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Paul Merson Quiz
Which clubs did Paul Merson play for?
Paul Merson turned out for 6 clubs across his senior career:
Arsenal · Brentford · Middlesbrough · Aston Villa · Portsmouth · Walsall
In order, that career path reads: Arsenal → Brentford → Middlesbrough → Aston Villa → Portsmouth → Walsall. Every club listed here is checked against Paul Merson'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. Paul Merson is one of 801 careers in the database, and with 6 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 Paul Merson played
Those 6 clubs span 1 country — England, across Premier League, League One. A career spent largely in one country is harder than it sounds to place — the clue is the order, not the badge.
Paul Merson in the quiz
He turns up in the career-path round, the club quizzes for Arsenal and Brentford, and the open search — type his name and the site builds a quiz around him on the spot. English attacking midfielder, and one of the England players in the database.
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Play the Paul Merson Quiz →Paul Merson's clubs, one by one
Arsenal — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Arsenal: Thierry Henry, Cesc Fàbregas, Mesut Özil.
Brentford — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Brentford: Neil Shipperley, Carl Asaba, Hermann Hreiðarsson.
Middlesbrough — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Middlesbrough: Yakubu, Álvaro Negredo, Boudewijn Zenden.
Aston Villa — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Aston Villa: Robert Pirès, Peter Crouch, Christian Benteke.
Portsmouth — England, Premier League. Also in the quiz from Portsmouth: Peter Crouch, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Yakubu.
Walsall — England, League One. Also in the quiz from Walsall: Lee Bradbury, Scott Dann, Darren Byfield.
Other England players in the quiz
David Beckham · Wayne Rooney · Frank Lampard · Michael Owen · Danny Welbeck · Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain · Ben Foster · Ashley Young
Players who shared a club with Paul Merson
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