I here them from friends and can't help but laugh .Here are some funny nicknames made in Naija.

Real Name Nickname
Dejan Stankovic(Inter) Deji Stankovic.
Ibrahimovic.(Barcelona ) Ibrahimo
Assou Ekotto (Tottenham) Asun Ekiti
Fabregas (Arsenal) Fabre-pass
Almunia (Arsenal) Aluminium
Jankulovski (Milan) Janglova
Shawn Wright Phillips(City) Short Wright Phillips.

If anyone has got some funny ones , please post so am not left out when people call those funny nicknames.

Henry - - - Igwe _{Heard about this on NL}!

Peter Rufai  - Dodomayana
Daniel Amokachi -The Bull
Victor Enyeama - yamayama
Chijioke Ejiogu - Arugo monkey
Uche Okechukwu - Gentle Giant
Rasheed Yekini - King Yekini
That's all I can remember now!!!

david beckham - golden balls
makelele - water Carrier
Henry - titi, vava voom

cristiano ronaldo -- ororo, omogay!

Wayne Rooney - Stubborn Goat, rude boy

Kanu Nwankwo- Papilo.

galatico:

Wayne Rooney - Stubborn Goat, rude boy

Wayne Rooney ~ Shrek

Victor Valdes - Oja Valdes
Eric Abidal - Bad Market

Nicholas Anelka--Ahlaji
Eduardo-----Michael phelps

Dani Alves. . . . . . Hell boy
Berbatov. . . . . . . Berbaslow
Rooney . . . . . . . . Shrek

MrCrackles:

Henry - - - Igwe _{Heard about this on NL}!

This is all over Nigeria.

Some nicknames are global(e.g CR7), some are national(just within a country e.g in Nigeria, Henry is Igwe, and more recently Anelka is Alhaji) others depend on locality.

C. Ronaldo: C. Gogongo ( common in some part of Yorubaland)
Fabregas: Fabrepass(almost nationally), Nokia(in some hausaland- think of 'connecting people')

Peter Crouch ----- Agatu, langa langa

lmao.

Down South Anelka is called Nneka or Aniekan
C.Ron is called Ada mma,
Adebayor is called Ade agbaya
Essien . . . Ikenna
Drogba is Dr. Ogba, DeeDee
Ronaldinho used to be called The Oracle in his glory days. Now we just call him Eze Mmuoh (ghost teeth)

Adebayor-Adepaymemore,Adebarndoor,Greedybayor, Adeblindhen

Ronaldinho also used to be called Eyin(teeth) in Yorubaland.

adebayor~ adebadluck
hleb        ~ shakira
rocisky    ~ rasaki
paul scholes ~afin(albino)
rio ferdinand ~ drugo ferdinand
frank riberry ~ quasimodo

Essien. . .3310 (named after the rugged Nokia phone)
Anelka. . .Alhaji

mystikal:

Wayne Rooney ~ Shrek

Yes,how coild we forget Shrek

Christian Chukwu -- Chairman
Segun Odegbami -- Mathematical Odegbami
Bright Omokaro -- Ten-Ten
Mutiu Adepoju -- Head master

Once again Wayne Rooney -- Shrek

Kaka - Kaka Morufu
Casillas - Ikechukwu
Ronaldinho - Eyin Ronaldo
C Ronaldo - C Okada
Ferdinand - Igbo

Hi guys am fm nipoly is there a place where i can do my siwes dat i wil b having pay

More like mental blindness. Derailer oshi

Gattuso- Drug man

Adebayor- Ademumu

@Mr crackles

U don they learn bad things