{"id":1143792,"date":"2020-06-03T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1143792"},"modified":"2020-06-03T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:32:39","slug":"football-quiz-ligue-1-player-of-the-year-winners","status":"publish","type":"quizzes","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/quizzes\/football-quiz-ligue-1-player-of-the-year-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz: Can you name every Ligue 1 Player of the Year winner since 2000?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ahh, the French Ligue 1. A fertile breeding ground for world class talent. A league of bedazzling and bewildering quality. An environment conducive to developing young stars. I could go on\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In short, this is a league where prodigious talent comes to the fore and keeps Europe\u2019s big boys circling with covetous eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two decades some of football\u2019s most exalted athletes have donned the shirts of France\u2019s top clubs. But, it wasn\u2019t until PSG \u2014 aided by their vast wealth \u2014 gatecrashed the elite European bubble, that the very best emerging talent would opt to remain in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>More often than not, French football has be used as a stepping stone for the footballing gentry. PSG have now entered that conversation in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>But, that doesn\u2019t mean the conveyor belt has stopped short or been put on the back-burner. As we\u2019ve seen over the years and even now, Ligue 1 has a glut of world class talent and there are no signs of that slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbappe is, of course, the poster boy for such emerging talent and he rightfully clinched the division\u2019s POTY accolade in 2018\/19, but can you name the other players to scoop this coveted award since 2000?<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"spFrame5ed67aae01793\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/framed\/?v=8&amp;pm&amp;gid=1d18692e002e&amp;fid=5ed67aae01793&amp;width=580\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/embed\/embed.js?v=5ed67aae01793\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahh, the French Ligue 1. A fertile breeding ground for world class talent. A league of bedazzling and bewildering quality. An environment conducive to developing young stars. 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