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Interesting List of Countries

Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:06 am

England
Scotland
Wales
N Irealand
Ireland
Nigeria
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Germany
Iceland
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Jamaica
USA
Norway
Greece
Kazakhstan
France
Belgium
Austria
Bermuda

A nice easy quiz . Probably not a complete list, so feel free to add any I missed.

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Post by starting_11 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:09 am

Number who've played for us by country?

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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:12 am

Just nationalities who have been on our playing staff. I heard the other day that Arsenal have had 50 nationalities play for them in the PL !!!

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Post by starting_11 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:14 am

I know most of these.

But... Who was Kazakhstanianainianian?

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Post by piston broke » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:15 am

We've had two Belgians recently and Kazakhstan is above them so enlighten me , please?

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Post by DobloStu » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:16 am

Canada
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Post by tim_noone » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:21 am

Hungary. Albania.Holland
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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:25 am

DobloStu wrote:Canada
If you are thinking of Arfield he was born in Scotland

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Post by JellyBaby » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:26 am

Peru!
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Post by Paul Waine » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:29 am

FCBurnley wrote:If you are thinking of Arfield he was born in Scotland
But a Canada cap allows us to include Canada on the list of countries connected to Burnley FC.

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Post by starting_11 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:29 am

Go back a few years and you can add "neverneverland" to the list

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Post by tim_noone » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:29 am

Sweden
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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:30 am

piston broke wrote:We've had two Belgians recently and Kazakhstan is above them so enlighten me , please?
Demitrios Papadopoulos...........According to Clarets Chronicles

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Post by JellyBaby » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:30 am

Sweden

beat me to it tim...
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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:31 am

Paul Waine wrote:But a Canada cap allows us to include Canada on the list of countries connected to Burnley FC.
I based the list on Countries of Birth

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Post by tim_noone » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:35 am

Gabor kiraly Hungary Besart Berisha Albania john guedetti sweden rem Vander shafted us! Holland

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Post by piston broke » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:39 am

FCBurnley wrote:Demitrios Papadopoulos...........According to Clarets Chronicles
According to his wiki page it was Uzbekistan but as I didn't know that, thank you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Papadopoulos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:41 am

So thats 28 excluding Canada and including Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. Sure there are more

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Post by JellyBaby » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:42 am

Slovakia! i cheated with this one...literally have no recollection of him

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Post by tim_noone » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:49 am

I think we had Trinidadian and Tobago player int.who dyche brought from Chesterfield right back ? Or was that A another....darikwa Zimbabwe.though we had some one from T and T I'm sure

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Post by WadingInDeeper » Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:11 am

Cameroon - bikey
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Post by mickleoverclaret » Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:33 am

Fernando Guerrero was from Ecuador!

EDIT: And Drissa Diallo was born in Mauritania
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Post by mickleoverclaret » Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:33 am

tim_noone wrote:I think we had Trinidadian and Tobago player int.who dyche brought from Chesterfield right back ? Or was that A another....darikwa Zimbabwe.though we had some one from T and T I'm sure
Ian Cox played for Trinidad and Tobago!
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Post by AndrewJB » Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:10 am

FCBurnley wrote:I based the list on Countries of Birth
David Edgar
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Post by Geoff » Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:22 am

tim_noone wrote:Hungary. Albania.Holland
Berisha was technically born in Yugoslavia

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Post by Nonayforever » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:30 am

Geoff wrote:Berisha was technically born in Yugoslavia
Is he a test tube baby ?
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Post by RocketLawnChair » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:38 am

Djemba-Djemba = Cameroon

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Post by the_magic_rat » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:03 am

mickleoverclaret wrote:Ian Cox played for Trinidad and Tobago!
Or that "tinpot Trinidad mob" as Stan once so fetchingly described them when they were weren't complying with his wishes regarding their handling of Ian Cox's international career. :D

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Post by Oppycat » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:05 am

So no-one from Spain, Italy or Portugal.

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Post by Cleveleys_claret » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:24 am

Oppycat wrote:So no-one from Spain, Italy or Portugal.
Marco Gentile?

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Post by diamondpocket » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:28 am

Oppycat wrote:So no-one from Spain, Italy or Portugal.
What about the Italian keeper who played in goal when we got beat at Cheltenham in the cup under Stan? Got Cellino in mind but wasnt he the Leeds owner?
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Post by diamondpocket » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:29 am

Also what nationality was the keeper at Darlington in the cup when we got beat, played at the riverside?

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Post by nil_desperandum » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:31 am

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Marco Gentile?
Just beat me to it, but I was checking and he's Dutch!

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Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:43 am

Jay Rodgriguez’ Dad played for us. Spanish.
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Post by MACCA » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:54 am

diamondpocket wrote:What about the Italian keeper who played in goal when we got beat at Cheltenham in the cup under Stan? Got Cellino in mind but wasnt he the Leeds owner?
Luigi Chinamo sp*

Was also Greek

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Post by nil_desperandum » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:01 am

Luigi Cennamo I think - but yes, Greek - despite the Italian name.

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Post by Geoff » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:36 am

nil_desperandum wrote:Luigi Cennamo I think - but yes, Greek - despite the Italian name.
But he was born in Germany
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Re: Interesting List of Countries

Post by Walton » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:02 am

Who's the Austrian-born player?

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Post by SlidingTackle » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:02 am

Iran - the bloke who never quite played for us do to one thing and another but was of Iranian origin? Danny Karbassiyoon?

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Post by Selby Claret » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:09 am

diamondpocket wrote:Also what nationality was the keeper at Darlington in the cup when we got beat, played at the riverside?
Frank Petter Kval - Norweigian I believe

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Post by Selby Claret » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:09 am

Walton wrote:Who's the Austrian-born player?
Was it the guy Renny Smith - youngster.........?? He's English born though so wouldn't count according to the OP's rules

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Post by randomclaret2 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:17 pm

Can someone forward this list to the ponce at The Independent who wrote the hatchet job piece on us the other week ?
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Post by thelaughingclaret » Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:37 pm

Ecuador. Fernando Guerrero

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Post by JellyBaby » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:46 pm

Stanislav Varga - the Slovakian

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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:57 pm

Selby Claret wrote:Was it the guy Renny Smith - youngster.........?? He's English born though so wouldn't count according to the OP's rules
Ashley Barnes was born in Austria

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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:58 pm

Walton wrote:Who's the Austrian-born player?
Ashley Barnes

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Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:07 pm

No he wasn’t !

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Post by Walton » Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:08 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Ashley Barnes was born in Austria
Ashley Barnes was born in Bath, Somerset

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Post by piston broke » Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:10 pm

Ash born in Bath, England played for Austria U21s but not Austrian by the Scott Arfield rule.

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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:14 pm

So 33 countries so far. Original list of 23 plus

Peru
Sweden
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Holland
Cameroon
Ecuador
Mauritania
Canada
Slovakia

Any more ?

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