Of identifying soccer players based on Wikipedia categories

2. 1974 births | Living people | People from London | English footballers | People of Sierra Leonean descent | England under-21 international footballers | British people of Sierra Leonean descent | England B international footballers | Football (soccer) defenders | Football (soccer) midfielders | English expatriate footballers | Premier League players | Leyton Orient F.C. players | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Charlton Athletic F.C. players | Ipswich Town F.C. players | APOEL FC players | Marsaxlokk F.C. players | The Football League players | Expatriate footballers in Cyprus

3. Uruguayan footballers | Uruguay international footballers | Football (soccer) strikers | Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players | River Plate footballers | RC Paris players | Olympique de Marseille players | Cagliari Calcio players | Torino F.C. players | Serie A players | FIFA 100 | 1986 FIFA World Cup players | 1990 FIFA World Cup players | Expatriate footballers in Argentina | Expatriate footballers in France | Expatriate footballers in Italy | People from Montevideo | Uruguayan expatriates in Argentina | Uruguayan expatriates in France | Uruguayan expatriates in Italy | Uruguayans of Italian descent | 1961 births | Living people

4. 1969 births | Living people | Barnet F.C. players | Barnsley F.C. players | Blackburn Rovers F.C. players | Blackpool F.C. players | Bolton Wanderers F.C. players | Carlisle United F.C. players | Chesterfield F.C. players | Crystal Palace F.C. players | English footballers | England under-21 international footballers | Football (soccer) central defenders | Forest Green Rovers F.C. players | Grimsby Town F.C. players | Manchester City F.C. players | Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players | Stoke City F.C. players | Wrexham A.F.C. players | Northwich Victoria F.C. players | People from Stockport | Premier League players | The Football League players | Conference National players

3. Uruguayan footballers | Uruguay international footballers | Football (soccer) strikers | Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players | River Plate footballers | RC Paris players | Olympique de Marseille players | Cagliari Calcio players | Torino F.C. players | Serie A players | FIFA 100 | 1986 FIFA World Cup players | 1990 FIFA World Cup players | Expatriate footballers in Argentina | Expatriate footballers in France | Expatriate footballers in Italy | People from Montevideo | Uruguayan expatriates in Argentina | Uruguayan expatriates in France | Uruguayan expatriates in Italy | Uruguayans of Italian descent | 1961 births | Living people

Reuben Sosa?

2. 1974 births | Living people | People from London | English footballers | People of Sierra Leonean descent | England under-21 international footballers | British people of Sierra Leonean descent | England B international footballers | Football (soccer) defenders | Football (soccer) midfielders | English expatriate footballers | Premier League players | Leyton Orient F.C. players | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Charlton Athletic F.C. players | Ipswich Town F.C. players | APOEL FC players | Marsaxlokk F.C. players | The Football League players | Expatriate footballers in Cyprus

Chris Bart-Williams?

3 - no

2 - yes

1. Robert Jarni.

1 - yes

4. Paul Warhurst

4 - yes. i thought that might've been a stumper, tbh. a lot of uselss information included.

5. 1966 births | Living people | English footballers | Norwich City F.C. players | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players | Coventry City F.C. players | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Charleston Battery players | Carolina Dynamo players | England under-21 international footballers | English people of Italian descent | Football (soccer) strikers | Premier League players

Rosario

Roberto Rosario

xp

i've followed warhurst's spiralling career with morbid interest.

bloody hell, quick on the rosario uptake!

6. Categories: 1970 births | Living people | English footballers | Blackburn Rovers F.C. players | Manchester United F.C. players | Huddersfield Town F.C. players | Burnley F.C. players | Bacup Borough F.C. players | People from Oldham | Premier League players

David May?

Yep

no. 3 still out there. there's only been 3 famous Uruguayan footballers to my knowledge

Enzo Francescoli?

that's the fella

7. Categories: English football striker, 1960s birth stubs | 1962 births | Living people | English footballers | Luton Town F.C. players | Hull City A.F.C. players | Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players | Coventry City F.C. managers

This is a bit like that pub quiz question of which player has played in the North London, Liverpool, Milan and North East derbies.

8. Categories: 1964 births | Living people | Saint Lucian footballers | Maidstone United F.C. players | Peterborough United F.C. players | Birmingham City F.C. players | Barnet F.C. players | Southend United F.C. players | Stockport County F.C. players | Boston United F.C. players | Watford F.C. players | English-born footballers who played for Saint Lucia | Caribbean people stubs | Saint Lucia stubs | Caribbean football (soccer) biography stubs

9. Categories: Living people | 1982 births | Aarhus Gymnastik Forening players | AIK Fotboll players | Football (soccer) midfielders | Manchester United F.C. players | Plymouth Argyle F.C. players | Premier League players | People from Belgrade | Rangers F.C. players | Red Star Belgrade footballers | Scottish Premier League players | Serbian Swedes | Swedish footballers

Ken Charlery = 8

i am totally stumped on no. 7. cannot think of a Cov manager who fits the bill at all.

