In this quiz, you have to answer ten questions about players who share their names with geographical locations.
It's not exactly common for people to be named after places, but names of certain cities, towns or even countries do double up as people's names. Some of these players also come with surnames shared with various geographical locations.
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The south of India is one region where it is not an uncommon practice to add the birthplace before a child's name, to signify that they hail from there. This is the basis for a couple of players mentioned here.
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Not all of these answers are obvious – in fact, some of the places featured can be quite obscure. Take the full quiz to see how well you can do...
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