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Players that you completely forgot played for that club. (A thread)

#1

Starting with Raul Bravo - Leeds United.

Appearances 5
Goals 0
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#2

Next up is the Japanese David Beckham.

Hidetoshi Nakata joined Bolton on loan back in 2005.

Appearances 25
Goals 1
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#3

A legend across Europe, everyone was a little surprised when Dino Baggio turned up at Blackburn.

Appearances 8
Goals 1
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#4

This man was technically part of the Manchester United Treble winning team.

Jonathan Greening though is probably remembered slightly more for his work post Man Utd.

Appearances 14
Goals 0
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#5

This man became an England legend, but his time at Selhurst Park is one that isn’t remembered by everyone.

Ashley Cole’s record at Palace was fairly short lived..

Appearances 14
Goals 0
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#6

Alexandre Pato added to a long line of random Chelsea striker signings from the 2000’s back in 2016.

Appearances 2
Goals 1
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#7

A bit of a legend North of the Border, down South you forget that Anthony Stokes started his career at Arsenal.

Appearances 1
Goals 0
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#8

Known to be a legend for England and Man Utd, Paul Parker actually turned out for Chelsea a few times in the late 90’s.

Appearances 4
Goals 0
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#9

For a few years, Emmanuel Frimpong was the answer potentially for Arsenal’s centre midfield problems.

He also played a few forgotten games for Charlton...

Appearances 6
Goals 0
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#10

One of our favourite this one; he was barely at the club before Chelsea signed him, which makes this picture of Jon Obi Mikel at the Man Utd transfer unveiling even weirder.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#11

This player needs no introduction! Championship Manager 97/98 players adored him.

Everton signed Ibrahima Bakayoko from Montpellier in 1998 for £4.5m. Unfortunately he didn’t live up to his ‘computer-self’ in the Premier League.

Appearances- 23
Goals- 4
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#12

The four month loan deal where the player was actually injured for three months.. 😂

Who can remember Stephen Ireland playing for Newcastle? Us neither.

Appearances 4
Goals 0
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#13

The first of many British players going across to taste the European shores.

Alan Hutton signed for Mallorca on loan back in 2013.

Appearances 17
Goals 0
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#14

Loris Karius ( @LorisKarius ) actually was at Manchester City during his youth team career.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#15

When he was signed to help out Lukaku, 6ft 8 Lacina Traore was tipped to make a big impact on Merseyside.

Appearances 1
Goals 0
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#16

This one we had to check if it was a Photoshop or not. But J-Lingz ( @JesseLingard ) had a brief spell at Leicester City back in 2012.

Appearances 5
Goals 0
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#17

Peter Crouch ( @petercrouch ) had a fair few clubs in his time.

But can you remember when he played a few games at Dulwich Hamlet ( @DulwichHamletFC ) ? We couldn’t either.

Appearances 6
Goals 1
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#18

Claudio Caniggia joined Dundee in 2000. The World Cup runner up with Argentina in 1990 spent one season at the club before a move to Rangers.

Appearances: 21
Goals: 7
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#19

Stéphane Guivarc'h joined Newcastle having won the World Cup with France in 1998, following a prolific season at Auxerre. He scored on his debut but was quickly sold to Rangers.

Appearances 4
Goals 1
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#20

Prolific striker Vincenzo Montella joined Fulham on loan in 2007 having scored over 130 goals in Serie A for Sampdoria and Roma.

Appearances 10
Goals 2
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#21

Paul Gascoigne joined Boston United in 2004 as a player-coach. It turned out to be a short stay.

Appearances 4
Goals 0
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#22

Former Ballon d’Or winner George Weah joined newly promoted Manchester City following his contract expiring with AC Milan.

The move lasted 2 months as Weah was fed up being selected as a substitute.

Appearances 7
Goals 1
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#23

The legendary transfer day deadline wannabe that is Olivier Kapo actually briefly went North of the Border.

He turned out for Celtic in the 2010/11 season, not to great returns mind.

Appearances 2
Goals 0
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#24

Michael Carrick ( @carras16) won 5 Premier League titles, a Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup with Manchester United.

Early in his career (1999) he had a loan spell at Swindon Town.

Appearances 6
Goals 2
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#25

Mido joined Barnsley in 2012 on a 1 year contract. He made his debut on 10th November as a substitute and was booked within a minute. He didn’t play again and was released in January 2013.

Thanks to @AJLimb91 for the suggestion.

