Those i remember:

Batistuta: Batigol
Adriano: Imperatore (Emperor)
Roberto Baggio: Codino d'Oro (Golden Ponytail)
Mario Basler: Super Mario
Ivan zamorano: Ivan el Terrible (Ivan the terrible)....or "the Helicopter"
Lev Yashin: Black Spider
Juan S.Veron : Brujita (Little Witch)
Christian Vieri : BOBO
Andriy Shevchenko: Vento dell'Est (Eastern Wind)
Ronaldo: Fenomeno (Phenomenon)..... Gordo (now in madrid)
Alvaro Recoba: El chino (Chinese)
Claudio lopez: El piojo (Flea)
Edgar Davids : Pitbull
Pablo Aimar: Pablito
Javier Saviola: El conejo
Javier Zanetti: The Tractor (he has been plowing San Siro's flanks for almost ten years)
Marco Materazzi: Matrix

Carlos Tevez- Carlitos
Stoichkov- Izo , Izo comes from Hristo which is his first name

Abbondazenieri- El Pato

Gotta love real nicknames like 'Eastern Wind' and 'Emporer'. In Aus we just use the persons name and stick an 'o' or a 'y' on the end of it

and if we're feeling extra intricate we add an 'ly' (or possibly only in Dwight Yorke's place. Dwightley )

How can anyone forget??
Thierry Henry=Titi.
Lol anyone know how he ended up with that nickname?

Tevez- Apache
Robinho- Dribbling King
Pearce-Psycho
Austine Okocha- Jay Jay
Huth-The Berlin Wall
Cech-Mate
Kezman-Batman
Robben-Robin

Drogba - Flying Elephant

The Aberdeen players nicknames I know

Russell Anderson - Cadger
John Stewart - Budgie
Scott Severin - Seve

Kanu - Papilo

Gerrard- Stevie G
thats what i call him anyway.

Pele - El Rei

George Best - El Beatle

Zidane - Zizou

John Charles - The Gentle Giant

Julio Baptista - La Beastia

Robinho - O Principe

Garrincha - The Songbird, The Angel with Bent Wings, Alegria do Povo

Franco Baresi - Il Capitano

Luigi Riva - The Rumble of Thunder

Valentino Mazzola - Il Tulen

A couple Benfica player nicknames.

Petit - The pitbull

Manuel Fernandes - Manelele (Comparing him to Makelele)

Mark Hughs-Sparky
Brian McClair- Chocco
Morientes-El Morro
Beckhem- Golden Balls/Liar 23

I know many others but I cant be bothered lisetning them

ronaldinho - ronnie - r10 - one man show

Ricardo Quaresma- Cigano or Harry Potter(because he puts spells on defenders)

C. Ronaldo-Twinkletoes

Romario - Baixinho

Aleseandro Del Piero - Pinturicchio

Diego Maradona - El Diego, Pipe De Oro

Gianni Rivera - The Golden Boy

Other ones I found ...

David Beckham - Becks
Franz Beckenbauer - der Kaiser ("the emperor")
Emilio Butragueño Santos - El Buitre
Marcos Evangelista de Moraes a.k.a Cafu - Il Pendolino 'the express train'
Éric Cantona - "Eric the King"
Oliver Kahn - King Kahn or Kahn, the Titan
Jürgen Klinsmann - Golden Bomber
Rivellino - patada atomica
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira - Little Ronaldo (Ronaldinho)
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko - Sheva
Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio - El Pibe "The Kid"
Javier Adelmar Pupi Zanetti - El Pupi
Arthur Antunes Coimbra - Zico

Ronaldo - R9, Dadado

Fernando Torres - El Nino

Hristo Stoichkov - The Mad Bulgarian, The Raging Bull, El Pistolero, The Dagger

Trifon Ivanov - Ivan The Terrible, Tootsy

Pavel Nedved - The Rocket, The Czech Cannon

Raul - el Pichichi del Madrid, Raulito

Steven Gerrard - The Huyton Hammer

Robbie Fowler - The Toxteth Terror

Mario Kempes - The Matador

Marco Van Basten - Swan from Utrecht

Kenny Dalglish - King Kenny

Tommy Smith - The Anfield Iron

Edmundo - The Animal

Hakan Sukur - Bull from the Bosporus

Hagi - Carpathian Maradona

Roy Makaay - The Phantom

Lilian Thuram - The Philosopher

Hasan Salihamidzic - Little Brother

Ferenc Puskas - The Galloping Major

Gattuso - The Gruntler

Fabrizio Ravanelli - White Feather

Gerd Muller - Der Bomber

Ruud Gullit - Black Tulip

Claudio Pizzarro - Pizza

Dietmar Hamaan - Didi

Aboubacar Camara - Titi

Denis Law - The King

Cambiasso - El Cuchu (old famous Argentine comedian)
Veron - La Brujita (the little witch)
Stankovic - Deki
Cristian Gonzalez - Kily
David Pizarro - Padrone di Casa (boss of house/landlord)
Cristiano Zanetti - Il Martello (the hammer)
Walter Samuel - Il Muro (the wall)
Adriano - L'Imperatore (the emperor)
Cruz - El Jardinero (the gardener LOL wtf)
Obafemi Martins - Oba
Solari - the little Indian : "El Indiecito"
Toldo - Toldone
Cordoba - Cafe
Materazzi - the butcher LOL
Recoba - El Chino (the Chinese)

