Football quiz: can you identify the player from their loan spells?

England’s current crop of goalkeepers all spent time out on loan early in their careers. Photograph: Kieran McManus/BPI/Shutterstock

1. We start, predictably enough, with Chelsea. Which Blues defender went out on loan to Sigma Olomouc, Vitesse, Köln, Middlesbrough, Fulham and Bristol City before joining the Robins permanently?

   1. Jeffrey Bruma

   2. Nathaniel Chalobah

   3. Tomas Kalas

   4. Sam Hutchinson

2. Who made two Manchester City appearances before being loaned to Celtic, Girona, Norwich, Middlesbrough, Derby and Troyes?

   1. Brandon Barker

   2. Scott Sinclair

   3. Patrick Roberts

   4. Richard Wright

3. Whose loan history is this? MK Dons (twice), Derby, Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace, Norwich, Burnley.

   1. Patrick Bamford

   2. Danny Drinkwater

   3. Michael Hector

   4. Angus Gunn

4. Which former Spurs player was loaned out to Yeovil, Leyton Orient, MK Dons, Ipswich, Watford, Millwall, Leeds, Birmingham and QPR?

   1. Ryan Fredericks

   2. Danny Rose

   3. Josh Onomah

   4. Andros Townsend

5. Who had loan spells at Rio Ave, Vitesse, Everton, Bournemouth, Málaga and Newcastle before joining the Magpies permanently?

   1. Abdul Rahman Baba

   2. Christian Atsu

   3. Danny Rose

   4. Joe Willock

6. Which nomadic keeper had loan spells at Bristol Rovers, Crystal Palace, Peterborough, Leicester, Cardiff and Yeovil?

   1. Richard Wright

   2. Mark Schwarzer

   3. Stuart Taylor

   4. Adam Federici

7. Which player, still on the books at Chelsea, has been loaned to Vitesse, Nantes, Reading, Anderlecht and Alavés?

   1. Matt Miazga

   2. Ethan Ampadu

   3. Dujon Sterling

   4. Juan Castillo

8. Which current England player has spent time on loan at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester?

   1. Declan Rice

   2. Emile Smith Rowe

   3. Reece James

   4. Harry Kane

9. Which England goalkeeper has been loaned out to Harrow Borough, Welling, Cambridge, Aldershot, York and Bury?

   1. Aaron Ramsdale

   2. Nick Pope

   3. Jordan Pickford

   4. Sam Johnstone

   5. Dean Henderson

10. Which teenage sensation ended up being loaned out to Sampdoria, QPR, Stuttgart, Doncaster (twice), Birmingham and Nottingham Forest?

    1. Neil Mellor

    2. James Vaughan

    3. Mikael Forssell

    4. Federico Macheda

11. Whose loan history is this? Rushden & Diamonds, Barnet (twice), Aston Villa, Anderlecht, Sporting, Middlesbrough.

    1. Ravel Morrison

    2. Lewis Baker

    3. Yannick Bolasie

    4. Calum Chambers

12. And finally, who does this lengthy loan list belong to? Deep breath ... Bracknell Town, Didcot Town, Havant & Waterlooville, Oxford City, Horsham, Dundalk, Barnet, Shrewsbury, Aldershot, Cheltenham, Aberdeen, Reading, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday.

    1. Adam Federici

    2. Michael Hector

    3. Leroy Lita

    4. Giles Barnes

Solutions

1:C - Kalas spent nine years as a Chelsea player and made two first-team appearances., 2:C - Now 25, the winger has finally left City permanently and joined Sunderland., 3:A - Chelsea striker Bamford eventually joined Boro permanently, before flourishing at Leeds., 4:D - The winger passed through an impressive nine clubs in four years before getting his first-team chance at Tottenham., 5:B - The Ghanaian winger went to Rio Ave while at Porto – the other loans were during an appearance-free stint at Chelsea., 6:C - The regular reserve keeper had 12 clubs in his senior career but played only 75 games. 'Every coach I have had has said I should have played 200 or 300 Premier League games,' Taylor said in 2017. 'I look back at it and think the same.', 7:A - The USA international defender has made two appearances for Chelsea in five-and-a-half years., 8:D - The England captain took time to find his shooting boots - he scored 14 goals in 56 games across the four clubs., 9:B - Pope had eight loan spells away from Charlton with six teams before joining Burnley in 2016. It's a theme among the current England crop: Ramsdale has been loaned out twice, Pickford six times, Johnstone to seven different clubs and Henderson four., 10:D - Macheda couldn't make the grade at Manchester United despite his memorable goal against Aston Villa – but is now doing well in Greece with Panathinaikos., 11:C - It's Bolasie, although all four players have had spells at Boro, the club of choice for regular loanees., 12:B - The Jamaican international was loaned out 10 times by Reading, then loaned back to Reading after Chelsea bought him. Hector has been on the books at 19 clubs, but current side Fulham are the only ones he has played for solely as a permanent first-team player.

Scores

1. 10 and above.

   Back of the net! A permanent deal awaits

2. 0 and above.

   Oh dear. Time to head back to your parent club

3. 5 and above.

   You've caught the manager's eye at least