Player Legends Quiz Questions & Answers

202 Player Legends football trivia questions, each with the verified answer and explanation. Tap any question for the full breakdown, or play the live quiz.

How many Ballon d'Or awards did Pelé win officially during his career?

How many Ballon d'Or awards did Cristiano Ronaldo win?

How many goals did Diego Maradona score for Argentina?

How many Ballon d'Or awards did Lionel Messi win?

How many international goals did Gerd Müller score for West Germany?

How many Bundesliga goals did Gerd Müller score in his career?

Which player is the all-time leading scorer in international football?

Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

For which club did Johan Cruyff win three consecutive European Cups?

How many Bundesliga goals did Robert Lewandowski score for Bayern Munich?

Who scored the most goals in Bundesliga history?

Answer: Robert Lewandowski

How many international appearances did Pelé make for Brazil?

How many international appearances did Diego Maradona make?

How many Ballon d'Or awards did Ronaldinho win?

How many goals did Eusébio score in his career?

How many goals did Zlatan Ibrahimović score for Sweden?

How many Premier League titles did Ryan Giggs win with Manchester United?

How many goals did Dennis Bergkamp score for Arsenal?

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 1998?

Answer: Zinedine Zidane

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2000?

Answer: Luís Figo

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2022?

Answer: Karim Benzema

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2006?

Answer: Fabio Cannavaro

How many goals did Lionel Messi score for Barcelona in all competitions?

How many international caps did Lothar Matthäus earn for West Germany/Germany?

How many goals did Thierry Henry score for France internationally?

How many Premier League goals did Michael Owen score in his career?

How many goals did Rivaldo score for Barcelona?

How many La Liga titles did Lionel Messi win with Barcelona?

How many goals did Robbie Fowler score in the Premier League?

How many international goals did Michel Platini score for France?

How many England caps did Peter Shilton earn?

How many goals did Wayne Rooney score for England?

How many goals did Gareth Bale score for Wales?

Who scored a bicycle kick goal in the 2018 Champions League final?

Answer: Gareth Bale

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018?

Answer: Luka Modrić

How many goals did Samuel Eto'o score for Barcelona?

Who was the first player to win the Ballon d'Or?

Answer: Stanley Matthews

How many goals did Ronaldo Nazário score for Inter Milan in all competitions?

How many goals did Johan Cruyff score at Ajax in his career?

How many goals did Paolo Maldini score for AC Milan?

How many appearances did Paolo Maldini make for AC Milan?

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2004?

Answer: Andriy Shevchenko

How many goals did Ronaldinho score for Barcelona?

How many goals did Diego Maradona score for Napoli?

How many goals did Henrik Larsson score for Celtic?

How many goals did Cristiano Ronaldo score for Manchester United in his first spell?

What record did Lionel Messi set in 2012 for goals in a calendar year?

How many goals did Raúl score in Champions League competitions?

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2003?

Answer: Ronaldo Nazário

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2001?

Answer: Michael Owen

How many international goals did Hossam Hassan score for Egypt?

How many goals did Robbie Fowler score for Liverpool?

Who holds the Serie A record for most goals scored in a single season?

Answer: Ciro Immobile

Who was the first player to win four FIFA World Best Player awards?

Answer: Lionel Messi

How many goals did Steven Gerrard score for Liverpool?

How many goals did Frank Lampard score for Chelsea?

How many international appearances did Ahmed Hassan make for Egypt?

How many goals did Marco van Basten score in his career for club and country?

Which player made the most Premier League appearances?

Answer: Gareth Barry

How many Ballon d'Or awards did Johan Cruyff win?

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2010?

Answer: Lionel Messi

How many goals did Robert Lewandowski score for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga?

How many goals did Cristiano Ronaldo score for Juventus in all competitions?

How many Serie A goals did Ciro Immobile score in 2019-20 to break the record?

How many goals did Fernando Torres score for Liverpool?

How many goals did Miroslav Klose score for Bayern Munich?

How many league titles did Paolo Maldini win with AC Milan?

How many Champions League titles did Cristiano Ronaldo win?