Appearances 1
Goals 0
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#26

World Cup winner Branco was capped 72 times by Brazil. He arrived at Middlesbrough in 1996.

He didn’t cope with the Premier League and Boro sacked the player with 8 months remaining on his contract.

Appearances 9
Goals 0
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#27

Newcastle defender Florian Lejeune actually signed for Manchester City in 2015 from Girona. City loaned him back before the defender signed for Eibar.

Lejeune joined Newcastle in 2017. That’s an awful lot of signing in 2 years!

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#28

This one is for Nottingham Forest fans and no it isn’t Andrea Silenzi!

Nikola Jerkan was bought in for £1m after some solid displays at Euro ‘96 for Croatia. He was technically a Forest player for 3 seasons #NFFC

Appearances 14
Goals 0
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#29

This guy was famed for doing lap of honours during his time at Fulham. But can you remember John Paintsil playing for Leicester Ciry?

We couldn’t either.

Appearances 6
Goals 0
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#30

Gabriel Obertan was a Manchester United cult hero, but did you know that he also played for Wigan just three years ago?

Appearances 12
Goals 1
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#31

Lassana Diarra or ‘Lass’ as he was known at Real Madrid didn’t only just play for a Chelsea in the capital.

He had a forgotten spell for Arsenal too.. !

Appearances 8
Goals 0
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#32

What a player this guy was! David Ginola ( @teamginola) had spells at Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa and... Everton.

Ginola joined Everton in 2002 for a brief spell, playing a few league games.

Appearances 5
Goals 0

Those boots 😍
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#33

Derby legend Mart Poom joined Arsenal initially on loan in 2005, and then in January 2006 the move was made permanent! Poom even got a Champions League runners up medal despite not playing a game in the competition.

Appearances 1
Goals 0
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#34

Louis Saha has a successful loan spell with Newcastle to enter into English football with a bang.

He also played Sunderland; no we can’t remember it either.

Appearances 11
Goals 0
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#35

Norwich legend and part time wrestler Grant Holt turned out for Aston Villa in a highly forgettable loan spell.

Appearances 10
Goals 1
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#36

Big Ross Turnbull is part of the classic third choice keeper club that includes Carlo Nash and Richard Wright.

He spent four years at Chelsea along the way.

Appearances 7
Goals 0
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#37

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang spent just youth career at AC Milan but didn’t make a full competitive appearance.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#38

Fabrizio Ravanelli kept his stay at Dundee very short and sweet.

A hat trick in the League Cuo against Clyde the only highlight.

Appearances 6
Goals 3
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#39

Aaron Ramsey’s career has taken him from Cardiff to Arsenal and he’s now enjoying life in Serie A.

But we found this gem of him playing for Nottingham Forest in the early 10’s.

Appearances 5
Goals 0
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#40

Euro ‘96 winner Thomas Helmer ( @thomashelmer5) joined newly promoted Sunderland in 1999.

Then manager Peter Reid hardly used the player.

Appearances 2
Goals 0
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#41

We struggled to find a picture of this player in the clubs shirt! That’s because well... he didn’t play for the club.

Pierre Issa joined Chelsea on loan in 2001.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#42

This player played for both Milan clubs, he was the first defender to cost £10m when he joined Inter from Auxerre in 1997.

He was a legend on Championship Manager... he also joined Plymouth Argyle in 2005 #PAFC

Appearances 5
Goals 0
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#43

Bolton were renowned for signing players in the later part of their career. Most worked out well.

This one wasn’t so good. Mario Jardel signed for Bolton in 2003 having scored 235 goals in 232 games in the 7 seasons previous.

Appearances 11
Goals 3
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#44

Question: What does a one month loan spell at Swindon Town do for you?

Answer: It makes you ready to play 534 times in the Premier League.

James Milner spent time at Swindon in 2003

Appearances 6
Goals 2
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#45

Robert Jarni joined Coventry in 1998, the deal worth £2.6m. After watching one match he was paraded as a Real Madrid player in a deal worth £3.5m.

‘I wouldn't say it was my wife's decision, but it was a family decision’ said Jarni.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#46

As Tyler Blackett got more minutes at Manchester United, unsurprisingly teams were keen to take him on loan when the chance arose.

Up stepped Celtic.

Appearances 3
Goals 0
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#47

Dani had a short loan spell at West Ham in 1996. Manger Harry Redknapp on the signing:

The loan reportedly finished when he missed training following a night out.

