This is another great typical thread of "Grossartige" Gregoriak! It's true in Germany nicknames became are less attractive these days, but there are still some left in Italian and Spanish leagues. Here is my contribution for this great thread: -Gianni "Il Golden Boy" Rivera -Hannes "Spargeltarzan" Bongartz -Horst-Dieter "Eisenfuß" Höttges -John "Il Gigante Buono" (The Gentle Giant) Charles -Roberto "Penna Bianca" (the white feather) Bettega -Germans called the Italian defender Roberto Rosato "Killer", "Raubein" after WM1970 Semi-Final. -Luigi "Gigi" Riva -Mario "El Matador" (The Bullfighter) Kempes Modern days player: -Roberto "Il Divin Codino" (The Divine Ponytail) Baggio -Alvaro "El Chino"(the Chinese) Recoba -Claudio Javier "Piojo" (The Louse) López
me too. Does anybody remember the song "Toni lass es polstern" Another nickname: Boubacar Sanogo "Schmitz Katz" "Bobbycar"
Sorry. I should have known this one. It's because of his massive head. This is just a shortening of his name. Ted is just an abreviation of Edward, like Teddy Sheringham.
Thomas "die Axt" Stehle Hasan "Brazzo" Salihamidzic Tomas "Schnitzel" Rosicky Khalid "der Kannibale" Bouhlarouz David "Leichtathlet" Odonkor Zvjezdan "Zwetschge" Misimovic Guiseppe "Billi" Reina Ansgar "der weiße Brasilianer" Brinkmann Johan "le chef" Micoud Jan "Knochen" Schlaudraff Stefan "Paule" Beinlich Daniel "Tarzan" van Buyten
david odonkor - speedy gonzalez (die schnellste maus von mexico ehhm...deutschland) sasha kirschstin (hsv) - kirsche