I heard the interview about "Keano", "Stevie G" and "El nino". And He only have a snorting nickname "God" in Liverpool, you know? But that is my lovely Liverpool. Look what's happened to Rooney. And I much preferred "Roonaldo". Sorry. I hate these gays guys.

That’s only a few famous football nicknames I found on the internet

 

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Darren Anderton = Shaggy, Sicknote

David Beckham= Becks, Spice Boy, Goldenballs

Jamie Carrager = Carra

John Charles = The Gentle Giant

Jack Charlton = The Giraffe

Ashley Cole= Cashley [показать]

Peter Crouch - Crouchy, The Giraffe, El Esparagus, Two Metre Peter, RoboCrouch, Bean Pole

William Ralph Dean = Dixie Dean

Jermaine Defoe = Danger Defoe

Gary Doherty = Ginger Pele

Nathan Ellington = Duke

Rio Ferdinand = Snoop, Jar-Jar Binks

Duncan Ferguson = Big Dunc, Slam Dunk

Robbie Fowler = God

Paul Gascoigne = Gazza

Steven Gerrard = Stevie G/Captain Marvellous

Ron Harris = Chopper

Fitz Hall = One size fits all

Emlyn Hughes = Crazy Horse

Paul Ince = The 'Guv'nor'

Roy/Robbie Keane = Keano

Kevin Keegan = Mighty Mouse (given to him by Hamburg fans)

Frank Lampard = Lamps, Fat Frank

Aaron Lennon = Roadrunner

Gary Lineker = Sir

Stanley Matthews = Wizard of Dribble

Paul McBride = Super Mac, Macca, Bake, Big Mac

Darren Moore = Big Dave

Phil Parkes = Lofty

Stuart Pearce = Psycho

Bryan Robson = Captain Marvel

Neil Ruddock = Razor

Alan Shearer = Big Al

Alan Smith = Smithy, Smudger

Tommy Smith = the 'Anfield Iron' (As Bill Shankly once said, "Tommy Smith wasn't born, he was quarried")

David Unsworth = Rhino

Chris Waddle = Dribbleur fou [Crazy dribbler] (Named this by the Monaco supporters after his spell in the French league)

Theo Walcott = The Kid

Jonathan Woodgate = Woody

Ian Wright = Dr. Jekyll

Shaun Wright-Phillips = SWP

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Sergio Agüero = El Kun

Roberto Ayala = El Ratón (the rat) [показать]

Gabriel Batistuta = Batigol

Hernan Crespo = Valdanito

Julio Cruz = El Jardinero

Fernando Gago = Pintita, Doctor Gago, Gagoterapia (Gagotherapy)

Gonzalez Higuain = Pipita

Mario Kempes = the Matador

Diego Maradona = El Pibe de Oro

Lionel Messi = La Pulga [Atómica] (Atomic Flea), Messiah

Martin Palermo = El loco (the madman)

Daniel Passarella = El Guerrero ('The Warrior'), El Kaiser

Ariel Ortega = Burrito (the Little Donkey)

Fernando Redondo = Prince

Maxi Rodriguez = La Fiera (The Fierce One/The Shrew)

Javier Saviola - El Conejo (the Rabbit), El Pibito, Tambor

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Adriano = O Imperador (the Emperor), The Horse [показать]

Alex (Chelsea) = The Tank

Cafu = Cafu, Il Pendolino

Dida = The Black Panther

Edmundo = O Animal (the Animal)

Emerson = El Puma, El senor

Manoel dos Santos = Garrincha (the type of bird dos Santos hunted as a child)

Gilberto da Silva = The Invisible Wall

Julio Baptista = The Beast

Kaka = The Golden Boy

Edson Arantes do Nascimento = Pelé, O Rei (The King)

Roberto Carlos = Thunder Thighs, Dinamite

Robinho = Robishow, O Principe

Romario = Shorty

Ronaldinho = Dinho, Ronnie, The One Man Show

Ronaldo = O Fenômeno (the Phenomenon), Ronie (with one N)

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Jean-Alain Boumsong = Un, deux, trois . BOUMSONG!

Marcel Desailly = The Rock

Youri Djorkaeff = The Snake [показать]

Ludovic Giuly = Ludo, The Magic Imp

Yohan Gourcuff = Petit Zizou

Thierry Henry = Titi, TH14, Va Va Voom

Philippe Mexès = Philou, Le Laurent Blond

Franck Ribéry = The Magician, Scarface

Mickaël Silvestre = Mickey So-Fine, Tweety, 50p head

Lilian Thuram = The Philosopher

David Trezeguet = Trez, Trezegol

Patrick Vieira = Paddy, Tentacule, La Pieuvre (The Octopus)

Zinedine Zidane = Zizou

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Michael Ballack = Balle

Franz Beckenbauer = Der Kaiser, Kaiser Franz

Oliver Kahn = Olli, Titan, Vulkahn [показать]

Jürgen Klinsmann = The Golden Bomber

Phillip Lahm = Lahmy, Wireless Lahm, The Magic Dwarf

Jens Lehmann = Mad Jens, John

Gerd Müller = The Fat One, Bomber

Lukas Podolski = Prinz Poldi

Karl-Heinz Riedle = King of the Sky

Bernd Schuster = The Blond Angel, Don Bernardo

Sebastian Schweinsteiger = Basti, Schweini

Diego - The Little Magician, Wunder von der Weser

Miroslav Klose - SaltoKlose

Martin Demichelis - Micho

Mark Van Bommel - The Asshole

Mario Gomez - Super Mario, Ice Man, Mr. Reliable

Carlos Tevez - Carlitos

Park Ji Sung - Energizer Bunny

Owen Hargreaves - Hargo, OH, The German

Franck Ribery - FerarRibery

Javier Zanetti - The Captain, Il Capitano

Michael Ballack - Little Kaiser

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - The Hunter

Thomas Hitzlsperger - The Hammer

Bernd Schneider - Schnix

Jan Schlaudraff - Weasel

Claudio Reyna/Brian McBride - Captain America

Per Mertesacker - Der Abwehrlatte "The Defense Pole"

