Culture of nicknames

[Fulminante]

Many futbol players are mostly called by nicknames in many footy countries. A few list, need to improve it, is endless.

Diego Maradona= El Pelusa, el Pibe de Oro/El Diego, Santa Maradona, God10
Edson Arante Do Nacimento= Pele, o Rei

Real Madrid= Los Merengues, los Galácticos
Barcelona= Los Blaugrana
Manchester United=Red Devils
Juventus=Veccia Signora
Argentina NT=Los Albicelestes
Venezuela NT=La Vinotinto
España NT=La furia roja
River Plate= Los Millonarios /Gallinas
Boca Juniors=Xeneizes/Bosteros
Mexico NT=Necaxa
Italia NT=Squadra Azzurra

Hugo Sánchez=Niño de Oro /Hugol
Gabriel Omar Batistuta=Batigol
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario=El Fenómeno/ Ronnie
Zinedine Zidane= Zizou /Harry Potter, magician
Raúl Gonzalez Blanco=Angel de Madrid
Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro=Figo
Fernando Redondo=Príncipe de Madrid
Fernando Morientes=El Moro
Christian Vieri=El toro Vieri
Ariel Arnaldo Ortega=Burrito
Juán Sebastián Verón= La Brujita
David Beckham=Spice Boy
Michael Owen=Wonder Boy
Thierry Henry=Tití Henry
Emilio Butrageño=El Buitre
German Burgos= El Mono
Enrique Borja=El Cyrano de las canchas
Javier Saviola=El conejito
Kempes=Matador
Marcelo Salas= El Matador
Ivan Zamorano=Bam Bam

[miko]

Another nickname for Michael Owen-Lil Mo, or just Mo

[BadReligion]

Another nickname for Vieri would be Bobo. The italians gave him this nickname because he always answered interviewers monosyllabically, which led them to believe he was stupid.

Beckham is also known as Becks or Goldenballs, affectionally coined by his wife.

Other good United nicknames include ManUre, Merchandise United, Glory Hunter United.

[MIGkiller]

Pelé, o Rei, o Atleta do Século (the King, the Athlete of the Century)

Garrincha, a Alegria do Povo (the People's Joy)

Nílton Santos, a Enciclopédia (like he was some encyclopedia of football)

Romário, o Baixinho (Little Guy)

Edmundo, o Animal (because of his temper)

Edílson, o Capetinha (Little Devil)

Júnior, o Capacete (Helmet, because of the Globtrotter-esque hair he used during the 80s)

Zico, o Galinho de Quintino (Little Rooster from Quintino, the neighborhood where he was raised)

Doutor Sócrates (because he got a degree on Medicine)

[Green Tabasco]

Originally posted by MIGkiller


Doutor [b]Sócrates (because he got a degree on Medicine)

I know your Brazilian and all, but you got it wrong.
His real name is Socrates.

I can't believe I'm actually correcting you on this. Your credability has been shot to shite.

[MIGkiller]

Originally posted by robincd
I know your Brazilian and all, but you got it wrong.
His real name is Socrates.

I can't believe I'm actually correcting you on this. Your credability has been shot to shite.

So?! What have I said? That his name is Sócrates and he has the nickname "Doutor", like Dr. or Doctor Sócrates.

Stuuupid!

[BadReligion]

Originally posted by robincd
I know your Brazilian and all, but you got it wrong.
His real name is Socrates.

I can't believe I'm actually correcting you on this. Your credability has been shot to shite.

All he was saying is that Doutor Socrates was the nickname of Socrates. If you've noticed, the actual players names are bold, with the nicknames in basic print.

[Fulminante]

Jose Maria Gutierrez=Guti
Miguel Angel Salgado=Michel
Stadium Santiago Bernabeu=La casa blanca

"El Kaiser" was Beckembauer?
And I have heard Ronaldinho, Cafu, Kaka, Rivaldo and Zico are also nicknames but don´t know the real name of them.

[Green Tabasco]

Originally posted by MIGkiller
So?! What have I said? That his name is Sócrates and he has the nickname "Doutor", like Dr. or Doctor Sócrates.

Your right. My Bad.

[Germanshepherd]

"Der Kaiser" - Franz Beckenbauer

"Der Bomber" - Gerd Müller

"Der Ausserirdische" - Oliver Kahn

"Icke" - Thomas Haessler

"Motzki" - Matthias Sammer

"Kokser" - Jürgen Kohler

"Uns Uwe" - Uwe Seeler

"Kalle" - Karl Heinz Rummenigge

"Tante Kaethe" - Rudi Voeller

"Eisen" - Dieter Eilts

"Diego" - Guido Buchwald

"Der Terrier" - Berti Vogts

"Der blonde Engel" - Bernd Schuster

"Stinkefinger" - Stefan Effenberg

"Osram" - Jupp Heynkes

"Turbo" - Andreas Möller

[sinner78]

Originally posted by Germanshepherd
"Der Kaiser" - Franz Beckenbauer

"Der Bomber" - Gerd Müller

"Der Ausserirdische" - Oliver Kahn

"Icke" - Thomas Haessler

"Motzki" - Matthias Sammer

"Kokser" - Jürgen Kohler

"Uns Uwe" - Uwe Seeler

"Kalle" - Karl Heinz Rummenigge

"Tante Kaethe" - Rudi Voeller

"Eisen" - Dieter Eilts

"Diego" - Guido Buchwald

"Der Terrier" - Berti Vogts

"Der blonde Engel" - Bernd Schuster

"Stinkefinger" - Stefan Effenberg

"Osram" - Jupp Heynkes

"Turbo" - Andreas Möller

LOL
Those are some of the worst nicknames I've ever heard.I bet Effenberg enjoyed being called Stinkefinger...
I just cant picture someone like andreas moller being called Turbo.

