Great player nicknames

Mr. Presentable · 13-09-2008 8:28pm #1

Italy is good for them - none of your "scholesy" type shyte

Ones I can think of immediately

Ibracadabra
Pinturichio
Il Imperatore
The Matrix

(Ibrahimovic Del Piero Adriano Materazzi)

What are your best?

Smegball · 13-09-2008 8:29pm

Titwank Bramble

Mr. Presentable · 13-09-2008 8:41pm

Smegball wrote: »

Titwank Bramble

Glad I asked

Nalz · 13-09-2008 8:42pm

Fat Frank

Mr.Nice Guy · 13-09-2008 8:48pm

Golden Balls. Well done on that one Victoria...

Adamcp898 · 13-09-2008 8:48pm

Ronaldinho,
Ricardinho etc.

Unearthly · 13-09-2008 8:55pm

Spiderman for Jonás Gutiérrez:cool:

Seaneh · 13-09-2008 8:59pm

Kaka <-- his little brother couldn't pronounce Ricadro.

Batigol <--- eh, he was just a legepants.

Il Phenomeno <--- Because he was.

Roddy23 · 13-09-2008 9:00pm

The Honey Monster
One Size Fitz Hall

Mr. Presentable · 13-09-2008 9:13pm

Aeroplanino

(Vincenzo Motella)

stovelid · 13-09-2008 9:17pm

Joe Jordan (scary, 70's United player) was called 'The Shark' when he played for Milan 'cos of the teeth he had lost during his career.

Also:

Chippy.

Sparky.

Psycho.

Little Buddha.

The Helicopter.

Zaph · 13-09-2008 9:25pm

stovelid wrote: »

Joe Jordan (scary, 70's United Leeds player) was called 'The Shark' when he played for Milan 'cos of the teeth he had lost during his career.

Fixed that for ya.

Allan "Sniffer" Clarke
Ron "Chopper" Harris
Emlyn "Crazy Horse" Hughes
Franz "Kaiser" Beckenbauer

Yeah, I know, showing my age here.

Mr. Presentable · 13-09-2008 9:28pm

Zaph wrote: »

Fixed that for ya.

Allan "Sniffer" Clarke
Ron "Chopper" Harris
Emlyn "Crazy Horse" Hughes
Franz "Kaiser" Beckenbauer

Yeah, I know, showing my age here.

All good ones!

stovelid · 13-09-2008 9:32pm

Zaph wrote: »

Fixed that for ya.

*waits for Milan fans*

eagle eye · 13-09-2008 10:30pm

None of you have mentioned the most apt and best one ever Calamity James.

Edit to add that other one, hehe, Donkey Adams

And another one now, the babyfaced assassin

redzerdrog · 14-09-2008 12:06am

Zizu kilbane

gustavo · 14-09-2008 1:53am

Ian "Kipper" Lynch

Saint_Mel · 14-09-2008 8:40am

Galway United once had a goalkeeper ... Slob Costello

Shelbourne striker ... Anto "Bisto" Flood
Former Sligo Rovers keeper ... Mark "Glider" McClean
Former Athlone Town keeper ... Anthony "Jelly" Keenan
Current Athlone Town keeper ... Ciaran "Tracksuit" Kelly
Former Bray striker... Keiran "Tarzan" O'Brien