With the countless hours spent in training on the pitch you might think footballers have not done well in school, but there are many examples of those who have smashed it.
As being a top professional footballer is not a career that will last forever, the reality is they will need something to fall back on for after they retire or if an injury puts them out the game.
So we have taken a look at some of the examples of those footballers who have done incredibly well in their exams and gone on to great things not just on the pitch, but off it as well.