[Treetaliano]

some US players...

Brian McBride - Bake, McHead
DaMarcus Beasley - Run DMB, Jitterbug
Landon Donovan - Baby Jesus, Lando
Eddie Lewis - Steady Eddie
Claudio Reyna - Captain America
Frankie Hejduk - Heydude, Dude
Pablo Mastroeni - Mastro
John O'Brien - JOB
Jeff Agoos - Goose
Tony Sanneh - Big Cat
Eric Wynalda - Waldo
Marcelo Balboa - Cello
Danny Califf - Thug Life
Cory Gibbs - Spider
Jovan Kirovski - Joker

[billyireland]

Roy/Robbie Keane - Keano
Damien Duff - Duffer
Niall Quinn - Quinny
Steve Staunton - Stan
Gary Breen - The Donkey
Mark Kinsella - Kin-sella by British commentators (his name is pronounced Kin-sla)
Kevin Kilbane - Big Steaming Sack of Shit / The Donkey

[Bauser]

Some Norwegian:

Ole Gunnar Solskjær - "Sunny"
Erik Mykland - "The Mosquito"
Kjetil Rekdal - "Reka" (The shrimp)
Tore Andre Flo - "Flonaldo"
Jostein/Håvard/T.A. Flo - "Flo Airlines"
Jan Åge Fjørtoft - "Fjøra" (The feather)
Rune Bratseth - "Der Elch" (The moose)

[Germanshepherd]

Originally posted by sinner_ronald_monk
I just cant picture someone like andreas moller being called Turbo.

Its the speed, stupid.

[afgrijselijkheid]

off the top of my head-

TEAMS
US - Nats', l'equipo dos todos
england - 3 lions
germany - die mannschaft
italy - azzurri
HOLLAND - oranje
france - les bleus
brazil - samba kings, selecao
mexico - el tricolores
costa rica - ticos
jamaica - reggae boyz
south africa - bafana bafana
cameroon - indomitable lions
nigeria - (golden?) eagles
australia - socceroos
new zealand - kiwis

chicago fire - men in red
kansas city wizards - missouri azzurri
new england revolution - revs

arsenal - gunners
manU - red devils
birmingham - blues, brummies
leeds united - whites
chelsea - blues
liverpool - reds
manchester city - citeh
bolton - wanderers
charlton - addicks
portsmouth - pompey
southampton - saints
newcastle - magpies, toon
aston villa - villans
blackburn - rovers
middlesbrough - boro
leicester city - foxes
everton - toffees
fulham - cottagers
tottenham - spurs
wolverhampton - wolves

west ham - hammers
sunderland - black cats
burnley - clarets
coventry city - sky blues
wimbledon - dons
crystal palace - eagles
sheffield united - blades
preston north end - lilywhites
reading - royals
ipswich town - tractor boys
huddrsfield town - terriers

celtic - hoops, bhoys

atletico madrid - los indios
real madrid - los blancos, los merengues
rayo vallecano - los rayitos
barcelona - los blaugrana, catalans, barca
celta vigo - sky blues
valencia - ches
real sociedad - la real

chievo - flying donkeys
ac milan - rossoneri
inter milan - nerazzurri
juventus - bianconeri
parma - gialloblu
roma - giallorossi
lazio - biancoceleste, aquilotti, eagle's pet
udinese - friuli, bianconeri

bayern munich - FC hollywood, bavarians
borussia dortmund - borussen
schalke 04 - miners, royal blues
nuremberg - die roten?
hertha berlin - old lady
st. pauli - pirates

olympique marseille - L'OM
lens - blood and gold (le sang et or)
paris st. germain - PSG
bordeaux - girondins

players later... game's on

[MathuzaLem]

robinho = rei do drible (king of the dribble)
marcelinho carioca = pé de anjo (angel's foot)

ronaldinho gaucho -> well when he played in gremio he was called ronaldinho ("little ronaldo", in brazil is very usual u call someone in the diminutive form) so when he went to the NT Ronaldo was already there and Ronaldo is called Ronaldinho, so we couldn't have 2 Ronaldinho's... so "ronaldinho gaucho" was born in the south part of brasil, who born there is called gaucho... so to difference the ronaldo's the oldest one is ronaldinho and psg's one is ronaldinho gaucho...

[billyireland]

Originally posted by MathuzaLem
robinho = rei do drible (king of the dribble)
marcelinho carioca = pé de anjo (angel's foot)

ronaldinho gaucho -> well when he played in gremio he was called ronaldinho ("little ronaldo", in brazil is very usual u call someone in the diminutive form) so when he went to the NT Ronaldo was already there and Ronaldo is called Ronaldinho, so we couldn't have 2 Ronaldinho's... so "ronaldinho gaucho" was born in the south part of brasil, who born there is called gaucho... so to difference the ronaldo's the oldest one is ronaldinho and psg's one is ronaldinho gaucho...

Wowowowowowow... so Ronaldo is ronaldinho and Ronaldinho is thus called Ronaldinho Gaucho?

[CG]

Nigeria--Super Eagles
Ghana--Black Stars
Guatemala--Chapines
Honduras--Catrachos

[CG]

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