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Do you think you know your football? If so, test your knowledge with our world football quiz. How many of the 20 questions can you get right? The correct answers can be found on the next post.
1. For which country does Everton’s Tim Cahill play internarional football?
A: Australia
B: New Zeland
c: Vanuatu
2. In which city was Kaka born?
A: Rio de Janeiro
B: Sao Paulo
C: Porto Alegre
3. Which club boasts the most Swiss league titles?
A: Grasshoppers
B: Basel
C: Servette
4. Which country is FIFA’s newest member?
A: Montenegro
B: Zanzibar
C: Guam
5. The referee of the 2006 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was from…
A: Ghana
B: Canada
C:Argentina
6. The 2003-2006 World Cup cycle was the most successful in FIFA’s history, with the governing body recording a total surplus of …
A: 423 million Swiss francs
B: 602 million Swiss francs
C: 816 million Swiss francs
7. When did Italy first win the FIFA World Cup™?
A: 1934
B:1938
C: 1982
8. In which year was FIFA’s Goal development programme launched?
A:1997
B:1999
C: 2001
9. Which national team is currently coached by Hassan Shehata?
A: Morocco
B: Egypt
C: Tunisia
10. What is the name of the movement through which FiFA supports various social programmes?
A: “Football for Glory”
B: “Football for Peace”
C: “Football for Hope”
11. How many injuries were sustained during the 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany?
A: 145
B: 178
C: 211
12. Which club is Japanese star Junichi Inamoto currently playing for?
A: Garnba Osaka
B: Galauasaray
C: Eintracht Frankfurt
13. Blooming are a club in the top division of which country?
A: Bolivia
B: Singapore
C: Cote d’lvoire
14. Where was Chelsea striker Didier Drogba born nearly 30 years ago?
A: France
B: England
C: Cote d’Ivoire
15. How did Chile’s Manuel Rosas make history at the 1930 FIFA World Cup™?
A: He scored the first goal.
B: He scored the first own goal.
C: He missed the first penalty kick.
16. What is the maximum permissible weight for a football?
A: 450 grams
B: 510 gtams
C: 570 grams
17. Why did El Salvador’s Cnstian Tovar once make headlines all around the world?
A: He was the president, coach and captain of topflight club Nejapa.
B: He scored five consecutive hat tricks in the top flight.
C: He made his senior international debut at the age of 14.
18. Benedict “Benni” McCarthy is regarded by many as South Africa’s number one striker. Which English club did he join in 2006?
A: Newcastle United
B: Blackburn Rovers
C: Tottenham Hotspur
19. Which country will host the FIFA Futsal World Cup later this year?
A: Brazil
B: Spain
C: Indonesia
20. Which city is home to Barcelona Sporting Club?
A: Barcelona
B: Guayaquil
C: New York

1. What does football mean to you?
Football is a great sport, the one I most like playing. To he able to play and for it to be my job at the same time is a privilege.
2. Which club did you support as a child?
Penarol — my father played there — and Sao Paulo. Also Tndependiente in Buenos Aires because my grandfather played for them.
3. Did you ever have an idol?
I have had many role models both in sport and life in general, my father, my mother, my sister…
4. What is your fondest footballing memory?
There have been many: playing in the World Cup, playing at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, derbies when I was at Independiente, being unveiled at Old Trafford, winning the league with Manchester United, coming third in the Spanish league with Villarreal, being top scorer in the Spanish league the same year and now playing at a big club like Atletico Madrid.
5. What has been your biggest disappointment
in football?
When we narrowly lost to Arsenal for a place in the UEFA Champions League final.
6. If you had not become a footbal er, what would you have become?
I have always liked tennis, 1 have played since I was 15 and 1 almost opted for it as a career. 1 would also have liked to have studied to become a lawyer or notary.
7. What is your favourite type of music?
I like all kinds of music.
8. And your favourite book?
I like the work of Jose Saramago and Gabriel Garcia Marqtiez.
9. Your favourite film? The Life of David Gale.
10. Which is your favourite city?
Several: Montevideo, Punta del Este and Buenos Aires.
11. What is your favourite food?
It’s difficult to choose just one: escalopes, roast meat and pasta.
12. What is your favourite hobby?
I like reading, watching films and spending time with my family.
13. What do you spend most of your money on?
Food.
14. What was your first job?
Footballer.
15. Who has been the most influential figure in world history?
Many people, from presidents to artists to musicians.
16. What are you scared of?
Global warming.
17. What was the most embarrassing moment in your life?
I don’t remember any in particular.
18. How do you see the future of he word?
It’s hard to say. Let’s hope that we try to look after the planet so that we can srart solving probiems that ate becoming greater and more persistent every day.
19. Where would you like to go on holiday?
I really like the seaside.
20. Whom would you most like to meet?
Only good people.