Which Managers Have Never Coached These Players? A 10-Question Football Quiz in 4 Minutes

Which coach has never managed which player? It looks like an easy question, but answering it may not be so simple.

FourFourTwo has launched a football knowledge quiz with a straightforward format: a player’s name is provided, along with four managers, and you must choose the manager who has never coached that player. There are 10 players in total, with a four-minute time limit.

Why player and coach combinations matter

The original article includes a line that highlights the foundation of this type of quiz: a great coach can make a player, and a group of great players can also make a coach. In football, relationships are crucial, and pairing the right players with the right coaches is a powerful path to success.

That is why the question of "who coached whom" has become a knowledge point that fans take seriously. FourFourTwo’s quiz tests how strong the network of player-manager connections in your memory really is.

How does the quiz work

The rules are not complicated:

The system provides a player’s name

Four managers are listed at the same time

You must select the manager who has never coached that player

There are 10 players in total, with a four-minute time limit

The original wording says to find the "odd one out" — the incorrect name among those connected or unconnected with the player.

How large is FourFourTwo’s quiz library

The original article mentions that FourFourTwo has a large football quiz library, with the quizzes provided by Kwizly. If you, and only you, are looking for a serious challenge and can spare half an hour, you can try naming every player who has scored a hat-trick in the Premier League.

Another question asks: can you remember and name the first goalscorer of every season from the first Premier League season in 1992-93 through the current 2026-27 season?

Other quizzes in the same series include:

Can you name all the managers who have won the World Cup?

Can you name all the managers at the 2026 World Cup?

Can you answer 20 questions about football’s one-club players?

The final challenge: can you name all the teams in the top two tiers of English women’s football since 1945, as well as all the teams in England’s men’s top division?

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The original article also mentions FourFourTwo’s Weekend Crossword Issue 67, with clues involving shirt sponsors, EFL counties and relegation. It also recommends subscribing to its newsletter for afternoon football trivia and analysis briefings, and joining The Club, a free membership portal where users can access secret tips and appear on leaderboards.

The original article also includes information about the FourFourTwo Ultimate Football Quiz Book, marked as an editor’s pick and priced at £9.99. It states that the original source checks more than 250 million products every day to find the best prices.

The quiz entry is written as "PLAY NOW" in the original article, which states that all FourFourTwo quizzes can be played on the designated page.

About the author

The article is credited to Chris Nee. The original introduction says he is a freelance football writer from Warwickshire, focusing on West Midlands football, the Premier League, the EFL and the J League, and that he writes the High Protein Beef Paste football newsletter.