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Football’s weird and wonderful world of teeth: put a name to the gnashers – quiz

  1. No 1

    1. Ronaldo

    2. Fabinho

    3. Kylian Mbappé

    4. Roberto Carlos

  2. No 2

    1. George Best

    2. Glenn Hoddle

    3. Martin O'Neil

    4. Brian Clough

  3. No 3

    1. Dirk Kuyt

    2. Matt Le Tissier

    3. David Moyes

    4. Craig Burley

  4. No 4

    1. Trent Alexander-Arnold

    2. Roberto Firmino

    3. Fabinho

    4. Neymar

  5. No 5

    1. Nikita Parris

    2. Sam Kerr

    3. Marta

    4. Alex Scott

  6. No 6

    1. Luis Suárez

    2. Gabriel Jesus

    3. Diego Costa

    4. Fernandinho

  7. No 7

    1. Diego Simeone

    2. Xabi Alonso

    3. Zinedine Zidane

    4. Diego Costa

  8. No 8

    1. Luther Blissett

    2. Pelé

    3. Laurie Cunningham

    4. George Weah

  9. No 9

    1. Thierry Henry

    2. Ronaldo

    3. Joel Matip

    4. Thiago Alcântara

  10. No 10

    1. David Beckham

    2. Dirk Kuyt

    3. Chris Waddle

    4. Paul Gascoigne

  11. No 11

    1. Ollie Watkins

    2. Jude Bellingham

    3. Trent Alexander-Arnold

    4. Dominic Calvert-Lewin

  12. No 12

    1. Paul Heckingbottom

    2. Rob Edwards

    3. Steve Cooper

    4. Marco Silva

  13. No 13

    1. Mario Gomez

    2. Edin Dzeko

    3. Wout Weghorst

    4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  14. No 14

    1. Lauren James

    2. Jess Carter

    3. Khiara Keating

    4. Salma Paralluelo

  15. No 15

    1. Ronaldinho

    2. Diego Costa

    3. Luis Suárez

    4. Alexis Sánchez

Solutions

1:C - Yes, it's the France superstar, 2:A - It's the Northern Irishman, during a spell playing in the United States with the Los Angeles Aztecs, 3:D - The former Scotland midfielder lost his teeth after kneeing himself in the face training at Chelsea. “My teeth were forced upwards, cracking the jaw bone, and then they came flying out. No one thought to retrieve them, my rotten team-mates couldn’t stop laughing and although the physio wanted to send me to a dentist I was in a rush to get back to Scotland for Christmas.", 4:B - With teeth that white, it could only ever be the Brazilian, 5:D - Yes, it's the smiley former England international who is now a football pundit, 6:B - The current Arsenal forward got the chance to bite a few Premier League medals when he was at Manchester City, 7:A - The Atlético Madrid manager was being thoughtful in a press conference here , 8:B - With that beaming smile, it could only ever be the Brazil great, 9:A - Given the joyful way he played the game, the former Arsenal and France forward was often smiling, 10:D - Yes, its's Gazza, back in his time at Newcastle, 11:B - It's Real Madrid's new star, 12:C - It's the former Nottingham Forest manager, 13:D - Who else?, 14:A - It's the England and Chelsea hot-shot, 15:C - It's the most infamous set of gnashers in all of football

Scores

  1. 10 and above.

    You know your teeth!

  2. 12 and above.

    Wow! You really know your footballers' teeth. Perhaps a bit too well, actually

  3. 14 and above.

    Incredible! You have dazzled us – just like Bobby Firmino's teeth

  4. 9 and above.

    You know your teeth!

  5. 4 and above.

    You didn't sink your teeth into this quiz at all, did you?

  6. 6 and above.

    Not bad but you need to do more research to really sink your teeth into this quiz

  7. 7 and above.

    You know your teeth!

  8. 2 and above.

    That was a toothless effort

  9. 1 and above.

    That was a toothless effort

  10. 15 and above.

    Incredible! You have dazzled us – just like Bobby Firmino's teeth

  11. 13 and above.

    Wow! You really know your footballers' teeth. Perhaps a bit too well, actually

  12. 11 and above.

    Wow! You really know your footballers' teeth. Perhaps a bit too well, actually

  13. 8 and above.

    You know your teeth!

  14. 5 and above.

    Not bad but you need to do more research to really sink your teeth into this quiz

  15. 0 and above.

    That was a toothless effort

  16. 3 and above.

    You didn't sink your teeth into this quiz at all, did you?

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