Can You Match These World Famous Soccer Players to Their Home Country?

By: Khadija Leon
Estimated Completion Time
2 min
Can You Match These World Famous Soccer Players to Their Home Country?
Image: HYPEBEAST via Youtube/TeoCRi HD via Youtube/Eddie Janssens via Wiki Commons

About This Quiz

Association football, better known soccer, is a team sport which requires two teams of eleven players whose objective is to score by moving the ball the to the opposing team's goal without using their hands. Played by over 200 million people from over 200 countries, it is the world's most popular sport.

With that, the people who play the game professionally are some of the richest athletes in the world, often signing contracts worth millions of dollars to some of the world's best teams as well as playing for their country. 

People come from all over the world and for football players, it is no different. Although there are higher concentrations of footballers coming from certain parts of the world like Spain, France, Brazil, Germany and England, there are also some who come from areas like the Ivory Coast, Sweden, the Netherlands, Argentina, Uruguay and Belgium. 

How much of a fan are you and how closely have you been paying attention to the players and their back stories? Are you able to correctly match the successful footballers to countries that they were born in? Only a true football fan can do it, will you be one go them? Take this quiz to find out!

Pelé
Ricardo Stuckert/PT
Where is this soccer player from?
China
Brazil
India
United States
ZLatan Ibrahimovic
n/a
Where is this soccer player from?
Sweden
Indonesia
Brazil
Pakistan
Lionel Messi
YouTube
Where is this soccer player from?
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Argentina
Russia

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Cesc Fabregas
SEN31
Where is this soccer player from?
Mexico
Japan
Ethiopia
Spain
James Rodriguez
Bundesliga
Where is this soccer player from?
Philippines
Colombia
Egypt
Vietnam
Sergio Ramos
Jan S0L0
Where is this soccer player from?
Germany
Iran
Spain
Turkey

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Daniel Alves
Football.ua via Wiki Commons
Where is this soccer player from?
Brazil
Thailand
England
France
Diego Maradona
Armando Tovar
Where is this soccer player from?
Argentina
Italy
Tanzania
South Africa
Steven_Gerrard
Eddie Janssens via Wiki Commons
Where is this soccer player from?
South Korea
Scotland
Sweden
England

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Luis Suarez
n/a
Where is this soccer player from?
Colombia
Kenya
Uruguay
Spain
Ronaldinho
NBA
Where is this soccer player from?
Argentina
Brazil
Ukraine
Iran
Antoine Griezmann
Biser Todorov
Where is this soccer player from?
Sudan
United States
Canada
France

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Cristiano Ronaldo
YouTube
Where is this soccer player from?
Morocco
Portugal
Venezuela
Afghanistan
Gerard Piqué
The Players' Tribune via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Spain
Malaysia
Nepal
North Korea
Wayne Rooney
n/a
Where is this soccer player from?
Australia
Taiwan
England
Sri Lanka

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George Best
Christoffer Boman via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Romania
England
Chile
Guatemala
Zinedine Zidane
Raphaël Labbé
Where is this soccer player from?
Ecuador
France
Netherlands
Cambodia
Frank Rijkaard
AFC Ajax via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Cuba
Belgium
Greece
Netherlands

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Arjen_Robben
Rufus46 via Wiki Commons
Where is this soccer player from?
Haiti
Portugal
Netherlands
France
Neymar Jr.
n/a
Where is this soccer player from?
Sweden
Hungary
Jordan
Brazil
Paul Pogba
Ardfern/Danyele via Wiki Commons
Where is this soccer player from?
Honduras
France
Austria
Israel

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Frank Lampard
F2Freestylers - Ultimate Soccer Skills Channel
Where is this soccer player from?
England
Switzerland
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Sergio Aguero
YouTube
Where is this soccer player from?
Nicaragua
Lebanon
Argentina
Denmark
Gareth Bale
n/a
Where is this soccer player from?
Singapore
Finland
Norway
Wales

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Jerome Boateng
DFB-Team (Die Mannschaft) via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Costa Rica
Ireland
Germany
New Zealand
Andrés Iniesta
Castroquini
Where is this soccer player from?
Croatia
Panama
Spain
Uruguay
Mario Balotelli
Man City via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Mongolia
Italy
Jamaica
Armenia

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David Beckham
BeanymanSports
Where is this soccer player from?
England
Qatar
Slovenia
Fiji
Xavier Creus
ieraHDTV (Backup Channel) via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Malta
Spain
Belize
Iceland
Eden Hazard
Brian Minkoff-London Pixels via Wiki Commons
Where is this soccer player from?
Belgium
Monaco
India
China

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Francesco Totti
TeoCRi HD via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Pakistan
Italy
Brazil
Nigeria
Arturo Vidal
Save the Dream from Doha, Qatar
Where is this soccer player from?
Russia
Mexico
Japan
Chile
Manuel Neuer
Steindy
Where is this soccer player from?
Ethiopia
Philippines
Egypt
Germany

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Sergio Busquets
Planeta Deportiva via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Vietnam
Germanh
Spain
Iran
ALEXIS SANCHEZ
Comps Elrake via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Turkey
Chile
Thailand
France
Karim Benzema
Lana Rose via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
France
Italy
South Africa
Colombia

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Mesut Özil
HYPEBEAST via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
South Korea
Spain
Germany
Sweden
DAVID SILVA
Man City via Youtube
Where is this soccer player from?
Argentina
Spain
Algeria
Afghanistan
Petr Cech
NBC Sports
Where is this soccer player from?
Canada
Morocco
Venezuela
Czech Republic

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Marcelo
Bitjungle
Where is this soccer player from?
Malaysia
Nepal
Brazil
Yemen