Soccer Players With a 'B'? Trivia Quiz

Answer: George Best

Nicknamed 'El Beatle', Best was once labelled by Pele as the greatest player of all time. He totalled 466 games for United, scoring 178 goals in the process, none more famous than the one in the 1968 European Cup final, which United went on to win 4-1 against the Portuguese giants, Benfica.

In the same year, Best was named the youngest winner of the European Footballer of the Year trophy. He won 2 League titles, and 1 European Cup and won 37 international caps for Northern Ireland. After his United career was over, he played for a string of foreign clubs, and three more in England, namely Stockport County, Fulham and Bournemouth.

Answer: Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks was without doubt the greatest goalkeeper in the world at his time. He joined Chesterfield in 1955, but two years National Service limited him to only 23 appearances, and in 1959 he signed for Leicester City. This is where he made his name and he won the League Cup with them in 1964. Banks' England debut came at Wembley Stadium, in a 2-1 defeat by Scotland in 1963, but three years later he held the World Cup aloft as England triumphed over West Germany, again at Wembley.

The 'Save of the Century' happened in the Mexico World Cup of 1970, when England played Brazil. Jairzinho crossed the ball for Pele to head downwards, and to the bottom left corner of the goal but somehow Banks managed to turn it around the post.

A transfer to Stoke gained him another League Cup, this time in 1972.

A car crash, and the loss of one eye ended Banks' career after 510 League games in 1972.

Answer: Roberto Baggio

Baggio played for Vicenza until 1985, when he signed for Fiorentina, but it wasn't until two years after when he signed for Juventus, where he really made his name. Moves to AC Milan, Bologna, Inter Milan and Brescia followed during his career. His penalty miss in the 1994 World Cup Final gave the Jules Rimet trophy to Brazil.

Answer: Steve Bull

'Bully' played for Wolverhampton Wanderers between 1986-99. Between those years, he made 562 appearances and scored a total of 306 goals in all competitions. Bull also played 13 times for England and scored 4 goals. After a couple of years out of the game, he returned for a short spell with Hereford United in 2001 before retiring from the game for good.

Answer: Oliver Bierhoff

After two seasons with Uerdingen, Bierhoff moved to SV Hamburg and shortly after that, Borussia Monchengladbach. SV Saltzburg came in for him in the 1990-91 season and 23 goals earned him a transfer to Serie A with Ascoli. His most prominent spell in football came with Udinese where he scored 57 goals in 86 League games. Bierhoff scored 37 times for Germany in 70 games, but none more important than the 'Golden Goal' in the Euro '96 final against Czech Republic.

Answer: David Beckham

On 1st November, 1996, Beckham played his first game for England against Moldova. Two years later, he was sent off from the field in disgrace during the 1998 World Cup match against Argentina, but four years later, he was captain during the 2002 World Cup of Japan & Korea. Probably the most spectacular goal of his career came in the first game of the 1996-97 season, when he scored against Wimbledon's Neil Sullivan from the half-way line.

Answer: Emilio Butragueno

Butragueno played in 69 international games for Spain, and scored 26 goals. He marked his debut with a goal in a 3-0 win against Wales in October, 1984, and ended it in a 0-0 World Cup qualifying game against Republic of Ireland in November 1992. He played in the World Cups of 1986 and 1990, scoring 5 goals with 4 of those coming in one game against Denmark in a 5-1 victory in 1986.

Answer: Winston Bogarde

After leaving Excelsior in 1990, Bogarde signed for Sparta Rotterdam. 4 years, and 65 League games later he was on his way to Ajax of Amsterdam, where he played until 1997. AC Milan was next for the 1997-98 season, before signing for Barcelona. Bogarde made just 45 appearances for the Catalan giants before signing for Chelsea in 2000. Bogarde played in over 20 games for his country, Holland.

Answer: Laurent Blanc

After playing with Montpellier between 1983-91, Blanc moved to Italy and Napoli for one season, before going back to France with Nimes. St. Etienne and Auxerre followed, before a transfer to Barcelona in 1996. After just one season, he arrived back in France with Marseilles where he excelled for two seasons, where Inter Milan saw his talent and snapped him up.

In August 2001, he signed for Manchester United, and retired from football in 2003 with an FA Premiership medal to his name.

Answer: Vitor Baia

Baia played for Porto between 1988-96 before moving to Barcelona. After a non-productive two seasons in Spain, he returned home. On 21st May, 2003, he won the UEFA Cup with Porto in a 3-2 extra-time victory over Glasgow Celtic in the final at the Estadio Olimpico, Seville, Spain.