Footballers Whose Names Are Fun To Say

DickSwiveller

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Claudio Pitbull

Please tell me that's a real name!!

retalivity

The donnarumma brothers, gianluigi and antonio

DickSwiveller

Romanian fullback, Razvan Rat. Unfortunate name.

KungPao

Stern John.

Skylinehead

Hector Herrera.

Especially when you decide not to pronounce any Hs.

jmayo

garra wrote: »

Ndidi. Yes indeedy, yes indeedy.

Titi Camara. Titty Camera.

Mustafa Gudboning.

Reminds me of Umtiti. Ummm titee..

Things were better in 80s/90s when the Germans had Stefan Kuntz
and the Dutch had Jan de Kock.

AFAIK there have been players named Fanni, F uc ks, Minge, Dicks, Gash and Muff.

Also spare a a though for former French Rugby player from 80s
Jean Condom.

As the banner read "He could never hold our Willy". :rolleyes:

Arghus

I think Brighton's defence of Duffy, Dunk and Bong is pleasing to say.

PhlegmyMoses

osarusan wrote: »

Faryd Mondragón - Colombian goalkeeper, until recently you could have heard his wonderful name as the record for oldest keeper ever at the world cup, but it hsa since been broken.

Full name is Faryd Camilo Mondragón Alí.

Who broke Mondragon's record? Think it will be broken this summer with the Egyptian goalie though

Mr.Nice Guy

Saw a good one recently that I liked - Pontus Wernbloom.

DJIMI TRARORE

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Who broke Mondragon's record? Think it will be broken this summer with the Egyptian goalie though

Pretty sure he still has the record,the hungarian goalie created the euro record i think

Geoffrey Kongdogbia.

It’s not just the surname, but the juxtaposition with the mundane Christian name...

Jimbob1977

I forgot Ciro Immobile (Ih- mow-bee-lay)

He lives up to his name. Absolutely useless

~Rebel~

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

I forgot Ciro Immobile (Ih- mow-bee-lay)

He lives up to his name. Absolutely useless

27 goals and 9 assists in 30 league games for Lazio this season. 8 in the Europa as well.

Jimbob1977

Maybe I was harsh on Immobile.

His stats are very good this year.

He had a big chance to shine against Ireland vs Italy in Euro 2016. On the night, he looked cumbersome and not an international-standard player.

It's still a great name.

elefant

Arghus wrote: »

I think Brighton's defence of Duffy, Dunk and Bong is pleasing to say.

Bong, Duffy and Dunk: the Fanastic Mr. Fox defence.

brevity

I presume someone already mentioned Paulo Wanchope.

Paulo Wanchope.

Jimbob1977

brevity wrote: »

I presume someone already mentioned Paulo Wanchope.

Paulo Wanchope.

Wanchope Watson in full

Orlando Trustful and Regi Blinker

Harry Palmr

Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira, which should be said with the gravelly voice of a Junta general (15 perfectly spaced vowels!)

Deise Vu

Pronouncing names will never be same since the Memory Man shuffled off to the great commentary box in the sky. Jimmy loved to roll 'r's and throw in a few superfluous 'h's or draw out his vowels. Generally players only get called by a second name but, for a special few, Jimmy loved to give them the full treatment:

Marrrhadonna (living legend but only gets the superfluous 'h' and a few extra 'r's.
Horst Hruebesch, the man they called the Monster. (try getting that in when Horst is scoring a header off a corner).
Jorge Buuuurrachaga (pronounced like Jimmy was throwing up last nights burrito).
Jaime Pacheco (Hymeeee Pashayco - could never understand Jimmy's fascination with this Portuguese player but he always got the full Magee).


But the daddy of them all had to be 1986 World Cup winner Joooolio Jorrrhgééé Olarticoechea. Whenever he passed the ball to Burrachaga, that was Jimmy's commentary done for that half. He was never ever just plain Olarticoechea, surely the greatest name ever.

Rebelbrowser

Always liked the alliteration in Alessandro Altobelli

Harry Palmr

Djemba Djemba? :eek:

I like Bas Dost I have to say

osarusan

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Who broke Mondragon's record? Think it will be broken this summer with the Egyptian goalie though

Oops, sorry, thought it had already been broken - yeah, that Egyptian keeper might do it.

osarusan

Julio Olarticoechea is a great name too.

osarusan

What I've sometimes wondered is - do Spanish or Italian fans (or wherever) think Anglo names are as cool as we think their names are?

Is there a thread somewhere with fans from those countries saying they love the cool names of footballers like Danny Drinkwater and Kevin Moran?

DickSwiveller

My brother worked with Italian students a few years ago and had a great laugh listening to them trying to pronounce Irish players who played in Italy. Two of the examples I remember are Lime Brady (Liam Brady) and Roby Ken (Robbie Keane).

Skylinehead

osarusan wrote: »

What I've sometimes wondered is - do Spanish or Italian fans (or wherever) think Anglo names are as cool as we think their names are?

Is there a thread somewhere with fans from those countries saying they love the cool names of footballers like Danny Drinkwater and Kevin Moran?

That reminds me - Roberto Aquafresca!

monkey9

Jean-Pierre Papin. I always feel i'm fluent in French when i say it.

jacool

jmayo wrote: »

Also spare a a though for former French Rugby player from 80s
Jean Condom.

As the banner read "He could never hold our Willy". :rolleyes:

Sorry to correct this, but I am old enough to have been there to see us lose lots of games !
"Our Willie is bigger than your Condom"

ShooterSF

Scored a big goal for Wigan again today, Max Power.

I got it off a hair dryer.

davyboy1975

Luis longstaff is quite funny too, plays for liverpool under 18s

Stephen15

Stephen Hunt rhymes with ....

davyboy1975

Stefan kuntz was always my favourite

Sin City

Kiki "Chris" Musampa

Paul Peschisolido

Danger Fourpence

Fabian Assman

Argelico Fcuks

Danny Invincible

Ars Bandeet ........... (This one may be fictitious :D )

super_furry

Samuel Umtiti

digzy

There was a Dutch defender (he played against us I’m certain) called valycks

When George Hamilton was in full flow you knew it was a term of hate😂

Dante

Hakan Yakin

DickSwiveller

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Hakan Yakin

And his brother Murat

theteal

Paul Peschisolido

Always thought it was funny. Then himself and Jeff Kenna took over at St. Pats. . . .no longer funny

DickSwiveller

theteal wrote: »

Paul Peschisolido

Always thought it was funny. Then himself and Jeff Kenna took over at St. Pats. . . .no longer funny

Remember Ryan Guy? Couldn't get a more American name.

Omackeral

DickSwiveller wrote: »

Remember Ryan Guy? Couldn't get a more American name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqIJSzOf7bM

Oat23

Omackeral wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqIJSzOf7bM

The only way this could be more American is if there was a few F-16s doing a flyover above.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Brek Shea sounds pretty American you guys.

My favourites would be Arriaga, Arriaga II, Barriaga, Aruglia and Pizzouza.

davycc

Probably mentioned already but my favorite are are Stefan Kuntz and Christian Fuchs

Beasty

I know a lot of people who have a laugh whenever Garry Birtles' name is mentioned....

Oat23

davycc wrote: »

Probably mentioned already but my favorite are are Stefan Kuntz and Christian Fuchs

You can add our new coach to your list as well. Christian Titz.

He also looks like Ricky Gervais.

GreNoLi

Quim, the leaky Portuguese shotstopper.

764dak

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