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Top 10 Highly Educated Footballers In Premier League History by Orunsolu01(m): 9:46pm On Nov 20, 2016
Top 10 Highly Educated Footballers in Premier League history

(1) Iain Dowie – Degree in Aeronautical engineering
Not many people know but Former Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham United footballer has a degree in Aeronautical engineering from University of Hertfordshire. He once worked for British Aerospace and has a Masters in Engineering. It was reported in 2016 that Dowie had left football and taken a job as Regional Sales Manager of a company called “Go To Surveys”.

(2) Steve Harper – Degree in Social Sciences

Steve Harper, who played 157 Premier League games for Newcatle over a 20-year period between 1993 and 2013, is an FA qualified referee (not many players who can say that). T he former Hull City also holds a social sciences degree from Liverpool John Moores University.

(3) Clarke Carlisle – Degree in Math
The former Watford and Burnley defender was awarded the title of “Britain’s Brainiest Footballer” in a TV game show. He is well regarded as one of the most sobber and educater guy to have played professional football, He attended Balshaw’s Church of England High School where he attained 10 A-grades at GCSE and studied mathematics and politics at A-level.

(4) Nedum Onuoha – Degree in ICT
The Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha has ten GCSE’s, including eight A’s and two B’s and at A Level he got Three A’s, in Maths, Business Studies and ICT. He has qualification to attend almost any university in England.

(5) David Wetherall – Degree in Chemistry
The former Leeds and Bradford centre-half graduated with a first-class honours degree in chemistry at the University of Sheffield in 1992, becoming the first Premier League player to achieve such a qualification, In terms of intellectual stimulation, dressing room “banter” may have been a step down from his lectures.

(6). Duncan Watmore – Degree in Economics
Back in 2015, Sunderland midfielder Duncan Watmore graduated with a first-class degree in economics from Newcastle University,becoming only the second player in the Premier League to graduate with first-class honours.

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Re: Top 10 Highly Educated Footballers In Premier League History by eezeribe(m): 10:45pm On Nov 20, 2016
OK
Re: Top 10 Highly Educated Footballers In Premier League History by Galacious1: 8:49am On Nov 21, 2016
Who education help?
Re: Top 10 Highly Educated Footballers In Premier League History by CivilzedTyger(m): 10:57am On Nov 21, 2016
Two Nigerians amongst them...
Re: Top 10 Highly Educated Footballers In Premier League History by Orunsolu01(m): 4:33pm On Nov 21, 2016
yes oo

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