Soren Larsen - The Danish Joker, The Weapon

 

 

 

Dennis Bergkamp = The non-flying Dutchman, Dennis the Menace, Beavis, Bergy

Ruud Gullit = Il Tulipo Nero (The black tulip) [показать]

Arjen Robben and Mateja Kezman (Serbian) = together, Batman and Robben

Roy Makaay = the Phantom

Clarence Seedorf = Opa (Grandfather)

Marco Van Basten = The Swan of Utrecht

Ruud Van Nistelrooy = Van the Man, Ruud Boy!, The Flying Dutchman, RVN, La Locomotora, Van Gol, Van Nisterror, The Ruud Devil, Van The Crack, Trivilin, Guffy

Robin Van Persie = RVP

Boudewijn Zenden = Bolo, The Rocket

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Roberto Baggio = Roby, Divin Codino (Divine Ponytail)

Gianluigi Buffon = Gigi, Super Gigi

Mauro Camoranesi = Camo [показать]

Fabio Cannavaro = Il muro di Berlino (The Berlin wall), Il Capitano, El Bus Humano (The Human Bus), Cannavoro, Il Bello, Il Duce

Antonio Cassano = Peter Pan, Fantantonio, El Pibe de Bari, Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia (the jewel of Old Bari), Talento di Bari Vecchia, Talentino. Cassano is also the subject of the Italian neologism "Cassanata", a word invented by Fabio Capello to refer to behaviour against the current of team spirit.

Alessandro Del Piero = Ale, Pinturicchio

Gennaro Gattuso = Rino, Ringhio, Braveheart, Pittbull, The Snarling Dog

Alberto Gilardino = Gila

Filippo Inzaghi = Super Pippo, Inzagol, Alta Tensione

Attilio Lombardo = The Bald Eagle

Massimo Maccarone = Big Mac

Paolo Maldini = Il Capitano, San Paolo

Marco Materazzi = Matrix, Macellazzi

Vincenzo Montella = L'aeroplanino (the little airplane)

Alessandro Nesta = Sandro

Angelo Peruzzi = Ansiano, Pigskin

Gianluca Pessotto = Il Professore (the Professor), Pessottino

Fabrizio Ravanelli = Penna Bianca (white feather)

Salvatore Schillaci = Toto (given to all Italians named Salvatore)

Luca Toni = Tonigol, Bomber

Francesco Totti = Il Capitano, Er Pupone, Gladiatore, Il Bimbo d'Oro, Il Principe

Christian Vieri = Bobo, Bobone, Bobogol

Dino Zoff = Dino Nazionale, The Spider, Il Monumento

Gianfranco Zola = The Italian Maradona, Marazola, Tamburino Sardo

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Luis Boa Morte = Good Death, Boa Constrictor

Francisco José da Costa = Costinha [показать]

Deco (itself a nickname, as in Art Deco) = Magico

Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro = Maniche

Ricardo Pereira = Maozinhas (Little Hands)

Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes = Pauleta, L'Aigle des Açores (the Eagle from the Azores)

Tiago Cardoso Mendes = Tiago

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Emilio Butragueno = El Buitre (The Vulture)

Iker Casillas = El galactico de Móstoles, San Iker

Andoni Goikoetxea = El Carnicero de Bilbao ('The Butcher of Bilbao')

Luis Enrique Martinez = Lucho [показать]

Fernando Morientes = El Moro (the Moor)

Carles Puyol = Lionheart, Tarzan, Capità, Capitan,Puyi, Corazón de León, Grenol el Puyol, Superman

Gonzalez Blanco Raul = El Nino Raul

Sergio Ramos = El Comanche, Carapony, El Tarzan de Camas, Rambo, Lobo (Wolf)

Michel Salgado = Il Due (el dos), Michel, la Abuela (the Grandmother), Malulo, La Cabra Loca (Mad goat)

Roberto Soldado = Gudari

Fernando Torres = El Nino, Nando

David Villa = El Guaje (similar to El Pibe)

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 Daniel Agger - Dagger, Dan-the-Man

Gheorghe Hagi = The Maradona of the Carpathians, Baciul (The Sheperd), The Black Sea Bomber [показать]

Thomas Gravesen = Shrek

Vladimir Jugovic = Mezzasquadra (Half the squad), Vinci Tutto (Conquers all)

Jan Koller = The Tall One

Oleg Luzhny = The Horse

Pavel Nedved = Duracell, Crazy Peleloid, Medved or Meda (Czech for "bear" or "teddy=bear"), The Czech Cannon, Furia Ceca (at Lazio & Juventus)

Robert Prosinecki = The Big Yellow One (Veliki zuti)

Ferenc Puskas = The Galloping Major, Canoncito Pum ('The Booming Cannon').

Hasan Salihamidzic = Little Brother, Brazzo (at Juventus)

Philippe Senderos = Swiss Tony [Adams], Big Phil

Andriy Shevchenko = Sheva, Shevagol, The Eastern Wind, Wind of Passion

Hristo Stoichkov = the Pitbull

Davor Suker = Sukerman

Hakan Sükür = the Bull of Bosphorus

Nemanja Vidic = Hench, The Serbian Ninja

Lev Yashin = The Black Spider

 

 

 

Tim Cahill = Tiny Tim

Ali Karimi = Asian Maradona , Wizard Of Tehran

Eddie Pope = Benedict XVI

Mark Viduka = V Bomber

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