The FIFA World Cup is now only weeks away as we draw ever closer to football’s greatest show.
The best players the planet has to offer will descend on Qatar for a month-long footballing feast as they battle it out for the ultimate prize in the game.
There isn’t a single young player on earth who hasn’t dreamed of holding the famous golden trophy aloft and, for those who have qualified, that dream feels all the more tangible now.
The World Cup winners’ circle is rather exclusive
However, while the pool of dreamers is vast, the winners circle is far more exclusive.
Less than 450 players have been garlanded with a World Cup winners medal since 1934, showing just how difficult a prize it is to win.
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Among that gaggle of winners are some of the greatest footballers to ever kick a ball about.
The likes of Pele and Diego Maradona immediately spring to mind, while Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo Nazario can sit comfortably in the pantheon of legends.
The list of champions isn’t solely populated by bona-fide legends, however, with some perennial also-rans having got their hands on the famous trophy as well.
While you have to be a pretty special footballer to make it into a World Cup-winning squad in the first place, you can’t help but admit that some rather obscure players have claimed the biggest prize on the planet.
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So how well do you remember some of the squads that have won the lot in recent times? Now is your time to test your memory and niche knowledge by naming these 20 obscure winners of the FIFA World Cup.