Dowie?

Frankie Bunn

Bunn it is

Oh fuck you just beat me with that.

i feel cheated! the rules for admission to the coveted 'Coventry City F.C. managers' category should be a lot more stringent.

Categories: UEFA Golden Players | 1968 births | Living people | Croatian footballers | Croatia international footballers | Football (soccer) strikers | NK Osijek players | Dinamo Zagreb players | La Liga footballers | Sevilla FC footballers | Real Madrid footballers | Premier League players | Arsenal F.C. players | West Ham United F.C. players | TSV 1860 Munich players | 1990 FIFA World Cup players | UEFA Euro 1996 players | 1998 FIFA World Cup players | 2002 FIFA World Cup players | FIFA 100 | First Bundesliga footballers | Pre-1992 Yugoslavia international footballers | Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia | Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Dual internationalists (football)

Suker

Easy. And my favourite, just for the final category he's under:

Categories: Living people | 1984 births | French footballers | France under-21 international footballers | France international footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | FC Girondins de Bordeaux players | Villarreal CF footballers | Lille OSC players | Congolese-French people | Angolan-French people | Stateless persons

12. Football (soccer) strikers | 1980 births | Living people | English footballers | Cambridge United F.C. players | Reading F.C. players | Premier League players | People from Hitchin

lol @ stateless persons. is it Tom Hanks in Terminal?

The story behind it is fantastic. It's French midfielder Rio Mavuba, who was born on a boat outside of international waters, and so technically could have played for any country that has a coast.

12. Football (soccer) strikers | 1980 births | Living people | English footballers | Cambridge United F.C. players | Reading F.C. players | Premier League players | People from Hitchin

-- Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:10 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

A lot of guys on this thread have ten, twenty, fifty Wikipedia categories. I look at them and think "Who the fuck are you?"

Categories: 1977 births | Living people | English footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | Manchester City F.C. players | Portsmouth F.C. players | Hartlepool United F.C. players | Sheffield United F.C. players | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players | Fulham F.C. players | Wigan Athletic F.C. players | Premier League players

12 is Kitson yes?

Caek - Sean Davis?

Actually no it's Michael Brown right?

13. Michael Brown

Living people | 1969 births | English footballers | The Football League players | Southend United F.C. players | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players | Portsmouth F.C. players | Premier League players | English football managers | Grays Athletic F.C. managers

Categories: 1967 births | Living people | South African soccer players | Columbus Crew players | Ferro Carril Oeste footballers | Expatriate footballers in Argentina | 1998 FIFA World Cup players | Kaizer Chiefs players | Football (soccer) midfielders

just to confirm, 12 was Kitson, as identified by Dom's Yarwood-esque impersonation

15 - Doctor Khumalo

16. Categories: Brazilian football midfielder stubs | 1976 births | Living people | Brazilian footballers | Brazil international footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Olympic footballers of Brazil | Bayer 04 Leverkusen players | Bologna F.C. 1909 players | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players | Genoa C.F.C. players | Guarani Futebol Clube players | F.C. Internazionale Milano players | Olympiacos footballers | AC Omonia players | Santos Futebol Clube players | Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil | Serie A players | Expatriate footballers in Germany | Expatriate footballers in Italy | Expatriate footballers in Cyprus

The very same. Subject of my favourite piece of wiki vandalism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francisco_Javier_Sánchez_Broto&oldid=156982340

fixed link

lol that is epic

that wiki article is a work of art, i think the bit about him donating the gloves is actually true as well

There's another edit somewhere that was removed with a comment like "he did not retire due to Stigmata!"

You would do that one when I was on day of booze and no internetz. I <3 Javier Sanchez Broto.

Categories: Living people | 1974 births | People from Lisbon | Portuguese footballers | Portugal international footballers | Football (soccer) wingers | Birmingham City F.C. players | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players | 1. FC Kaiserslautern players | Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers | Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama players | Premier League players | First Bundesliga footballers | Expatriate footballers in Germany | Olympic footballers of Portugal | Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Expatriate footballers in Brazil

has to be jose dominguez?

yes! thought there mightve been a reference to him being the shortest ever premiership footballer on there

shorter than lennon/morris? didn't know that.