How many Champions League titles did Lionel Messi win with Barcelona?

How many goals did Thierry Henry score in a single Premier League season (his record)?

How many goals did Thierry Henry score in La Liga for Barcelona?

How many Serie A titles did Roberto Baggio win in his career?

How many goals did David Villa score for Spain internationally?

How many goals did Ian Rush score for Liverpool in all competitions?

How many goals did Gerd Müller score for Bayern Munich in all competitions?

How many Ballon d'Or awards did Marco van Basten win?

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2019?

Answer: Lionel Messi

How many goals did Cristiano Ronaldo score for Portugal before the 2022 World Cup?

How many Bundesliga goals did Karl-Heinz Rummenigge score for Bayern Munich?

How many goals did Didier Drogba score for Ivory Coast internationally?

How many goals did Ronaldo Nazário score for Barcelona?

Who won the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup?

Answer: Gary Lineker

How many Serie A titles did Ronaldo Nazário NOT win?

Answer: He won 0

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 1957?

Answer: Alfredo Di Stéfano

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 1960, becoming the first Spanish player to win the award?

Answer: Luis Suárez

Lev Yashin won the 1963 Ballon d'Or. What made his win unique among all Ballon d'Or winners?

Answer: He is the only goalkeeper ever to win the award

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 1965?

Answer: Eusébio

Who won the 1967 Ballon d'Or, becoming the only Hungarian player ever to win the award?

Answer: Flórián Albert

Who won the first of his three Ballon d'Or awards in 1971?

Answer: Johan Cruyff

Who won the 1977 Ballon d'Or while playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach?

Answer: Allan Simonsen

Which Soviet forward won the 1986 Ballon d'Or, finishing runner-up to Diego Maradona for the World Cup that same year?

Answer: Igor Belanov

Who won the 1995 Ballon d'Or, becoming the first African and first non-European-born player to win the award?

Answer: George Weah

Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2007 while playing for AC Milan?

Raymond Kopa won the 1958 Ballon d'Or, becoming the first French winner. Which club was he playing for at the time?

Answer: Real Madrid

Gerd Müller won the 1970 Ballon d'Or. Which club was he representing when he won it?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Marco van Basten won the first of his three Ballon d'Or awards in 1988. Which club was he playing for?

Answer: AC Milan

Ronaldo (Ronaldo Nazário) won his first Ballon d'Or in 1997. Which club was he playing for at the time?

Answer: Inter Milan

Who won the 1993 Ballon d'Or, a year before he became famous for missing a decisive penalty in a World Cup final?

Answer: Roberto Baggio

Which player was the top scorer at the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930, scoring 8 goals for Argentina?

Answer: Guillermo Stábile

Who was the top scorer at the 1938 World Cup, scoring 7 goals for Brazil despite Brazil not reaching the final?

Answer: Leônidas

Sándor Kocsis was the top scorer of the 1954 World Cup. How many goals did he score for Hungary?

Eusébio finished as the 1966 World Cup's top scorer for Portugal. How many goals did he score?

Who was the top scorer at the 1974 World Cup, netting 7 goals for runners-up Poland?

Answer: Grzegorz Lato

Mario Kempes was the top scorer of the 1978 World Cup, which Argentina won on home soil. How many goals did he score?

Who won the Golden Boot at the 1998 World Cup with 6 goals for runners-up Croatia?

Answer: Davor Šuker

Which Colombian midfielder won the Golden Boot at the 2014 World Cup with 6 goals?

Answer: James Rodríguez

Salvatore Schillaci won both the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball at the 1990 World Cup on home soil for Italy. How many goals did he score?

Who won the Golden Ball as the best player of the 1994 World Cup, which Brazil won?

Answer: Romário

Who won the 1998 World Cup Golden Ball as best player despite his team, Brazil, losing the final to France?

Answer: Ronaldo

Which German goalkeeper won the 2002 World Cup Golden Ball, the only goalkeeper ever to win the award as the tournament's best player?

Answer: Oliver Kahn

Which Uruguayan striker won the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2010 World Cup?