He went on to play for Ajax and Atlético Madrid.

Appearances 9
Goals 2
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#48

@aaronmcguigan alerted us to this one, and we thought we had to share it.

Former Ajax and Barcelona legend Jari Litmanen joined Fulham in 2008. Unfortunately a heart issue meant he was released a few months later.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#49

Adam Lallana was of course a cult hero at Southampton before joining Liverpool.

He had also quite a forgettable spell at their rivals too..

Appearances 3
Goals 0
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#50

Jermaine Jenas spent the majority of his career at Spurs and Newcastle. He also spent time on loan at Aston Villa which was hampered by injuries.

Appearances 3
Goals 0
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#51

Nottingham Forest legend Mark Crossley had a brief loan spell at Manchester United during the 1989/90 season. Despite numerous appearances for the Reserves he didn’t play for the First Team.

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#52

Roberto Mancini had a very brief spell at Leicester in 2001 aged 36. He played 5 times before heading back to Italy.

Appearances 5
Goals 0
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#53

Robbie Fowler was one of the most feared strikers in the Premier League in his prime.

Later on his career he had a brief spell at Blackburn Rovers in 2008.

Appearances 6
Goals 0
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#54

Tottenham Hotspur’s ill fated 1995 Intertoto Cup journey included a remarkable record breaking 8-0 defeat against Cologne.

Due to unavailability, many players were signed on short term loan deals to play, including Alan Pardew!

Appearances 4
Goals 0
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#55

Newcastle signed Steve Guppy for £150k in August 1994. He was sold to Port Vale in November 1994 for £225k.

He later gained an England cap. Manager Kevin Keegan described him “as a bit like a left-sided David Beckham".

Appearances 1
Goals 0
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#56

Nigel Clough is best remembered for his time at Nottingham Forest, he also had spells at Liverpool and Manchester City.

He also appeared for Sheffield Wednesday in 1997/98

Appearances 2
Goals 0
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#57

Brian Laudrup arrived at Chelsea in the summer of 1998, following a successful spell at Rangers.

He quickly disapproved of the rotation policy and was generally unhappy in London.

Appearances 11
Goals 1
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#58

Sami Al-Jaber appeared in four consecutive FIFA World Cup tournaments for Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 2006, scoring in three of them.

He arrived on loan at Wolves in 2000. Safe to say this one didn’t work out

Appearances 0
Goals 0
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#59

Yildiray Baştürk helped Turkey to 3rd place at the 2002 World Cup. In the same year he was runner up in the Champions League with Bayer Leverkusen.

In January 2010 he moved to Blackburn on a short term deal, he managed 45 minutes.

Appearances 1
Goals 0
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#60

Ian Rush had a brief spell on loan at Sheffield United from Newcastle. However he forgot his goalscoring boots.

Appearances 4
Goals 0
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#61

Rio Ferdinand had a loan spell at Bournemouth in 1996. He left the Cherries six league places higher than when he joined.

“The experience I had at AFC Bournemouth changed everything in my development”

Appearances 11
Goals 0
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#62

Giovani dos Santos had a hugely successful spell on loan at Ipswich from Tottenham in 2009

Appearances 8
Goals 4
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#63

Not many players capped by England play at Stirling Albion... Jay Rodriguez did back in 2008. He couldn’t prevent the season ending in relegation.

Appearances 12
Goals 3
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#64

Legendary striker Ian Wright finished his career at Burnley in the 1999/00 season in Division Two. He helped the club to promotion.

Appearances 15
Goals 4
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#65

Craig Bellamy scored in the Premier League with 7 different clubs. He also scored in the Scottish Premier League with Celtic, during a loan spell in 2005.

Appearances 15
Goals 9
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#66

Lee Sharpe had a loan spell at Sampdoria in 1998/99.

David Platt gave him his debut with Ariel Ortega on the bench.

Appearances 3
Goals 0
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#67

Chris Waddle joined Falkirk in 1996. The move lasted a month before he returned to England with Bradford City.

Appearances 4
Goals 1

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#68

Samuel Eto’o joined Real Madrid’s youth academy in 1997 but could only train with Real Madrid B as he was a minor.

He went out on loan before joining Mallorca and then Barcelona in 2004.

Appearances 7
Goals 0
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#69

Gylfi Sigurdsson made his name at Reading having come through the academy.

Before breaking into the first team he spent time on loan at Shrewsbury.

Appearances 6
Goals 1
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