5'3 apparently, only one i can think of to maybe rival him was Milton Nunez who played for sunderland under Peter Reid but only played one game, rumoured that they signed the wrong player

Asmir Begovic Portsmouth 198 cm
2 Peter Crouch Portsmouth 198 cm
3 Marton Fulop Sunderland 198 cm
4 Zat Knight Aston Villa 198 cm
5 Pascal Zuberbuhler Fulham 197 cm
6 Petr Cech Chelsea 196 cm
7 Matt Duke Hull City 196 cm
8 Anthony Gardner Hull City 196 cm
9 Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 196 cm
10 Carlo Nash Everton 196 cm
11 Carlo Nash Everton 196 cm
12 Thomas Sorensen Stoke City 196 cm
13 Stuart Taylor Aston Villa 196 cm
14 David Wheater Middlesbrough 196 cm
15 Ali Al Habsi Bolton 194 cm
16 Adam Bogdan Bolton 194 cm
17 Marouane Fellaini Everton 194 cm
18 Brede Hangeland Fulham 194 cm
19 David James Portsmouth 194 cm
20 Toni Kallio Fulham 194 cm

1 Emiliano Insua Liverpool 165 cm
2 Aaron Lennon Tottenham 165 cm
3 Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City 166 cm
4 Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City 166 cm
5 Steed Malbranque Sunderland 168 cm
6 Paul Scholes Man Utd 168 cm
7 Jay Spearing Liverpool 168 cm
8 Miroslav Stoch Chelsea 168 cm
9 Carlos Tevez Man Utd 168 cm
10 Jermain Defoe Tottenham 169 cm
11 Jermain Defoe Tottenham 169 cm
12 David Di Michele West Ham Utd 169 cm
13 Leighton Baines Everton 170 cm
14 Nick Barmby Hull City 170 cm
15 Aaron Doran Blackburn 170 cm
16 Nicky Featherstone Hull City 170 cm
17 Dos Santos Giovani Tottenham 170 cm
18 Andrew Johnson Fulham 170 cm
19 Obafemi Martins Newcastle 170 cm
20 Liam Miller Sunderland 170 cm

Slightly out of date, and not sure why SWP gets in twice, but interesting

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html

Didn't realise Tevez and Robinho were comparitive midgets

didn't have fulop at, what, 6' 7"?

Peter Schemichel doesn't make that list?

Sorry that isn't all time, was just chucking it in there as a reference for current players. You can check by each season though.

Modric is taller than Fraizer Campbell. Who knew?

he's a lot of things that frazier campbell isn't.

a midget genius sex god among them.

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Gacy on the wing

"Oh what the fuck's he doing now...get that clown off!"

Categories:

1988 births
Living people
People from Rhyl
Welsh footballers
Wales under-21 international footballers
Wales international footballers
Association football forwards
Chester City F.C. players
Manchester City F.C. players
Norwich City F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Premier League players
The Football League players
Welsh rapists
Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales
People convicted of rape

Pages in category "Welsh rapists"

The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).
C

John Cooper (serial killer)

E

Ched Evans

S

Craig Sweeney

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1978 births
Living people
A-League (American soccer) players
Association football goalkeepers
Calgary Storm players
Canada men's international soccer players
Canadian expatriate soccer players
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
Canadian expatriates in Romania
Canadian people of German descent
Canadian soccer players
Dundee United F.C. players
Edmonton Drillers (NPSL) players
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Norway
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
FC CFR Cluj players
FC Energie Cottbus players
FC Energie Cottbus II players
Gillingham F.C. players
Leicester City F.C. players
Liga I players
Luton Town F.C. players
National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Norwegian Premier League players
People from Edmonton
Rosenborg BK players
Scottish Premier League players
Soccer people from Alberta
The Football League players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Tromsø IL players
USL First Division players
Vancouver Whitecaps (USL A-League) players
Vålerenga Fotball players
USL Premier Development League players
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players

wiki's category scan feature makes this easy, I won't post the answer yet though

Categories:

1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Dubrovnik
Croatian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Croatian people of Montenegrin descent
Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
Association football defenders
NK Čelik Zenica players
NK Zagreb players
Russian Premier League players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
Ligue 1 players
Montpellier HSC players
La Liga footballers
Sevilla FC footballers
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
Bundesliga players
Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Germany

Categories:

