PORECLELE FOTBALIŞTILOR :)

Ron Harris = Chopper
Fitz Hall = One size fits all
Emlyn Hughes = Crazy Horse
Paul Ince = The ‘Guv’nor’
Roy/Robbie Keane = Keano
Kevin Keegan = Mighty Mouse (poreclă dată de fanii lui Hamburg)
Frank Lampard = Lamps, Fat Frank
Aaron Lennon = Roadrunner
Gary Lineker = Sir
Stanley Matthews = Wizard of Dribble
Paul McBride = Super Mac, Macca, Bake, Big Mac
Brian McClair – Choccy Éclair
Darren Moore = Big Dave
Gary Neville = The Neviller
Phil Parkes = Lofty
Stuart Pearce = Psycho
Bryan Robson = Captain Marvel
Neil Ruddock = Razor
Alan Shearer = Big Al
Alan Smith = Smithy, Smudger
Tommy Smith = the ‘Anfield Iron’
David Unsworth = Rhino
Chris Waddle = Dribbleur fou [Crazy dribbler] (poreclă dată de fanii lui Monaco)
Theo Walcott = The Kid
Jonathan Woodgate = Woody
Ian Wright = Dr. Jekyll
Shaun Wright-Phillips = SWP

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Argentina

Sergio Agüero = El Kun
Roberto Ayala = El Ratón
Gabriel Batistuta = Batigol
Hernán Crespo = Valdanito
Julio Cruz = El Jardinero
Fernando Gago = Pintita, Doctor Gago, Gagoterapia
González Higuaín = Pipita
Mario Kempes = the Matador
Diego Maradona = El Pibe de Oro
Lionel Messi = La Pulga, Messiah
Martin Palermo = El loco
Daniel Passarella = El Guerrero, El Kaiser
Ariel Ortega = Burrito
Fernando Redondo = Prince
Maxi Rodríguez = La Fiera
Javier Saviola - El Conejo (iepurele), El Pibito, Tambor
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Brazilia(pe această listă se găsesc câţiva fotbalisti din Brazilia )

Adriano = Împăratul
Alex (Chelsea) = Tancul
Cafu = Cafu(Il Pendolino)
Dida = Pantera neagră
Edmundo = O Animal (the Animal)
Emerson = Puma(El señor)
Manoel dos Santos = Garrincha
Gilberto da Silva = Peretele invisibil
Julio Baptista = Bestia
Kaká = Băiatul de aur
Edson Arantes do Nascimento = Pelé, O Rei (Regele)
Roberto Carlos = Thunder Thighs, Dinamită
Robinho = Robishow, O Principe
Romário = Shorty
Ronaldinho = Dinho, Ronnie, The One Man Show
Ronaldo = The Phenomenon, Ronie (cu un singur N)
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Franţa

Jean-Alain Boumsong = Un, deux, trois … BOUMSONG!
Marcel Desailly = The Rock(stânca)
Youri Djorkaeff = The Snake
Ludovic Giuly = Ludo
Yohan Gourcuff = Micul Zizou
Thierry Henry = Titi, TH14, Va Va Voom
Philippe Mexès = Philou, Le Laurent Blond
Franck Ribéry = Magicianul, Scarface
Mickaël Silvestre = Mickey So-Fine, Tweety, 50p head
Lilian Thuram = Filozoful
David Trezeguet = Trez, Trezegol
Patrick Vieira = Paddy, Tentacule
Zinedine Zidane = Zizou
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Germania

Michael Ballack = Balle
Franz Beckenbauer = Der Kaiser, Kaiser Franz
Oliver Kahn = Olli, Titan, Vulkahn
Jürgen Klinsmann = The Golden Bomber
Phillip Lahm = Lahmy, Wireless Lahm, The Magic Dwarf
Jens Lehmann = Mad Jens, John
Gerd Müller = The Fat One, Bomber
Lukas Podolski = Prinz Poldi
Karl-Heinz Riedle = King of the Sky
Bernd Schuster = The Blond Angel, Don Bernardo
Sebastian Schweinsteiger = Basti, Schweini
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Olanda

Dennis Bergkamp = Olandezul zburător, Beavis, Bergy
Ruud Gullit = Il Tulipo Nero
Arjen Robben şi Mateja Kezman = amândoi, Batman şi Robben
Roy Makaay = Fantoma
Clarence Seedorf = Opa
Marco Van Basten = The Swan of Utrecht
Ruud Van Nistelrooy = Van the Man, Ruud Boy!, The Flying Dutchman, RVN, La Locomotora, Van Gol, Van Nisterror, The Ruud Devil, Van The Crack, Trivilin, Guffy
Robin Van Persie = RVP
Boudewijn Zenden = Bolo, Racheta
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Italia

