Squad Numbers

[johnny crossan]

Here's a quiz question about this subject. Joe and Samir have had their numbers stripped from their backs and given to their replacements but two players now share a single squad number - who are that happy couple?

[johnny crossan]

Here's a quiz question about this subject. Joe and Samir have had their numbers stripped from their backs and given to their replacements but two players now share a single squad number - who are that happy couple?

is there no taste for the trivial among the cognoscenti on here?

[iwasthere2012]

Here's a quiz question about this subject. Joe and Samir have had their numbers stripped from their backs and given to their replacements but two players now share a single squad number - who are that happy couple?

is there no taste for the trivial among the cognoscenti on here?

I'll bite Johnny.
Bravo has taken the No. 1 but Joe has already played in this number.
Could you possibly be referring to this pair.

[johnny crossan]

Here's a quiz question about this subject. Joe and Samir have had their numbers stripped from their backs and given to their replacements but two players now share a single squad number - who are that happy couple?

is there no taste for the trivial among the cognoscenti on here?

I'll bite Johnny.
Bravo has taken the No. 1 but Joe has already played in this number.
Could you possibly be referring to this pair.

Nope - I said not Joe or Damir - another pair share a number and both on our books

[johnny crossan]

Here's a quiz question about this subject. Joe and Samir have had their numbers stripped from their backs and given to their replacements but two players now share a single squad number - who are that happy couple?

is there no taste for the trivial among the cognoscenti on here?

I'll bite Johnny.
Bravo has taken the No. 1 but Joe has already played in this number.
Could you possibly be referring to this pair.

Nope - I said not Joe or Nasri - another pair share a number and both on our books

[I Just Blue Myself]

Zinchenko and Jovetic both had 35, but proclaiming that they share it is misleading, as a number is only assigned to a player upon registration in a specific competition, which is not the case for either at the club currently. Nice try though.

[Moonchesteri]

Still a decent bit of trivia.
Speaking of Jovetic though,this page says Jove's loan contract is up at the end of December and they only have loan option...surely he won't be coming back?

[johnny crossan]

Zinchenko and Jovetic both had 35, but proclaiming that they share it is misleading, as a number is only assigned to a player upon registration in a specific competition, which is not the case for either at the club currently. Nice try though.

Still a decent bit of trivia.

Speaking of Jovetic though,this page says Jove's loan contract is up at the end of December and they only have loan option...surely he won't be coming back?

Well done IJBM! Not the pair I had in mind, so it looks like we have a double double share if Transfermarkt is correct, as Moonchester interestingly points out.

Not sure about me misleading anybody though. My understanding is that players on loan routinely retain their squad number if they return and play for their home club, and the number hasn't been re-assigned or they are not given a new one. In the case I have in mind the indications are that both players have realistic ambitions to be part of our first team squad.

Jovetic's Wiki page could contradict the Tranfermarkt info though, if he turns out for Inter before December - he's registered in their first team squad but hasn't featured in the team or on the (very large) bench in the first two league games. I think jojo is gogo but surely the noble Inter owners won't tell the manager to throw their games to stay in the relegation zone until December so they don't have to pay for him!

'On 31 July 2015, Jovetić joined Serie A side Inter on an 18-month loan deal, for €2.5 million, with a conditional obligation of redemption for €14.5 million, if Inter was ranked 17th or better in December 2016 or making a competitive appearance for Inter in 2016–17 season. Jovetić signed a four-year contract.[34] '
citing this announcement from the Inter OS



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevan_Joveti%C4%87


Anyway, the search goes on find another two current players with the same squad number!!

[I Just Blue Myself]

Well, you could certainly say that loaned players might 'retain' their number, as long as it is not given to another player at the club for the duration of their loan, but officially they are registered for their loan club and the number at the parent club is vacant, i.e. Bony is registered as #12 for Stoke currently and #14 at City is vacant. He cannot 'have' both at the same time.

Olivier Ntcham had #55 before he went out on loan, now it is assigned to Brahim Diaz. :)

[johnny crossan]

Well, you could certainly say that loaned players might 'retain' their number, as long as it is not given to another player at the club for the duration of their loan, but officially they are registered for their loan club and the number at the parent club is vacant, i.e. Bony is registered as #12 for Stoke currently and #14 at City is vacant. He cannot 'have' both at the same time.

Olivier Ntcham had #55 before he went out on loan, now it is assigned to Brahim Diaz. :)

Congratulations, Ntcham & Diaz both share number 55, you're the winner!
I will expostulate on the spacetime continuum to help with your Bony dilemma later - if required ;)

[johnny crossan]

Speaking of Jovetic though,this page says Jove's loan contract is up at the end of December and they only have loan option...surely he won't be coming back?
Jovetic's Wiki page could contradict the Tranfermarkt info though, if he turns out for Inter before December - he's registered in their first team squad but hasn't featured in the team or on the (very large) bench in the first two league games. I think jojo is gogo but surely the noble Inter owners won't tell the manager to throw their games to stay in the relegation zone until December so they don't have to pay for him!

'On 31 July 2015, Jovetić joined Serie A side Inter on an 18-month loan deal, for €2.5 million, with a conditional obligation of redemption for €14.5 million, if Inter was ranked 17th or better in December 2016 or making a competitive appearance for Inter in 2016–17 season. Jovetić signed a four-year contract.[34] '
citing this announcement from the Inter OS


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevan_Joveti%C4%87

The cash tills are ringing in Abu Dhabi - €14.5 million - Jovetic has just come on against Pescara - Inter came from behind to win it in the 92'!!