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“Studiously completing my Euro 2016 sticker album, I noticed that Fleetwood defender Conor McLaughlin is in the Northern Ireland squad,” notices Daniel Jones. “Fleetwood finished near the bottom of the third tier. Has any player appearing at a major tournament ever placed lower with his club team?”

Could it be Richmond Forson? When he appeared at the 2006 World Cup for Togo, he had just helped his team win promotion from the sixth tier in France. Forson was in fact a decent player, once courted by Arsenal, who saw his career derailed by a serious car accident. Looking to get back on track, he ended up at Poiré sur Vie. This team from the west of France were crowned champions of the Ligue Atlantique in 2005-06, a full 260 places behind Ligue 1 champions Lyon. For the record, Forson impressed at the World Cup with three solid group stage games and carved out another few years in the lower professional tiers of France, before sliding back into oblivion.

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