure many ‘Francis’ go by ‘Frank’ in real life so ai think they are both acceptable.
 
All the Bobbies!
Bob Wilson

Bobby Noble
Bobby Moore
Bobby Moncur
Bobby Thomson

Bobby Robson
Bobby Charlton
Bobby Collins

Bobby Zamora
Bob Latchford
Bobby Lennox
 
Gone with Claudio:

Claudio Taffarel

Claudio Rodriguez
Claudio Gentile
Claudio Suarez

Claudio Yacob
Claude Makelele
Claudio Marchissio
Claudio Vargas

Claudio Pizzaro
Claudio Canniga
Claudio Lopez

Manager: Claudio Ranieri.
 
Try George:

George Wood

George Cohen
Giorgio Chiellini
George Elokobi

Georgio Kinkladze
George Hagi
George Popescu
Georgi Vasilev

Georgios Samaras
George Weah
George Best

Manager: George Graham.
 
Paul’s v Luis’ would be a great match up
 
DE Ridder (Daniel) DE jong (Luuk) De Boer (Ronald)
De Guzman (Jonathan)
DE Roon (Marten) DE Jong (Frenkie)
De Jong (Nigel)
DE Boer (Frank) DE Ligt (Matthijs) DE Zeeuw (Arjan)
DE Goey (Ed)
 
BrilliantOrange said:
DE Ridder (Daniel) DE jong (Luuk) De Boer (Ronald)
De Guzman (Jonathan)
DE Roon (Marten) DE Jong (Frenkie)
De Jong (Nigel)
DE Boer (Frank) DE Ligt (Matthijs) DE Zeeuw (Arjan)
DE Goey (Ed)
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Absolutely not!
 
Rock on Tommy!

Thomas Ravelli

Tommy Smith
Thomas Linke
Thomas Berthold
Tommy Gemmell

Tom Cleverley
Thomas Doll
Thomas Graveson

Tom Finney
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Baldwin
 
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Bill Brown

Willy Sagnol
Billy McNeill
William Galas
Willie Donachie

Billy Wright
Willy van de Kerkhof
Billy Bremner

Billy Liddell
Billy Landsdowne
Willie Henderson
 
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Rock on Tommy!

Thomas Ravelli

Tommy Smith
Thomas Linke
Thomas Berthold
Tommy Gemmell

Tom Cleverley
Thomas Doll
Thomas Graveson

Tom Finney
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Baldwin
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Tom Cleverley?!!! Thomas Gravesen???!!!!

Thomas the Tank Engine would have been better!
 
Thought I’d bump seeing as this has been an international break discourse on here. Some great teams on earlier pages.
 
harms said:
Roberts are overstacked with quality: Moore, Charlton, Baggio, Carlos… Luis & the likes are also very formidable, especially if you include Luigis like Riva,

But Franks probably take the cake:

Francisco Gento - Ferenc Puskás - Ferenc Bene - Franck Ribery
Frank Lampard - Frank Rijkaard
Frank de Boer - Franco Baresi - Franz Beckenbauer - Franco Causio
František Planicka​

Can’t think of a proper right back off the top of my head but Causio played a right winger in zona mista, covering the entire wing pretty much, so he should do, it’s not like that defense is lacking in quality!
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That Franks team is hard to beat. Although maybe Johns/Giannis/Juans/Johans could compete against them... And Luis's have a few Ballon d'Or between them and some crazy good players - Luis Suarez (x2), (Luis) Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Luis Enrique, Gigi Riva...
 
Life of Brian XI - It's not quality, but it is capable of winning the championship or the FA Cup at best.

Brian Laudrup - Brian Brobbey - Bryan Mbeumo
Brian Kidd - Brian McClair - Bryan Robson - Bryan Zaragoza
Brian Priske - Joe Bryan - Brian Oviedo
Brian Jensen ("The beast")

Manager: Brian Clough - Briana Banks (yes, a woman with many awards to her name too, progressive thinking.)​
 
1. Alan Rough
2. Alan Harper
3. Alan Kennedy
4. Alain Roche
5. Alan Hansen
6. Alan Ball
7. Alain Giresse
8. Allan Simonsen
9 Alan McInally
10. Alan Shearer
11. Alan Davies

12. Alan Brazil
13. Allan Reese
 
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Andreas Isaksson

Andre Almeida
Andreas Christensen
Andre Ooijer
Andy Robertsson

Andres Iniesta
Andrea Pirlo
Andreas Brehme

Andrei Kanchelskis
Andriy Shevchenko
Andy Cole

Some team that!
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I was looking for an Andrew/Andre team haha. Could also have Andrea Barzagli at CB
 
There are 51 Jan's in the history of our national team, but I can't be arsed searching for em all.

