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1. This former England international started out as a trainee at Southampton. From there he played for Blackburn then on to Tyneside. Who is he?
2. After coming through the ranks at Manchester United in the famous Youth Cup winning side of 1992, alongside Beckham, Scholes, Neville and Giggs, he signed for Newcastle in January 1995. He later left for Blackburn in 1998, finishing his career with Leicester, then Sheffield United. Who is it?
3. After making a big impression at Colchester, he was signed by Newcastle at the start of the 2000 season, where he struggled to make an impact, and left for Portsmouth before moving on again to Olympiakos.
4. He started out with Leicester before a move to Derby. He left there in 1994 to sign for Newcastle, where he lasted for 3 seasons and only 36 Premiership games before being shipped off to West Ham. He later had spells at Brighton, Rushden, and Aldershot. Who is he?
5. He started out with his hometown club of Croatia Zagreb (now known as Dinamo) before earning a shot at the big time with Newcastle in 1998. It unfortunately turned out as one of the many below par foreigners at St James. Left for Porto, then he had a spell with Panathinaikos as well as back to where he started in Zagreb.
6. After coming through Newcastle's ranks, he was often injured and left for Man City in 1999 after 11 years at the club. He also played for Leicester, Bolton, and very briefly New England Revolution and Hartlepool.
7. This Geordie started out with Dinamo Tblisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, and AEK Athens before arriving on Tyneside in 1997l He left after 3 years for Wolves, Dundee, then back to Cyprus for another spell with Anorthosis.
8. He started out back in 1979 with Stoke. He joined Sunderland in 1983 where he only lasted one season before moving Everton. He went back to Sunderland again in 1989, then crossed the northeast to Newcastle for their 1992 Division 1 title winning season. He again returned to Sunderland in 1995, before finishing his career with Fulham then Halifax.
9. He started out at the bottom with Hova then Tidaholm, followed by spells with Degerfors and IFK Goteborg, before earning a shot at the big time with AC Milan. He failed to make the grade there and was given a chance with Newcastle, where he also struggled, leaving for AIK in Sweden in 1999.
10. This player's history starts with Paris SG, then on to Newcastle where he was a success at first, after falling out of favour he returned to PSG for 4 seasons (including an ill-fated loan spell at Leeds), before heading south to Espanyol. He then to Olympiakos in 2006.
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