Saturday, May 24, 2008

World Soccer Player Nicknames

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.

NICKNAMEPLAYER
Little MozartTomasz Rosicky
Captain Fantastic Steven Gerrard
Run DMB DeMarcus Beasley
der Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer
The Welsh Wizard Ryan Giggs
BraveheartGennaro Gattuso
The Beast Julio Baptista
King Kev Kevin Keegan
DoloSteve Cherundolo
Bull of the Bosporus Hakan Şükür
Baby-Faced AssassinOle Gunnar Solskjær
TemoCuauhtemoc Blanco
The Special One Jose Mourinho
ZizouZinedine Zidane
Black Panther Eusebio
Atomic Flea Lionel Messi
The Buffalo Michael Essien
Ginger NinjaPaul Scholes
El NiñoFernando Torres
McHeadBrian McBride
Il PhenomenoRonaldo
el PescaditoCarlos Ruiz
PsychoStuart Pearce
GodRobbie Fowler
DeuceClint Dempsey
CR7Cristiano Ronaldo
The Matrix Marco Materazzi
The Duck Alexandre Pato
GAMEddie Johnson
TitoDidier Drogba
DiabloMarco Etcheverry
The Rock Marcel Desailly
GoochOguchi Onyewu
The PhilosopherLillian Thuram
Red Bull Alexi Lalas
The Magic Dwarf Philipp Lahm
Captain Marvel Bryan Robson
HeyDudeFrankie Hejduk
PiojoClaudio Lopez
WaldoEric Wynalda
SegaGonzalo Segares

16 comments:

  1. Spanish announcers call Claudio Reyna: Captain America (Capitan America).

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  2. -Raul Gonzalez : El Nino Raul

    -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]

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  3. Andres Iniesta- Sant Andres

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  4. Javier Hernandez (MEX) : El Chicharito (small green pea)

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  5. there some more

    julio 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

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  6. were is my boyfriend javier hernandez lol.:D

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  7. peter crouch - two meter peter

    Robin Van Persie - RVP

    Theo Wolcott - the kid

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  8. Lionel Messi - Football Goddess

    Nimanja 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

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  9. Lisandro Lopez the lizard

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  10. Robin Van Persie - Van Captain

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  11. Taiye Taiwo - Tornado
    Nwankwo Kanu - Papilo, King Kanu

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  12. Diego Milito/Enzo Francescoli - IL PRINCIPE
    Hernanes - 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...

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  13. David Beckham - Spice Boy

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  14. I would like to note that Alexi Lalas is also known as the Ginger Giant

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  15. luis suarez- el pistolero

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  16. Hristo Stoychkov - Kamata english- the dagger en espanos- la daga

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