Jan van Beveren
Jan Wouters
Jan Mulder
Jan Paul van Hecken
Jan Akkersdijk
Jan van Beek
Jan de Boer
Jan van den Broek
Jan Brooijmans
Jan van Diepenbeek
Jan van Dort
Jan Eversen sr.
Jan Eversen jr.

This list goes oooon and ooooon and ooooooooon.
 
Team Steve

Mandanda
Staunton Bould Bruce Nicol
Mcmanaman McMahon Gerrard Coppell
Effenberg
Kuntz
 
GK Gianluigi Buffon

RB Juan Zuñiga
CB John Terry
CB Juan Jesus
LB Joan Capdevila

CM Jean Tigana
CM Yaya Toure
CM Ivan Rackitić

RW Johan Cruyff
ST John Charles
LW John Barnes
 
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Dwight Corke said:
GK Gianluigi Buffon

RB Juan Zuñiga
CB John Terry
CB Juan Jesus
LB Joan Capdevila

CM Jean Tigana
CM Joao Neves

RW Juan Cuadrado
ST John Charles
ST Jhon Duran
LW John Barnes
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Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Ivan Cordoba… you can probably put Perišič in Cuadrado’s place.
 
Had to search to fill in few positions but makes for a solid Conference league position contending Serie A team. Unable to find any Francesco's who are non-Italian, Team chemistry: 100. Anyone popular names missed out on?

Francesco Toldo

Francesco Renzetti
Francesco Acerbi
Francesco Colonnese
Francesco Coco

Francesco Magnanelli
Francesco Lodi
Francesco Caputo

Francesco Totti (C)
Francesco Flachi
Francesco Graziani
 
Rozay said:
Ivan = John?

Learned something new today!
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Yep. It goes from Hebrew originally (Yehochanan -> Yochanan) via Greek (Ioannis) to Latin (Ioannes -> Johannes). Complicated stuff. I would assume that in Slavic languages (your Ivan’s) you’d skip the Latin step though.

I wonder where Toney’s name comes from though. Is it the same Slavic Ivan or a random coincidence (like Greek & Indian Nikita that aren’t related).

Edit: I can’t seem to fix my formatting on my phone.
 
4-2-3-1 narrow

GK Mike Maignan

RB Miguel Monteiro
RCB Michael Dawson
LCB. Micky van de Ven
LB Michel Bastos

RDM. Michael Carrick
LDM Miguel Veloso
RAM Michael Ballack
CAM Michel Platini
LAM Michael Laudrup

ST Michael Owen
 
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Lee Grant

Lionel Scaloni
Leon Balogun
Lee Dixon
Lee Young-Pyo

Leander Dendonker
Leon Goretzka
Leonardo

Lee Sharpe
Lionel Messi
Leroy Sane

Bench:

Lee Carsley
Lee Hendrie
Leon Bailey
Leon Osman
Leon Britton
Lee Kang-In

Very versatile name is ‘Lee’.
 
4-4-2 diamond

GK. Diego Lopez

RB Diogo Dalot
RCB. Jamie Carragher
LCB. Thiago Silva
LB. Diego Laxalt

CDM. Thiago Motta
RCM. Thiago Alcantara
LCM. Tiago Mendes
CAM Diego Maradona

RS. Diego Costa
LS. Diego Milito

Subs: Diogo Costa, Jacob Harry Maguire, Diego Lugano, James Milner, Diego Ribas, Santiago Solari
Jamie Redknapp, James Rodriguez, Jamie Vardy, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink
 
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Dwight Corke said:
GK Gianluigi Buffon

RB Juan Zuñiga
CB John Terry
CB Juan Jesus
LB Joan Capdevila

CM Jean Tigana
CM Joao Neves

RW Juan Cuadrado
ST John Charles
ST Jhon Duran
LW John Barnes
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Joao Neves in an all-time John XI at 19 is impressive! I’d put Juan Sebastian V ahead.
 
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