;DGuess this is not perculiar to my neighbourhood where so many European footballers are given funny nicknames. Here are some and you are free to add yours to them
1. Thiery Henry igwe (for his goal scoring abilities when in Arsenal)
2. Dimitar berbatov slow poision/controller (slow but dengerous/ good ball control)
3. Obafemi Martins obagoalal (scoring abilities when in Inter)
4. Paul scholes mercinery/pensioner (for coming out of retirement to play for Man U)
5. Balotelli Ballotrouble/balojonjo (for his controversial nature)
6. F. Torres Wazobia/50 million pounds (for none performance despite 50M pounds transfer from liverpool to chelsea)
7. Lionel Messi Merciless mercy/lion mercy (for his skillful play and dangerous moves while on ball)
8. Vander saar vander save (for his good saves)
9. De gea dejo (because of his name)
10.Giggs baba wale (because he is from republic of Wales)
11. Song strong (very strong when holding the ball)
12. C. Ronaldo C-rodo/ C- peper (his dangerous play/his name)
13. Lampard Ike/lampholder (for bending while playing/his name)
14. Drogba Rogba (from his name)
15. Anelka Alhaji (for keeping beards like alhaji)
16. John terry John Thomas (philandering/ his name)
17. Ivanovich idi buttom/ifa (for his female like buttocks/his name)
18. Asavin Asa/alubosa elewe (his name/he always tuck-in while on pitch)
19. Almunia Alu/alumi (his name)
20. Tevez Vampire (his scary looks)
21. Okocha J.J (was given the name when he was newly introduced into the national team)
22. Kanu Papillo (given to him when playing in Arsenal)
23. Odewingie osaze (his name)
24. Yakubu yak (his name)
25. J.S park chinco Dual sim (because of his asian/chinese look)
26.Refael and Fabio ibeji oran (because they are twins)
27. Valdes Alakowe (because of his way of goal keeping)
28. Ronaldinho Eyin (because of his uncovered teeth)
29. becham becky (his name)
30. higuin igunnugun (his name)
31. Z.Zidane Apari/ head butt (because of his bald head/headbutting Mattarazi)
kindly feel free to add your opinion ;DGuess this is not perculiar to my neighbourhood where so many European footballers are given funny nicknames. Here are some and you are free to add yours to them
1. Thiery Henry igwe (for his goal scoring abilities when in Arsenal)
2. Dimitar berbatov slow poision/controller (slow but dengerous/ good ball control)
3. Obafemi Martins obagoalal (scoring abilities when in Inter)
4. Paul scholes mercinery/pensioner (for coming out of retirement to play for Man U)
5. Balotelli Ballotrouble/balojonjo (for his controversial nature)
6. F. Torres Wazobia/50 million pounds (for none performance despite 50M pounds transfer from liverpool to chelsea)
7. Lionel Messi Merciless mercy/lion mercy (for his skillful play and dangerous moves while on ball)
8. Vander saar vander save (for his good saves)
9. De gea dejo (because of his name)
10.Giggs baba wale (because he is from republic of Wales)
11. Song strong (very strong when holding the ball)
12. C. Ronaldo C-rodo/ C- peper (his dangerous play/his name)
13. Lampard Ike/lampholder (for bending while playing/his name)
14. Drogba Rogba (from his name)
15. Anelka Alhaji (for keeping beards like alhaji)
16. John terry John Thomas (philandering/ his name)
17. Ivanovich idi buttom/ifa (for his female like buttocks/his name)
18. Asavin Asa/alubosa elewe (his name/he always tuck-in while on pitch)
19. Almunia Alu/alumi (his name)
20. Tevez Vampire (his scary looks)
21. Okocha J.J (was given the name when he was newly introduced into the national team)
22. Kanu Papillo (given to him when playing in Arsenal)
23. Odewingie osaze (his name)
24. Yakubu yak (his name)
25. J.S park chinco Dual sim (because of his asian/chinese look)
26.Refael and Fabio ibeji oran (because they are twins)
27. Valdes Alakowe (because of his way of goal keeping)
28. Ronaldinho Eyin (because of his uncovered teeth)
29. becham becky (his name)
30. higuin igunnugun (his name)
31. Z.Zidane Apari/ head butt (because of his bald head/headbutting Mattarazi)
kindly feel free to add your opinion