1971 births
Living people
People from Cali
Colombian footballers
Colombian people of Lebanese descent
Deportivo Cali footballers
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Argentinos Juniors footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Real Zaragoza footballers
FC Metz players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
1. FC Köln players
Cerro Porteño footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Olympic footballers of Colombia
Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Colombia international footballers
1994 FIFA World Cup players
1997 Copa América players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Colombian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Paraguay
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Primera División Argentina players
La Liga footballers
Ligue 1 players
Süper Lig players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Colombian expatriates in France
Colombian expatriates in the United States
Philadelphia Union players
Deportivo Cali
Major League Soccer players
Major League Soccer All-Stars
Colombian expatriates in Turkey

why do I want to say valderrama

fucking hell, an entire decade out birthwise :(

oh GOALKEEPER. it's higuita

it isn't. nakh you bastard. QI klaxons going off everywhere

Mondragon!

omg and now that uefa cup defeat of arsenal comes flooding back

Categories:

1984 births
Living people
Chilean people of Italian descent
Sportspeople from Santiago
Chilean footballers
Association football forwards
Chilean Primera División players
Universidad de Chile players
Serie A footballers
Serie B footballers
Inter Milan players
A.C. Chievo Verona players
U.S. Grosseto F.C. players
U.S. Città di Palermo players
Cagliari Calcio players
La Liga footballers
Celta de Vigo footballers
Racing de Santander footballers
Primeira Liga players
Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers
Scottish Premier League players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A footballers
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama players
Apollon Limassol FC players
Chile international footballers
2014 FIFA World Cup players
Chilean expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Expatriate footballers in Brazil
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Chilean expatriates in Portugal

Mauricio Pinilla. I had completely forgotten he'd played for Hearts until some blokes mentioned it in the pub last night.

1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Stockholm
Swedish footballers
Sweden under-21 international footballers
Sweden international footballers
Swedish expatriate footballers
Swedish people of Italian descent
Swedish people of Brazilian descent
Association football forwards
IF Brommapojkarna players
Ligi Ndogo S.C. players
Manchester City F.C. players
Burnley F.C. players
Feyenoord players
The Football League players
Eredivisie players
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Swedish expatriates in England
Swedish expatriates in the Netherlands
Swedish expatriates in Scotland
Stoke City F.C. players
Celtic F.C. players
Superettan players
Allsvenskan players
Premier League players
Scottish Professional Football League players

thats a lot of categories for a 22 year old

John Guidetti played for both man city and stoke and is Swedish

Unusual career!

Also plays for Celtic and is one of the few current players I don't go "aw ffs" at when I see his name on a teamsheet.

he has an interesting background and a lot of unfortunate health problems so i wish him well
given that he was scoring for fun in the eredivisie a few years ago, he shouldn't have much trouble in scotland if he stays fit

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florent sinama pongolle

Living people
People from Regen (district)
German footballers
Germany youth international footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Footballers from Bavaria
Expatriate footballers in Albania
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Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Finland
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Expatriate soccer players in Canada
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German expatriate footballers
German expatriates in Canada
German expatriates in Norway
German expatriates in South Africa
German expatriates in England
Wimbledon F.C. players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Orlando Pirates players
SV Wacker Burghausen players
Huddersfield Town F.C. players
Geylang United FC players
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. players
Bærum SK players
Calgary Mustangs (soccer) players
Manglerud Star Toppfotball players
Otago United players
KS Vllaznia Shkodër players
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Ramblers F.C. players
S.League players
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Penang FA players
German expatriates in Albania
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1983 births
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Association football forwards
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Dundee F.C. players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
Expatriate footballers in England
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Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
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FC Atyrau players
FK Haugesund players
French expatriate footballers
French expatriates in England
French expatriates in Norway
French expatriates in Scotland
French footballers
French people of Guadeloupean descent
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Guadeloupe international footballers
Guadeloupean footballers
Guadeloupean expatriate footballers
Hamilton Academical F.C. players
Hibernian F.C. players
Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
Living people
Malaysia Super League players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
OGC Nice players
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
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Rochdale A.F.C. players
Scottish Premier League players
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
SK Vard Haugesund players
The Football League players
Scottish Professional Football League players

that's the guy with the long name

no it is not

Guadeloupe international footballers
Hamilton Academical F.C. players

I think these two are all you need

1985 births
Living people
People from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste
Brazilian footballers
Brazil youth international footballers
Brazil international footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube players
São Paulo FC players
Real Betis players
Associação Desportiva São Caetano players
Eredivisie players
PSV Eindhoven players
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Russian Football Premier League players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
Qatar Stars League players
Al-Gharafa Doha players
Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. players
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Qatar
Expatriate footballers in China
Brazilian expatriates in China

sharivari recused from this one