Answer: Diego Forlán

Which Croatian midfielder won the Golden Ball as best player of the 2018 World Cup, despite Croatia losing the final?

Answer: Luka Modrić

Alfredo Di Stéfano scored in every one of Real Madrid's first five European Cup final victories, from 1956 to 1960. How many finals in a row did he score in?

How many international goals did Ferenc Puskás score for Hungary?

How many goals did Just Fontaine score at the 1958 World Cup, a single-tournament record that still stands?

Which player holds the record for most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup match, scoring 5 for Russia against Cameroon in 1994?

Answer: Oleg Salenko

Franz Beckenbauer captained West Germany to World Cup glory in 1974. In which year did he also manage West Germany to the World Cup title?

Dino Zoff captained Italy to the 1982 World Cup title at what age, making him the oldest player ever to captain a World Cup-winning team?

In what year was former Ballon d'Or winner George Weah sworn in as President of Liberia?

In what year did legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announce his retirement from professional football?

Pelé ended his playing career with which club, playing for them from 1975 to 1977?

Answer: New York Cosmos

In which minute of extra time did Andrés Iniesta score the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final against the Netherlands?

In Argentina's 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England, Diego Maradona scored a controversial handball goal that became known by what nickname?

Answer: The Hand of God

Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the same 1986 World Cup quarter-final, in which he dribbled past several players from his own half, was later voted what by a FIFA.com online poll in 2002?

Answer: Goal of the Century

Marco van Basten scored a famous volley from a tight angle in the final of which tournament, against the Soviet Union?

Answer: Euro 1988

Roberto Baggio missed a decisive penalty in the shootout of the 1994 World Cup final, which Italy lost to which country?

Zinedine Zidane was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final for headbutting which Italian defender?

Answer: Marco Materazzi

Bobby Charlton survived a fatal air disaster in February 1958 that killed several of his Manchester United teammates. In which city did this disaster occur?

At what age did Pelé become the youngest goalscorer in a World Cup final, netting twice in the 1958 final against Sweden?

Which Brazilian captain scored the iconic fourth goal in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy, capping a team move often cited as the greatest goal in World Cup history?

Answer: Carlos Alberto

Bobby Moore captained England to their only World Cup title, in which year?

England goalkeeper Gordon Banks made a famous diving save against a header from which player during the 1970 World Cup group stage?

The move known as the 'Cruyff Turn', where a player fakes a pass or shot and drags the ball behind his own standing leg, was first popularized by Johan Cruyff at which tournament?

Answer: 1974 World Cup

Ferenc Puskás fled Hungary after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and was initially banned by FIFA before joining which club in 1958?

Answer: Real Madrid

Diego Maradona captained Argentina to World Cup glory in which year?

Brazilian playmaker Zico played in three World Cups (1978, 1982, 1986) but never won the tournament. Which club did he join in 1983 for a then world-record fee for a South American footballer moving to Europe?

Answer: Udinese

George Best, one of the greatest players of his generation, never appeared at a World Cup finals tournament because which country failed to qualify throughout his international career?

Answer: Northern Ireland

Denis Law, who won the 1964 Ballon d'Or, remains the only player from which country to have won the award?

Answer: Scotland

Johan Cruyff moved from Ajax to which club in 1973 for a then world-record transfer fee?

Answer: Barcelona

In 1984, Diego Maradona moved from Barcelona to which Italian club in what was, at the time, a second world-record transfer fee for him personally?

In 2001, Zinedine Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid for a fee that was, at the time, a world record. Which player's transfer record did this break?

Answer: Luís Figo's

In 1997, Ronaldo Nazário moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan for a fee that was a world record at the time. What age was Ronaldo when he made this move?

Paolo Rossi returned from a two-year ban for his role in the Totonero match-fixing scandal to win the Golden Boot, the Golden Ball, and the World Cup itself, all in the same tournament. Which year was this?

Which Brazilian forward, nicknamed 'O Fenomeno', won the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times and the World Cup twice, in 1994 and 2002?

Answer: Ronaldo

Which Argentine forward won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards during his career, the most of any player?

