Can you remember the first squad numbers these star players wore at the following clubs? Put your football knowledge to the test in our quiz
- We've pulled together pictures of 20 star footballers
- They are pictured wearing their current/most famous squad number at a club
- But many players change their squad number during their time at a club
- Your challenge is to guess the first squad number they wore at that club
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The introduction of squad numbers to football will have saddened traditionalists who preferred the starting XI kitted out in numbers one to 11. Each player's position determining their shirt number.
Many players - especially the top ones - still prefer the classic shirt numbers of legendary players from the game: No9 for a centre forward, No10 for a forward playing slightly behind, No11 for a left winger, No1 for a goalkeeper. You know the drill.
And many teams have iconic shirt numbers that players and the club want their stars to wear (often for marketing reasons), such as the No7 at both Manchester United and Liverpool.
Premier League stars in their familiar shirt numbers, but can you guess their original numbers?
But the likes of Thierry Henry making the No14 his own at Arsenal, Roy Keane in No16 at Manchester United, and Gianfranco Zola in the No25 at Chelsea saw the higher numbers become more familiar.
And to complicate things many players change their shirt number - sometimes more than once - while at a club. As players rise through the ranks they are able to chose the more 'desirable' numbers from one to 11.
But while many of us could reel off the shirt numbers these players currently wear - or they did before they left the club - remembering these players' first shirt numbers is not so easy.
Your challenge is to guess the original squad number of 20 big-name players, current and now no longer playing for that club.
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