Roberto Baggio = Roby, Divin Codino (Divine Ponytail)
Gianluigi Buffon = Gigi, Super Gigi
Mauro Camoranesi = Camo
Fabio Cannavaro = Il muro di Berlino (The Berlin wall), Il Capitano, El Bus Humano (The Human Bus), Cannavoro, Il Bello, Il Duce
Antonio Cassano = Peter Pan, Fantantonio, El Pibe de Bari, Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia, Talento di Bari Vecchia, Talentino.
Alessandro Del Piero = Ale, Pinturicchio
Gennaro Gattuso = Rino, Ringhio, Braveheart, Pittbull, The Snarling Dog
Alberto Gilardino = Gila
Filippo Inzaghi = Super Pippo, Inzagol, Alta Tensione
Attilio Lombardo = The Bald Eagle
Massimo Maccarone = Big Mac
Paolo Maldini = Il Capitano, San Paolo
Marco Materazzi = Matrix, Macellazzi
Vincenzo Montella = L’aeroplanino
Alessandro Nesta = Sandro
Angelo Peruzzi = Ansiano, Pigskin
Gianluca Pessotto = Il Professore (Profesorul), Pessottino
Fabrizio Ravanelli = Penna Bianca
Salvatore Schillaci = Totò
Luca Toni = Tonigol, Bomber
Francesco Totti = Il Capitano, Er Pupone, Gladiatore, Il Bimbo d’Oro, Il Principe
Christian Vieri = Bobo, Bobone, Bobogol
Dino Zoff = Dino Nazionale, Păianjenul, Il Monumento
Gianfranco Zola = The Italian Maradona, Marazola, Tamburino Sardo
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Portugalia

Luís Boa Morte = Good Death, Boa Constrictor
Francisco José da Costa = Costinha
Deco = Mágico
Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro = Maniche
Ricardo Pereira = Mãozinhas
Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes = Pauleta,
Tiago Cardoso Mendes = Tiago
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Spania

Emilio Butragueño = El Buitre (The Vulture)
Iker Casillas = El galáctico de Móstoles, San Iker
Andoni Goikoetxea = Măcelarul din Bilbao
Luis Enrique Martinez = Lucho
Fernando Morientes = El Moro (the Moor)
Carles Puyol = Lionheart, Tarzan, Capità, Capitán,Puyi, Superman
González Blanco Raúl = El Niño Raúl
Sergio Ramos = El Comanche, Carapony, El Tarzán de Camas, Rambo
Michel Salgado = Il Due (doiarul), Míchel, la Abuela (Bunicuţa), Malulo, La Cabra Loca (
Roberto Soldado = Gudari
Fernando Torres = El Niño, Nando
David Villa = El Guaje
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Europa

Gheorghe Hagi = Maradona din Carpaţi,
Thomas Gravesen = Shrek
Vladimir Jugovic = Mezzasquadra, Vinci Tutto
Jan Koller = The Tall One
Oleg Luzhny = Calul
Pavel Nedved = Duracell, Crazy Peleloid, Medvěd sau Meda The Czech Cannon, Furia Ceca (Lazio & Juventus)
Robert Prosinecki = The Big Yellow One (Veliki žuti)
Ferenc Puskás = The Galloping Major, Cañoncito Pum (‘The Booming Cannon’).
Hasan Salihamidzic = Little Brother, Brazzo (at Juventus)
Philippe Senderos = Swiss Tony [Adams], Big Phil
Andriy Shevchenko = Sheva, Shevagol
Hristo Stoichkov = the Pitbull
Davor Suker = Sukerman
Hakan Sükür = the Bull of Bosphorus
Nemanja Vidic = Hench, The Serbian Ninja
Lev Yashin = Paianjenul negru
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Africa

Stephen Appiah = Tornado
Mahamadou Diarra – Stânca, Pantera
Efan Ekoku = Efan ecuckoo bird
Michael Essien = Bizonul
George Weah = Regele George, Opong
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America de Sud

Faustino Asprilla = Gazela neagră
Rafael Márquez = The Kaiser of Michoacán, Prinţul Cataluniei
Wilson Palacios – Magicianul/Harry Potter
Walter Pandiani = El Rifle , The Walter Pistol la Birmingham
Iván Zamorano = Ivan the Terrible, The Helicopter, Bam Bam, The Warrior
Marcelo Salas = El Matador, El shilenoo Salas
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Restul lumii

Tim Cahill = Tiny Tim
Ali Karimi = Maradona din ASia
Eddie Pope = Benedict XVI
Mark Viduka = V Bomber