Nicknames of Italian players

Discussion in 'Italy' started by dor02, Aug 26, 2006.

  1. dor02

    dor02 Member

    Aug 9, 2004
    Melbourne
    Club:
    UC Sampdoria
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I saw a thread on the German board and it had a list of nicknames of various players so I thought maybe will list a few of Italian players, past and present.

    Alessandro del Piero - Alex, Pinturicchio
    Christian Vieri - Bobo
    Gennaro Gattuso - Rino, Ringhio
    Alessandro Costacurta - Billy
    Franco Baresi - Pischinin (?)
    Roberto Baggio - Il Divino Codino or The Divine Ponytail
    Luigi Riva - Gigi, Rombo di Tuono or The Sound of Thunder

    Giampiero Boniperti, Gianni Rivera, Giancarlo Antognoni, Roberto Baggio and Francesco Totti have each been known as "Il Bimbo D'oro" or "The Golden Boy."

    What are some others?
     
  2. Cassano

    Cassano Member

    Jul 16, 2004
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
  3. dor02

    dor02 Member

    Aug 9, 2004
    Melbourne
    Club:
    UC Sampdoria
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Thanks for the link. I wasn't on the Italian board a lot around that time so that's why I didn't know about the previous thread.
     

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