Here are some of my favorite soccer player nicknames from around the world. If you have more nicknames, feel free to add them in the comments.
NICKNAME | PLAYER |
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Little Mozart | Tomasz Rosicky |
Captain Fantastic | Steven Gerrard |
Run DMB | DeMarcus Beasley |
der Kaiser | Franz Beckenbauer |
The Welsh Wizard | Ryan Giggs |
Braveheart | Gennaro Gattuso |
The Beast | Julio Baptista |
King Kev | Kevin Keegan |
Dolo | Steve Cherundolo |
Bull of the Bosporus | Hakan Şükür |
Baby-Faced Assassin | Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
Temo | Cuauhtemoc Blanco |
The Special One | Jose Mourinho |
Zizou | Zinedine Zidane |
Black Panther | Eusebio |
Atomic Flea | Lionel Messi |
The Buffalo | Michael Essien |
Ginger Ninja | Paul Scholes |
El Niño | Fernando Torres |
McHead | Brian McBride |
Il Phenomeno | Ronaldo |
el Pescadito | Carlos Ruiz |
Psycho | Stuart Pearce |
God | Robbie Fowler |
Deuce | Clint Dempsey |
CR7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
The Matrix | Marco Materazzi |
The Duck | Alexandre Pato |
GAM | Eddie Johnson |
Tito | Didier Drogba |
Diablo | Marco Etcheverry |
The Rock | Marcel Desailly |
Gooch | Oguchi Onyewu |
The Philosopher | Lillian Thuram |
Red Bull | Alexi Lalas |
The Magic Dwarf | Philipp Lahm |
Captain Marvel | Bryan Robson |
HeyDude | Frankie Hejduk |
Piojo | Claudio Lopez |
Waldo | Eric Wynalda |
Sega | Gonzalo Segares |
Spanish announcers call Claudio Reyna: Captain America (Capitan America).
ReplyDelete-Raul Gonzalez : El Nino Raul
ReplyDelete-Arjen Rubben : The Flying Dutchman
-Zlatan Ibrahimovic : Ibracadabra
-Gonzalo Higuain : El Pipita
-David villa : El Guaje
- Javier Saviola : El conejo
-Iker Casillas : Saint Iker
-Sergio Ramos : El Comanche , Rambo
-Carles Puyol : Lionheart
-Fabio Cannavaro : Il muro di Berlino (The Berlin wall)
-Antonio Cassano : Peter Pan
-Phillip Lahm : The Magic Dwarf
-Oliver Kahn : Titan
-Michael Ballack : Caesar
-Yohan Gourcuff : Petit Zizou
-Franck Ribéry : ScarFace
-Ronaldinho : The One Man Show
-Kaká : The Magician
-Sergio Agüero : El Kun
-Fernando Gago = Gagoterapia (Gagotherapy)
-Lionel Messi : La Pulga [Atómica]
Andres Iniesta- Sant Andres
ReplyDeleteJavier Hernandez (MEX) : El Chicharito (small green pea)
ReplyDeletethere some more
ReplyDeletejulio cruz : el jardinero
dwight yorke : the smilling assassin
totti : bambino d'oro
derlei : ninja
thiago silva : the monster
giggs : also is called gigsy and private ryan
van der sar :the flying dutchman
javier zanetti : il trattore
mark viduka : the V bomber
Zenden : pieman
oscar cardozo : tacuara
juan veron : la bruxita
diego maradona : el pibe
servet cetin : aybogan (man who could choke a bear)
liedson : o levezinho(the light one)
rui costa : o maestro (the conducter)
lucho gonzalez : el comandante
lisandro lopez : el matador or licha
pedro rodriguez : dom Pedro
maicon : formula 1
radomel falcão : el tigre
ernesto farias : el tecla
jared borgetti : el zorro del desierto
alvaro recoba : el chino
costinha : o ministro (the minister)
carlos tevez : el léon
samuel eto'o : el chacal
sebastian abreu : el loco
patrice evra : supatrice
thienry henry : tit or titou
fred : o predestinado (the fated one)
christian rodriguez : o cebola
adriano leite : adriano the emperator
petit : pitbull
joao pinto : golden boy
luis fabiano : fabigoal or fabulous
giuly : petit prince of monaco
ayala : el ratón
david beckam : becks
crespo : lethal weapon
fabio coentrão : fog of caxinas
robinho : menino da vila (village boy)
emerson : puma
nicholas anelka : le sulk
kewell : wizard of Oz
scott mcdonald : bigMac
philip mexes: le laurent blond
lucio : the sheriff
ricardo quaresma : harry potter
buffon : superman
juan riquelme : Topo Gigio
ruud Van Nistelrooy : Van The Man
were is my boyfriend javier hernandez lol.:D
ReplyDeletepeter crouch - two meter peter
ReplyDeleteRobin Van Persie - RVP
Theo Wolcott - the kid
Lionel Messi - Football Goddess
ReplyDeleteNimanja Vidic - Soldier Boy
Paul Scholes - Slim Shadey
Robinho - Changer Machine
Frank Lampard - Tha Venom
Theo Walcott - 120 km/h
Javier Zanneti - The Spirit
John Terry - Kangaroo
Didier Drogba - The Power
Totti - Batista
Peter Crouch - Lang Man
Xavi - The Navigator
Iniesta - Turning Point
Lisandro Lopez the lizard
ReplyDeleteRobin Van Persie - Van Captain
ReplyDeleteTaiye Taiwo - Tornado
ReplyDeleteNwankwo Kanu - Papilo, King Kanu
Diego Milito/Enzo Francescoli - IL PRINCIPE
ReplyDeleteHernanes - Il Profeta
Edinson Cavani - El Matador
Ezequiel Lavezzi - El Pocho
Alessandro Nesta - Il Professore
Gennaro Gatusso - Rino, Ringhio, Braveheart
Alessandro Del Piero - Il Pinturicchio
Miroslav Klose - Il Bomber
Esteban Cambiasso - Cuchu
GABRIEL BATISTUTA - BATIGOL
Rodrigo Palacio - La Joya
Giuseppe Meazza - Il Balilla
Siniša Mihajlović - Miha
Roberto Mancini - Mancio
Diego Forlan - Cachavacha
Alvaro Pereira - El Palito
Javier Pastore - El Flaco
There are many more...
David Beckham - Spice Boy
ReplyDeleteI would like to note that Alexi Lalas is also known as the Ginger Giant
ReplyDeleteluis suarez- el pistolero
ReplyDeleteHristo Stoychkov - Kamata english- the dagger en espanos- la daga
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