10 footballers who are phenomenally intelligent - from Liverpool flop to Chelsea legend
dailystar.co.ukFootballers often earn a bad reputation for not being clued up on the world outside of their sport.After all, they have no need to be knowledgeable about anything other than what will help them succeed on the pitch.
Most elite-level players will never come across algebra equations or be able to tell a noun from an adjective.However, any athlete can have their career cruelly cut short at any point.
So some football stars take it upon themselves to become well-educated individuals regardless - and Daily Star Sport is looking at 10 of the most intelligent of all time.Goalkeeper Mignolet struggled towards the end of his six-year spell with Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp cut him from his side.Now with Club Brugge in his native Belgium, he has managed to revive his career since his 2019 transfer.
But even if he hadn't, Mignolet always had a back-up plan in place with a degree in law and political sciences.Former Premier League defender Clarke Carlisle was crowned "Britain's Brainiest Footballer" in 2002.
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