Answer: Lionel Messi

Which Portuguese forward has won five Ballon d'Or awards during his career, second only to Lionel Messi's total?

Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Which French forward won the Ballon d'Or in 1998, the same year he captained France to their first World Cup title?

Answer: Zinedine Zidane

Which French forward and former Juventus/Real Madrid star won three consecutive Ballon d'Or awards from 1983 to 1985?

Answer: Michel Platini

Which Dutch forward, part of AC Milan's dominant early-1990s side, won three Ballon d'Or awards in the 1980s and 1990s?

Answer: Marco van Basten

Which Dutch playmaker, van Basten's AC Milan teammate, also won the Ballon d'Or in 1987 after leading the Netherlands to the European Championship?

Answer: Ruud Gullit

German striker Gerd Muller was renowned as one of football's greatest goalscorers. Approximately how many goals did he score in the Bundesliga across his Bayern Munich career?

Answer: Around 365, still a Bundesliga record

Which German striker held the record for most goals in a single Bundesliga season (40) for over four decades, from 1972 until it was broken in 2021?

Answer: Gerd Muller

Which Polish striker broke Gerd Muller's 49-year-old Bundesliga single-season scoring record in 2021, netting 41 goals for Bayern Munich?

Answer: Robert Lewandowski

Which Italian AC Milan and Italy defender is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in football history, playing 25 seasons for AC Milan without ever winning the Ballon d'Or?

Answer: Paolo Maldini

Which Italian defender is, as of 2026, the only defender from a non-European-giant background to win the Ballon d'Or, doing so in 2006 after captaining Italy to the World Cup?

Answer: Fabio Cannavaro

Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or (in 1963), played his entire career for which Soviet club?

Answer: Dynamo Moscow

Which German goalkeeper is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, winning the World Cup in 2014 and playing his entire top-flight career for Bayern Munich?

Answer: Manuel Neuer

Which Italian goalkeeper won the 2006 World Cup with Italy and is widely regarded, alongside Lev Yashin, as one of the two greatest goalkeepers in history?

Answer: Gianluigi Buffon

Which Italian goalkeeper, at 40 years old, captained Italy to their 1982 World Cup title, the oldest World Cup-winning captain in the tournament's history at the time?

Answer: Dino Zoff

Which Brazilian right-back is regarded as one of the greatest attacking full-backs ever, winning two World Cups (1994, 2002) and playing for clubs including Real Madrid and Real Zaragoza?

Which Brazilian left-back, famous for his powerful free kicks, played alongside Cafu in Brazil's back line and spent over a decade at Real Madrid?

Answer: Roberto Carlos

Which Portuguese winger won the 2000 Ballon d'Or shortly after his world-record, and highly controversial, transfer from Barcelona to arch-rivals Real Madrid?

Answer: Luis Figo

Which Brazilian playmaker won consecutive Ballon d'Or / FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2004 and 2005 while at Barcelona, renowned for his flair and skill?

Answer: Ronaldinho

Which Brazilian playmaker won the Ballon d'Or in 2007 while at AC Milan, having also won the Champions League with the club that same year?

Which Bulgarian striker won the 1994 Ballon d'Or after finishing as the World Cup's top scorer that year and starring for Barcelona?

Answer: Hristo Stoichkov

Which Liberian striker won the 1995 Ballon d'Or while at AC Milan, the only African-born player to win the award (as of 2026)?

Answer: George Weah

George Weah, the 1995 Ballon d'Or winner, went on to hold which political office in his home country of Liberia?

Answer: President

Which English striker won the first-ever Premier League Golden Boot in the 1992-93 season, also becoming the first player to score 100 Premier League goals?

Answer: Alan Shearer

Which Welsh winger became the most decorated player in English football history in terms of major honours, with 13 Premier League titles for Manchester United?

Answer: Ryan Giggs

Which Manchester United and England midfielder scored a famous goal from inside his own half against Wimbledon in August 1996?

Answer: David Beckham

Which Manchester United midfielder is widely regarded as one of the most technically gifted English players of his generation, spending his entire career at Old Trafford and retiring in 2013?

