Sao Paolo is also interesting. Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Neymar, Rivelino, Djalminha, Robinho, etc
Best all time eleven consisting world players all born in same city
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Who the hell knows in which city players were born, other than some of the youth that grows in your club?
You people are weird!!!
You people are weird!!!
Winner
Ill do a Copenhagen one:
Elkjær
B. Laudrup - M. Laudrup - Tist
Arnesen - Lerby
Heinze - Agger - Rieper - Colding
Schmeichel
Bench: Sophus Krølben, Bendtner, Karl Aage Hansen
Elkjær
B. Laudrup - M. Laudrup - Tist
Arnesen - Lerby
Heinze - Agger - Rieper - Colding
Schmeichel
Bench: Sophus Krølben, Bendtner, Karl Aage Hansen
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This is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Many top players, even in a youth product from a top club, seem to come from villages.
I guess Amsterdam wins, which is impressive considering Amsterdam's population of only 800.000 people.
I guess Amsterdam wins, which is impressive considering Amsterdam's population of only 800.000 people.
Sterling was born in Jamaica. You can get Joe Cole in there.
Rio (players I've seen) :
---------J.Cesar----------
Jorginho-T.Silva---Juan--Serginho
Leonardo -- Allan -- Marcelo
Romario
Adriano --- Ronaldo
---------J.Cesar----------
Jorginho-T.Silva---Juan--Serginho
Leonardo -- Allan -- Marcelo
Romario
Adriano --- Ronaldo
That's the state, not the city. Neymar and Djalminha born in Santos.
Lee Dixon comes from Manchester but probably isn't getting ahead of Bury's Garry Neville. Should make the squad though.
Dublin:
Stephen Cluxton
Johnny Carey - Paul McGrath - David O’Leary
Ronnie Whelan - Johnny Giles - Liam Brady - Damien Duff
Jimmy Dunne - Robbie Keane - Liam Whelan
Stephen Cluxton
Johnny Carey - Paul McGrath - David O’Leary
Ronnie Whelan - Johnny Giles - Liam Brady - Damien Duff
Jimmy Dunne - Robbie Keane - Liam Whelan
Close enough, Jamaica is in the greater London area
Our very own Alex Stepney?
Real interesting exercise this one.
Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Rio would probably field the mightiest teams
Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Rio would probably field the mightiest teams
Montevideo and Belgrade as well.
Even though all the players you’ve listed have roots on Surinam, Davids is the only one of that list born in Paramaribo.
You could make a pretty great Paramaribo born team, though:
Menzo
Van Gobbel - Fräser - Jerry de Jong - Braafheid
Seedorf - Davids - Winter
Blinker - Hasselbaink - Henny Meijer
Jongbloed
Krol - Michels - Israël
Rijkaard - Bergkamp - Boussafa
Gullit - Cruyff - Kluivert - Keizer
On a related note - Of the Celtic team that won the European Cup in1967, all but one member of the 15 man squad were born within 10 miles of Celtic Park.
Which got me thinking: which Dutch city could field the best team, and I am not too sure. I personally think I'd love to see the Utrecht team play (not a bad lineup for a city of approx 350,000 inhabitants...).
Rotterdam:
Rotterdam:
Doesburg
De Korver - Wim Jansen - Bogarde - Van Bronckhorst
Been - Van Heel - Wijnaldum
Moulijn- Van Persie - Wilkes
Utrecht:De Korver - Wim Jansen - Bogarde - Van Bronckhorst
Been - Van Heel - Wijnaldum
Moulijn- Van Persie - Wilkes
Van Breukelen
JP de Jong - Van Veen - Kraaij
Wouters - Sneijder - Adelaar - Vanenburg
Van der Linden - Van Basten - Affelay
JP de Jong - Van Veen - Kraaij
Wouters - Sneijder - Adelaar - Vanenburg
Van der Linden - Van Basten - Affelay
Milan:
(Greater Milan is even more impressive, including the likes of Scirea, for example)
Meazza - Delvecchio
* - Montolivo - Dossena - *
De Vecchi - Maldini - Bergomi - De Sciglio
Zenga
Roma:
Totti - Di Vaio
Di Livio - De Rossi - Aquilani - Candreva
Grosso - Di Bartololmei - Nesta - Tassotti
Masetti
(Greater Milan is even more impressive, including the likes of Scirea, for example)
Meazza - Delvecchio
* - Montolivo - Dossena - *
De Vecchi - Maldini - Bergomi - De Sciglio
Zenga
Roma:
Totti - Di Vaio
Di Livio - De Rossi - Aquilani - Candreva
Grosso - Di Bartololmei - Nesta - Tassotti
Masetti
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You tend to hear them on local media interviews and commentators like to mention such things. Given the high level of accent diversity in the UK it's easy for natives to identify where players come from. Ashton has statues of the 3 World Cup winners that were born there.
There are also resources like this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Footballers_from_Greater_Manchester
There are many clues...
Greater Paris, I'm sure someone else can do a better job here:
Areola,
Sagna, Gallas, Benatia, Mendy
Kante Pogba Rabiot
Mahrez Mbappe Henry
Subs: GK? Sakho, Kimpembe, Coman, Ben Arfa, Martial, Anelka
Areola,
Sagna, Gallas, Benatia, Mendy
Kante Pogba Rabiot
Mahrez Mbappe Henry
Subs: GK? Sakho, Kimpembe, Coman, Ben Arfa, Martial, Anelka
Chester-le-Street would win it.
