Who Are Ya? (EFL Championship)
Try and work out which player these 10 facts are describing.
To celebrate the return of the Championship over the past weekend, this player has plied his trade at some point in England’s second division.
Good Luck!
The Facts:
1. At time of writing (June 2020), this player is 38 years old.
2. This player played just 28 Championship games for his club, after spending the previous 8 seasons with them in the Premier League.
3. At the end of the 2012/2013 season, he was told he could “find himself another club”, ending his time in England after 349 games and becoming a club legend.
4. At age 38, he is still registered for a third-tier club in his home country.
5. During his time in England, he helped his club reach the UEFA Cup round of 32, and 5 years later, a 17th place finish in the Championship.
6. He was ranked 8th in FourFourTwo’s most embarrassing dives of all time.
7. Despite only scoring 47 times in England (Just once in the Championship), many of his goals are well remembered for being spectacular strikes.
8. He is the frontman of Norwegian musical project, ‘The Players’ which consists of 5 professional footballers.
9. In 2010, he was punched in the stomach by Joey Barton, and also poked in the eye by Mikel Arteta.
10. This player features in the video below of “Match of the Day’s Goal of the Month (December 2006)”.
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