Quiz! Can you name every player from Nike's Secret Tournament?

Eric Cantona was the Nike Secret Tournament announcer
Eric Cantona was the Nike Secret Tournament announcer (Image credit: Nike)

It's football quiz time – and we want you to name every player from the legendary Nike TV advert of 2002.

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With an estimated $100million budget, it featured 24 of the best players in the world,  split into eight teams of three playing in a first-goal-wins elimination tournament on a ship, soundtracked to a remixed version of Elvis Presley's 'A Little Less Conversation' with Eric Cantona as the MC. Genius. But before you fire up YouTube to rewatch it, we've got a simple quiz for you - name all 24 players to feature. Good luck!

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Having successfully navigated the dark glamour of the Nike Secret Tournament, we move from the legends who played inside the cage to the grand, global scale of the game, including the magnificent players, the forgotten nations, and the huge stadiums that host it all. A new challenge awaits, once again, courtesy of Kwizly.

We begin by testing the very limits of global knowledge: try to name the 30 most populous countries in the world that have never played at the World Cup, then we celebrate individual achievement and longevity in the Premier League. See if you can remember every African nation's record appearance holder in the Premier League. It's a tribute to the commitment of those magnificent imports.

From individual records, we turn to the ultimate honour in the English game. Can you name every player inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame? This test requires remembering the very best who ever graced the competition. For a final challenge of infrastructure, you must prove you know the huge grounds that host the biggest crowds: can you name the 48 stadiums in English football with a 20,000+ capacity?

Finally, for something a little more relaxed and cerebral, why not tackle FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 27, with clues on No.9s, derbies and debutant codes? It's the perfect opportunity to wind down and piece together the clues. If you like this level of trivia, ensure you are signed up to the newsletter for a guaranteed daily delivery of the newest quizzes.

Joe Mewis

For more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.

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