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Mate in work has posted us this question - Ten European players who are the only one from their country with Premiership medals

Apparently Kompany isn't one but I cant think of any other belgian who has won the premier league.

Paulus's mate
Javier Hernandez
Antonio Valencia
Stefan Savic
Michael Essien

There's a start for you.

Didn't Chelsea have a Belgian keeper at one point? Possibly a squad medal.

HeyMark wrote:Mate in work has posted us this question - Ten European players who are the only one from their country with Premiership medals

Apparently Kompany isn't one but I cant think of any other belgian who has won the premier league.

Kompany has to be one.

Schmeichel
Dzeko
Balotelli? (Unless Crespo ever got one)
Manninger?
Senderos?
Cech?
Kusczak?
Hernandez?

Blue Since 76 wrote:Didn't Chelsea have a Belgian keeper at one point? Possibly a squad medal.

Courtois?

It is European players, so Essien, Hernandez etc don't count.

HeyMark wrote:It is European players, so Essien, Hernandez etc don't count.

Oh shit yeah. Oops!

HeyMark wrote:It is European players, so Essien, Hernandez etc don't count.

They are though the only players from their own country to win a medal, so worthy of another question!

So if Kompany isnt one, then 9 possibles below.

Peter Cech (Czech Rep), Savic (Montenegro), Dzeko (Bosnia), Kanchelskis (Russia), Balotelli (Italy), Schmeichel (Denmark), Henning Berg (Norway), Blomqvist (Sweden), Ballack (Germany)

Goaters 103 wrote:
They are though the only players from their own country to win a medal, so worthy of another question!

So if Kompany isnt one, then 8 possibles below.

Peter Cech (Czech Rep), Savic (Montenegro), Dzeko (Bosnia), Kanchelskis (Russia), Balotelli (Italy), Schmeichel (Denmark), Henning Berg (Norway), Blomqvist (Sweden)

Wasn't Ronnie Johnsen Norwegian too? And the more I think about Cech, the more I wonder if Poborsky got one. Did Henrik Larsson get one too? That would nullify Berg. How about Roy Carroll? Or did Keith Gillespie get one? And I don't suppose Alex Hleb was at Arsenal as far back as 2004 was he?

This is a great question.

I always thought Kanchelskis was Ukrainian! I'm probably wrong. Didn't Zhirkov win one in 2010 though?

Alioune DVToure wrote:

Goaters 103 wrote:
They are though the only players from their own country to win a medal, so worthy of another question!

So if Kompany isnt one, then 8 possibles below.

Peter Cech (Czech Rep), Savic (Montenegro), Dzeko (Bosnia), Kanchelskis (Russia), Balotelli (Italy), Schmeichel (Denmark), Henning Berg (Norway), Blomqvist (Sweden)

Wasn't Ronnie Johnsen Norwegian too? And the more I think about Cech, the more I wonder if Poborsky got one. Did Henrik Larsson get one too? That would nullify Berg. How about Roy Carroll? Or did Keith Gillespie get one? And I don't suppose Alex Hleb was at Arsenal as far back as 2004 was he?

This is a great question.

I always thought Kanchelskis was Ukrainian! I'm probably wrong. Didn't Zhirkov win one in 2010 though?

Your probably right - change Kanchelskis to Ukraine! Just throwing names out there tbh.

Goaters 103 wrote:
Your probably right - change Kanchelskis to Ukraine! Just throwing names out there tbh.

Wikipedia says you're right and I'm wrong.

Ethnicity: Lithuanian
Born in: Ukraine
Played for: USSR/Russia

Alioune DVToure wrote:

Goaters 103 wrote:
Your probably right - change Kanchelskis to Ukraine! Just throwing names out there tbh.

Wikipedia says you're right and I'm wrong.

Ethnicity: Lithuanian
Born in: Ukraine
Played for: USSR/Russia

Shevchenko didn't get one apparently so could be Kanchelskis. Solskjaer deffo did, so Norwegians are out.

Ryan Giggs ?

Scratch that. Hughes of course.

Berbatov surely ?

Got one - obvious- Eidur Gudjohnsen

Link below is a cheat list - Kompany is one according to this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fo ... er's_medal

Goaters 103 wrote:Link below is a cheat list - Kompany is one according to this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fo ... er's_medal

Can't think of another Belgian winner.

Don't want to look at the list but is Berbatov on it ?

Ted Hughes wrote:
Can't think of another Belgian winner.

Don't want to look at the list but is Berbatov on it ?

Must be. Only a handful of Bulgarians have even played in the Premier League.

Ted Hughes wrote:

Goaters 103 wrote:Link below is a cheat list - Kompany is one according to this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fo ... er's_medal

Can't think of another Belgian winner.

Don't want to look at the list but is Berbatov on it ?

Yes. Spot on Ted.

Goaters 103 wrote:

HeyMark wrote:It is European players, so Essien, Hernandez etc don't count.

They are though the only players from their own country to win a medal, so worthy of another question!

So if Kompany isnt one, then 9 possibles below.

Peter Cech (Czech Rep), Savic (Montenegro), Dzeko (Bosnia), Kanchelskis (Russia), Balotelli (Italy), Schmeichel (Denmark), Henning Berg (Norway), Blomqvist (Sweden), Ballack (Germany)

Ljungberg won it with Arsenal, so you can strike Blomqvist and Swedenf rom the list.
How about Chelsea's Mikael Forssell for Finland?