Ivan Cordoba : Cafe colombia

I always thought his nickname is Brazzo

Rivaldo : The Extra-Terrestrial



Only one I could remember, but makes me laugh each time I hear it.

Also.

Every new Argentinian player: "The Next Maradona"

Ahh. Gotta love the media.

Baby faced assasin Ole Gunnar Solsjaer
Golden Ponytail Roberto Baggio
Black Spider Lev Yashin
Trezegol Trezeguet
White Pele zico
The Welsh Wizard Ryan Giggs
Tweety Silvestre
Little Rabbit Javier Saviola
Little Witch Sebastian Veron
Pippo Inzaghi
Bobo Vieri
The Phenomenon Ronaldo

Lizarazu - Liza
Rudi Völler - the grey wolf (der graue Wolf)
Vasile Miriuta - Lazi
Christian Beeck - Beecke
Tomislav Piplica - the pirat
Gregg Berhalter - king Gregg


i guess its an english version of Brazzo

Brazzo = little brother?

yeah, in german its "kleines Bürschen" or something like that(this word looks strange )

which language is Brazzo?

i would say bosnian or however the language in his home coutry is called

Pablo Aimar - El Payaso
Adriano - Tanque (that´s how they call him at Selecao)
Ricardo Oliveira - Rey or Gol-iveira
Lukas Podolski - Prinz Poldi

His nickname "Brazzo" or Bosnian "Braco" means "little brother"

Drogba:Shin

Bergkamp:the iceman aka the elbow

Van Persie:jet lee

Jürgen Klinsmann: the dive

Rooney:Mcdonalds

Ronaldo:Burger King

I want a cool nickname like some of these guys that you lot have said!

Dennis Bergkamp- The Ice Man
Sol Campbell- The Sol Man
George Boateng- The Boat
Franz Beckenbaur- Der Kaiser (the Chief)
Alberto Gilardino- Gilla
Julio Baptista- El Bestia
Fernando Torres- El Nino

thanks for the info

I like how Philippe Senderos has become "Swiss Tony".

Dennis Bergkamp - Beavis

Darren Huckerby was known as Forrest Gump because he wasn't too bright but ran a lot!

Raul- Raulito

Del Bosque- El Soso

Garcia Remon- El Gato de Odessa

Di Stefano- La Saeta Rubia

Morientes- El Moro

Solari- El Indiecito

Casillas- San Iker

Francesco Totti - Il Bimbo de Oro (The Golden Boy)

Mark Hughes - 'Sparky' or 'El Toro'
Dont know anymore though...
Yes, Shevchenko - 'Sheva' and Fillipo Inzaghi - 'Pippo' But that 2 are already posted...

Yeah Hasan is a Bosnian, they speak serbo-kroatian there

i know that he is Bosnian but i had no idea about the language, so thanks for letting me know that its serbo-kroatian

Henrik Pedersen - Stumpy
Kevin Nolan - Nobby
Mike Riley - Tosser
Sam Allardyce - Big Sam
Peter Crouch - Lanky B******
El Hadji Diouf - Dioufy

Im not sure if Anyones already posted it in But Pires's (Arsenal) Is Bobby, One of several factors that I know what his name is nickname is in the Renalut adverts with Henry You know at the end when he sais Eh Bobby whats french for va va voom!!! well henry is referring to pires.

Stylianos Giannakopoulos - Stelios
Darren Anderton - Sicknote

Balde - Bobo (Bobo gonna get ye'!)

Petrov - Stillie

Henrik Larsson - Henke, King of Kings

Hartson - BBJ (Big Bad John)

Miciej Zurawski - Magic

Strachan - The Ginger Winger

Darren Moore-BIG DAVE!
Curtis Davies-SMALL DAVE

hey r quaresma why dont u take that bullshit off ur sig about nuno gomes and simao signing the shirt that says slb=dirt hahah that means that even dirt can beat u guys

crappy sig by the way fc porto is merda but quaresma is good

Paul Ince - The Guvnor' or Incey
Mark Kennedy - Sparky
Matt Murray - Muzza

I made the last one up by the way.