Missing Garry and Phil Neville
Missing David Platt too.
And the aforementioned Lee Dixon.
Tried to do one for my home town of Nottingham. Can't do a full lineup:
GK?
LB? - Steve Chettle - Wes Morgan - Viv Anderson
Steve Hodge - Jermaine Jenas - Tom Huddlestone - Jermaine Pennant
Andy Cole - Chris Sutton
Andy Cole and Jenas being the highlights I guess.
GK?
LB? - Steve Chettle - Wes Morgan - Viv Anderson
Steve Hodge - Jermaine Jenas - Tom Huddlestone - Jermaine Pennant
Andy Cole - Chris Sutton
Andy Cole and Jenas being the highlights I guess.
Imagine that attacking trio playing together in their prime
Newcastle's (/Ashington's!) must be pretty good no?
Keegan Shearer
Beardsley
Jackie Milburn Carrick B.Charlton
Jack Milburn J.Charlton S.Bruce J.Adamson
Eric Steele? Fraser Forster?
I realise some of these weren't technically born in Newcastle, does Ashington count?
Keegan Shearer
Beardsley
Jackie Milburn Carrick B.Charlton
Jack Milburn J.Charlton S.Bruce J.Adamson
Eric Steele? Fraser Forster?
I realise some of these weren't technically born in Newcastle, does Ashington count?
McGrath and O'Leary grew up in Dublin but were both born in England.
J Murphy
J Carey, R Dunne, K Moran, T Dunne
J Giles, R Whelan, L Brady
R Keane, N Quinn, D Duff.
Den Haag (my home town)
Tim Krul
Aad Mansveld
Guus Haak
Martin Jol
Dick Jol
Dick Advocaat
Tscheu La Ling
Aad de Mos
Eljero Elia
Mick Clavan
Lex Schoenmaker
Fecking hell that was hard. We're not very good at football.
Tim Krul
Aad Mansveld
Guus Haak
Martin Jol
Dick Jol
Dick Advocaat
Tscheu La Ling
Aad de Mos
Eljero Elia
Mick Clavan
Lex Schoenmaker
Fecking hell that was hard. We're not very good at football.
Made a (greater) Brussels one with active players only:
GK: Urko Pardo
CB: Vincent Kompany
CB: Jason Denayer
CB: Dedryck Boyata
CM: Marouane Fellaini
CM: Youri Tielemans
RWB: Alexis Saelemaekers
LWB: Yannick Carrasco
LW: Adnan Januzaj
RW: Dodi Lukebakio
ST: Michy Batshuayi
Could probably hold their own in the Prem aside from the GK.
GK: Urko Pardo
CB: Vincent Kompany
CB: Jason Denayer
CB: Dedryck Boyata
CM: Marouane Fellaini
CM: Youri Tielemans
RWB: Alexis Saelemaekers
LWB: Yannick Carrasco
LW: Adnan Januzaj
RW: Dodi Lukebakio
ST: Michy Batshuayi
Could probably hold their own in the Prem aside from the GK.
I'm sure Robbo would be disappointed not to have made your cut!
Two more greats from GTR MCR, not on the wiki list that popped into my head
David May
Lee Martin
David May
Lee Martin
Yeah and we can put Brian Kidd in there too!
I think Sao Paulo, Rio, Amsterdam and Buenos Aires sure are the most important cities of football history in terms of spawning talent.
If you look at certain huge clubs, the two Milanos, Juve, Manchester Utd, Real M, Barça, Bayern, etc. their legacy is built around a selection of great players from the province (not necessarily the city centre-metropolitan areas-adjacent towns), and key national and foreign signings.
If you look at certain huge clubs, the two Milanos, Juve, Manchester Utd, Real M, Barça, Bayern, etc. their legacy is built around a selection of great players from the province (not necessarily the city centre-metropolitan areas-adjacent towns), and key national and foreign signings.
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Paris is currently surpassing all of them, dominating global talent production right now and for the foreseeable future.
Yes, that's true. But "surpassing" is a monstruous hyperbole.
Milan:
Paolo Maldini.... and erm.... his dad.... and then there's.... probably some more (gotta be a at least one Italian city that can boast a pretty good 11. Rome? Turin? Napoli??)
Paolo Maldini.... and erm.... his dad.... and then there's.... probably some more (gotta be a at least one Italian city that can boast a pretty good 11. Rome? Turin? Napoli??)
You must be only person on here from Leyland?
Yep. What I said about certain big clubs. But several AC Milan legends are actually Lombard, including Baresi.
Dublin
GK ??
Carr - McGrath - Moran - Robbie.Brady
Stapleton - Giles - Liam.Brady - Duff
Keane - Quinn
Really struggled with a LB and can't think of a keeper. Sold team though!
GK ??
Carr - McGrath - Moran - Robbie.Brady
Stapleton - Giles - Liam.Brady - Duff
Keane - Quinn
Really struggled with a LB and can't think of a keeper. Sold team though!
I think there's another few people from Leyland on here, definitely not many though.