{"id":1129143,"date":"2020-02-07T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1129143"},"modified":"2020-02-07T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T11:10:10","slug":"champions-league-football-quiz-mystery-player-career-path","status":"publish","type":"quizzes","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/quizzes\/champions-league-football-quiz-mystery-player-career-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you guess the mystery Champions League-winning player by their career path?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Some of football&#8217;s greatest-ever players have gone on to lift the Champions League trophy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0Paolo Maldini to\u00a0Luis Figo, the game is awash with world-class stars who went on to hoist ol&#8217;\u00a0&#8216;Big Ears&#8217; above their heads.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there are some who went on to clinch the coveted silverware that may even shock you to this day (ahem,\u00a0<span>Ryan Bertrand).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But whether they were a\u00a0<span>Ballon d&#8217;Or recipient or are currently battling it out in the Premier League with Southampton, there can be no denying continental success is among the biggest achievements in club football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With that, can you cast your minds back to these five Champions League-winning players and guess who they are based on their respective career paths?<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d,s,id,u){\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  var js, sjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],\n      t = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() \/ 1000000);\n  js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id; js.async=1; js.src=u+'?'+t;\n  sjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, sjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'os-widget-jssdk', 'https:\/\/www.opinionstage.com\/assets\/loader.js'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"os-widget-64222\" class=\"os_widget\" data-of=\"catenasquawka\" data-path=\"\/catenasquawka\/can-you-guess-the-mystery-champions-league-winning-player-by-their-career-path\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of football&#8217;s greatest-ever players have gone on to lift the Champions League trophy. 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