Answer: Paul Scholes

Which Irish midfielder captained Manchester United through their treble-winning 1998-99 season, renowned for his combative leadership?

Answer: Roy Keane

Which Trinidadian forward was Manchester United's top scorer, with 29 goals in all competitions, during their historic 1998-99 treble-winning season?

Answer: Dwight Yorke

Which Brazilian forward won the 1999 Ballon d'Or while at Barcelona, in one of the finest individual seasons of his career?

Answer: Rivaldo

Which Northern Irish forward, a Manchester United legend of the 1960s, won the Ballon d'Or in 1968, the same year United won the European Cup?

Answer: George Best

Which Manchester United and England forward won the 1966 Ballon d'Or, the same year he helped England win the World Cup?

Answer: Bobby Charlton

Which Scottish forward won the 1964 Ballon d'Or while at Manchester United, and remains the only Scottish winner of the award?

Answer: Denis Law

Which Scottish striker, who started his career at Celtic before joining Liverpool in 1977, went on to win the European Cup three times (1978, 1981, 1984)?

Answer: Kenny Dalglish

Which Celtic captain led the club to become the first British side to win the European Cup, in 1967, with a squad nicknamed the 'Lisbon Lions'?

Answer: Billy McNeill

Which Celtic and Scotland winger, a key member of the 1967 'Lisbon Lions', was nicknamed 'Jinky' for his dribbling skill?

Answer: Jimmy Johnstone

Which Rangers and Scotland striker is the club's all-time record goalscorer, netting over 300 goals across two spells at Ibrox?

Answer: Ally McCoist

Which German striker holds the record for most goals in a single European Championship tournament, scoring 5 goals in 1980?

Answer: Klaus Allofs

Which Portuguese forward became the all-time top scorer in European Championship history across multiple tournaments from 2004 to 2024?

Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Which Greek striker scored the winning goal in the 2004 European Championship final, helping Greece win the tournament as 150-1 outsiders?

Answer: Angelos Charisteas

Which Greek midfielder captained the team and was named Player of the Tournament at Euro 2004, Greece's shock title win?

Answer: Theodoros Zagorakis

Which Danish team won the 1992 European Championship after being called up as a late replacement, not having originally qualified for the tournament?

Answer: Denmark, who replaced war-torn Yugoslavia in the finals

Which Danish striker scored twice in the 1992 European Championship final as Denmark won the tournament as late replacements?

Answer: John Jensen and Kim Vilfort scored the two final goals; Vilfort's was the decisive second

Which Danish goalkeeper, part of the 1992 European Championship-winning squad, went on to become one of the greatest goalkeepers in Premier League history with Manchester United?

Answer: Peter Schmeichel

Which Argentine forward, nicknamed 'El Pipita', won the Copa America with Argentina in 2021 and 2024, and previously starred at Real Madrid?

Answer: Gonzalo Higuain

Which Argentine forward scored the only goal in the 2021 Copa America final, ending Argentina's 28-year wait for a major trophy?

Answer: Angel Di Maria

Which Brazilian midfielder captained the 1970 World Cup-winning squad and is remembered for his calm leadership alongside Pelé's brilliance?

Answer: Carlos Alberto Torres

Which Brazilian midfielder scored a famous long-range strike for Brazil's second goal in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy?

Which Brazilian winger scored in every match of the 1970 World Cup, the only player to have done so in a single tournament?

Answer: Jairzinho

Which country does Lionel Messi represent?

Answer: Argentina

Which country does Cristiano Ronaldo represent?

Answer: Portugal

Which player has won the most Ballon d'Or awards?

Answer: Lionel Messi

Which shirt number did David Beckham famously wear at Manchester United?

Which English club did Thierry Henry become a legend at?

Answer: Arsenal

Which country did Pelé play for?

Which country did Johan Cruyff represent?

Answer: Netherlands

Which player is nicknamed "Der Kaiser"?

Answer: Franz Beckenbauer

Which country did Diego Maradona lead to the 1986 World Cup?

Answer: Argentina

Which French midfielder is nicknamed "Zizou"?

Answer: Zinedine Zidane

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