Chunky Footballers

[Lush]

Spammy (extra large portion).

He's fat, he's round, his arse is on the ground, Sammy Lee, Sammy Lee....

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Was watching the Football League show last night and Jon Parkin also known as The Beast scored a cracking goal for Cardiff.

I loved that goal. Outside of the boot through the ball bending around the keeper into the corner of the net. Fantastic.

Did you see that control by Chopra. The ball came in - he did a kind-of trap/pass/set-up perfectly into Whittingham's path for a volley. That was skill. On the Beeb web-site.

 

[Dirk lovelace]

Was watching the Football League show last night and Jon Parkin also known as The Beast scored a cracking goal for Cardiff.
Brought back memories of a couple of my favourite players also being on the chunky side, Jan Molby and Matt Le Tissier but both being great players.
Any others that have probably eaten one too many pies but knew how to find the back of the onion bag?

Bit harsh on Le Tiss, certainly not chunky in his hey day.

 

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Perfectly Chunky

 

[Storer68]

but the king of this field has to be William Foulke (known as "Fatty")

During his career, Magnusson played for Malmö FF (two periods), Servette FC, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Helsingborgs IF (upon his return home, he helped the side, featuring a young Henrik Larsson, reach the Swedish first division).

At the Lisbon club, where he arrived in 1987 as a replacement for another nordic, Dane Michael Manniche, he developed as a top flight goal-poacher, winning two national leagues, and appearing at the European Cup finals in 1988 (lost to PSV Eindhoven in penalty kicks) and 1990 (losing to A.C. Milan). In 1989–90, even though Benfica lost to F.C. Porto in the league, Magnusson finished the competition's top scorer, at 33 goals. During his time with the reds, he shared team with countrymen Jonas Thern (1989–92), Stefan Schwarz (1990–94) - also his teammates at Malmö - and coach Sven-Göran Eriksson (1982–84, 1989–92).

Magnusson had 30 caps for the Swedish national team, and played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals in Italy, where he suffered an injury that made him miss nearly one year of football.
Sixteen years after his retirement, Magnusson made a short comeback to the footbaling scene. He accepted an invitation from old club Benfica to take part in a charity match to raise money for victims of the Haiti Earthquake, on 25 January 2010, which also coincided with the 68th birthday of club legend Eusébio. His team, Benfica All Stars, consisted of both retired and current Benfica players, which played "against" Zidane XI, a team consisting of players hand-picked by former French legend Zinedine Zidane.

Even though Magnusson had obviously gained a considerable amount of weight since his active days of footbaling, and made the crowd laugh on several occasions (including two occasions where he fell while trying to dominate the ball[1]), he entered the pitch in the closing minutes, and was cheered by an adoring crowd with chants of "Mats Magnusson".[2]

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Benfica:
Portuguese League: 1988–89, 1990–91
European Cup: Runner-up 1987–88, 1989–90
Portuguese Supercup: 1989; Runner-up 1987, 1991
Portuguese Cup: Runner-up 1988–89
Malmö:
Swedish League: 1985, 1986, 1987
Swedish Cup: 1984, 1986