Cliff Clavin Would Be Impressed

What's the most impressive piece of footer trivia do you know?
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• José Mourinho and Pavel Nedved have both named their children after themselves and their wives. Mourinho’s children are called José and Matilde; Nedved’s are named Pavel and Ivana.

• Eight of France’s top-10 most capped players were on the field at the same time during the Euro 2000 final.

• Asides from the final and semi-finals, every tie in the 1945-46 FA Cup was contested over two legs.

• Nine players have scored for six different Premier League clubs: Nick Barmby, Nicolas Anelka, Craig Bellamy, Darren Bent, Marcus Bent, Andy Cole, Peter Crouch, Les Ferdinand and Robbie Keane. Bellamy has scored for seven (Coventry City, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, Liverpool, West Ham United, Manchester City and Cardiff City.)

• Six players named David have won the Premier League: May, Platt, Seaman, De Gea, Silva and Beckham. (David Batty was offered a medal under “special dispensation”, but refused it. He had only played in five matches that season due to injury and felt his contribution did not warrant recognition.

• Tottenham have never lost a match in which Aaron Lennon has scored. (He has only scored 26 goals for them, but we are talking about Spurs, so that is fairly unlikely).

• The 1962 European Cup final featured the clubs that won the tournament in 1961 (Benfica) and 1960 (Real Madrid). 

• Despite having played for Barcelona, Internazionale, Real Madrid and Milan, Ronaldo never won the Champions League. 

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the first man to score for six clubs in the Champions League, but he has never won the competition – and he has played for five clubs that have won it (Ajax, Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan and Juventus).

• David Beckham and David Moyes played together at Preston North End.

• Cesare Maldini was the Milan captain when they won the European Cup final in England in 1963. Forty years later Paolo Maldini captained the club when they won the Champions League – and that final was also held in England.

• Robbie Keane is the world’s leading international goalscorer among currently active players.

• Hull City are the only club in the professional English leagues whose name is spelt entirely out of letters that cannot be coloured in.

• Brazil have played Norway four times but they have never beaten them.

• Andrés Palop won the European Championship in 2008 without ever winning a cap

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