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Which clubs did Hatem Ben Arfa play for?

Hatem Ben Arfa turned out for 8 clubs across his senior career:

Lyon · Marseille · Newcastle United · Hull City · Nice · Paris Saint-Germain · Rennes · Bordeaux

In order, that career path reads: Lyon → Marseille → Newcastle United → Hull City → Nice → Paris Saint-Germain → Rennes → Bordeaux. Every club listed here is checked against Hatem Ben Arfa's own Wikipedia article before it is published, so the career path you see is the one you can verify.

Can you name him from the clubs alone?

That sequence is the basis of our most-played format: the clubs appear one by one and you name the player before the last one lands. Hatem Ben Arfa is one of 801 careers in the database, and with 8 clubs his path gives more away than most — the median player in our data has 5 — so this one is on the kinder side.

Where Hatem Ben Arfa played

Those 8 clubs span 2 countries — England, France, across Premier League, Ligue 1. A career spent largely in one country is harder than it sounds to place — the clue is the order, not the badge.

Hatem Ben Arfa in the quiz

He turns up in the career-path round, the club quizzes for Lyon and Marseille, and the open search — type his name and the site builds a quiz around him on the spot. French attacking midfielder, and one of the France players in the database.

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Hatem Ben Arfa's clubs, one by one

Lyon. Also in the quiz from Lyon: Bafétimbi Gomis, Corentin Tolisso, Bruno Guimarães.

Marseille. Also in the quiz from Marseille: Didier Drogba, Franck Ribéry, Robert Pirès.

Newcastle United — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Newcastle United: Michael Owen, Georginio Wijnaldum, Shay Given.

Hull City — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Hull City: Abel Hernández, Andy Robertson, Jay-Jay Okocha.

Nice. Also in the quiz from Nice: Allan Saint-Maximin, Amine Gouiri, Nicolas Pépé.

Paris Saint-Germain — France, Ligue 1. Also in the quiz from Paris Saint-Germain: Lionel Messi, David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Rennes. Also in the quiz from Rennes: Petr Čech, Asamoah Gyan, Abdoulaye Doucouré.

Bordeaux — France, Ligue 1. Also in the quiz from Bordeaux: Vikash Dhorasoo, Souleymane Diawara, Vladimir Smicer.

Other France players in the quiz

Thierry Henry · Patrick Vieira · Allan Saint-Maximin · Nicolas Anelka · Samir Nasri · Sylvain Distin · Mikael Silvestre · William Gallas

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