Pre-Match Poser no.11: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?

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If you're the kind of person who corrects the quizmaster, we've got the challenge for you…

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Welcome back to the Pre-Match Poser. Can you solve this elite-level question?

Premier League stars Emiliano Buendia, Marcos Senesi and Jean-Clair Todibo have only done it once. Xavi Simons, Willy Caballero and Yerry Mina have only done it a handful of times or fewer. Javier Mascherano did it hundreds of times – and with different teams. How many times has Cristiano Ronaldo done it?

We'll reveal the answer this time next week in the next edition of The Pre-Match Poser – stay tuned for that – but for now, here's the answer to last week's conundrum…

Q. John Stones was never in the running – but his Manchester City team-mate, Erling Haaland, managed to become the second to say he’d done it after Jamie Vardy. What was it?

A. Erling Haaland is able to say he’s the second Yorkshireman to have won the Golden Boot. Stones was born in Barnsley, and as a defender, he was perhaps unlikely to follow Sheffield-born Vardy – but since Haaland was born in Leeds, he was the one to achieve it.

More football quizzes we know you'll love

If The Pre-Match Poser was too easy for you this week, we have lots more trivia, quizzes and puzzles for you to try, all thanks to Kwizly.

We begin by testing your continental memory: can you name every club to have played in the Europa League since 2009? It’s a massive roll-call that spans the entire continent. Next, swap the tactics board for an atlas and put every Premier League club in order, from most northernly to most southernly. It sounds simple until you're forced to decide exactly where the Midlands ends.

From there, we scale the mountain of elite statistics. Can you name the players with the most goals and assists in Champions League history? For the ultimate challenge, try to recall every Champions League hat-trick scorer ever. This is a list of pure, unadulterated clinical excellence.

Finally, stretch your lateral thinking with FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 37, featuring clues on Frenchmen, Wembley specialists, and Seven Sisters. To keep your brain in peak condition, join our newsletter for a daily dose of trivia. For the full experience, sign up for free to The Club, our membership portal, to climb our global leaderboards, earn exclusive badges, and join interactive Q&As with the pros.

Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.

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