QUIZ: Can you name the first professional teams of these footballers?

16 to get and a few puzzlers in there.

We are looking for the first professional club these players were signed to. You will recognise the faces in this quiz, but will you be able to guess the right club?

In the likes of Spain, France and Portugal, clubs often play up-and-comers in ‘B’ and ‘C’ squads that compete against professional sides but not in the same division as their parent club. For example, Pep Guardiola played for Barcelona ‘C’ and then Barcelona ‘B’ but he was always contracted to Barcelona.

For this quiz, we are looking for the senior club the player was contracted to.

The best of luck with this one!

Who were Virgil Van Dijk's first professional team?

Celtic

Gronigen

PSV Eindhoven

Maastricht

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Gianluigi Buffon's first professional team?

Juventus

Pescara

Empoli

Parma

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Robbie Keane's first professional team?

Inter Milan

Leeds United

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Celtic

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Paul Pogba's first professional team?

Le Havre

Manchester United

Juventus

Paris Saint Germain

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Kylian Mbappe's first professional team?

Monaco

Guincamp

Marseille

Reims

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Cristiano Ronaldo's first professional team?

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Benfica

Manchester United

Aalves

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Gerard Pique's first professional team?

Real Zaragoza

Athletic Bilbao

Manchester United

Barcelona

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Roy Keane's first professional team?

Cobh Ramblers

Cork City

Blackburn Rovers

Manchester United

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Paolo Maldini's first professional team?

(Photo by Satish Kumar/Getty Images)

Lecce

Milan

Foggia

Lucerne

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Shay Given's first professional team?

Celtic

Newcastle United

Blackburn Rovers

Aston Villa

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Lionel Messi's first professional team?

Espanyol

Newell Old Boys

Barcelona

Boca Juniors

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Thierry Henry's first professional team?

Arsenal

Juventus

Auxerre

Monaco

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Frank Lampard's first professional team?

(Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

Manchester City

Chelsea

Crewe Alexandra

West Ham

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Harry Kane's first professional team?

Chester City

Scunthorpe United

Tottenham Hotspur

Luton Town

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were James McCarthy's first professional team?

Hamilton Academical

Rangers

Wigan Athletic

Everton

Correct!

Wrong!

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Who were Robin Van Persie's first professional team?

Ajax Amsterdam

Feyenoord

RKC Waalwijk

Arsenal

Correct!

Wrong!

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