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"Afro-Paule" = Paul Breitner, retired West German midfielder
"L'aigle dalmate" (French for "The Dalmatian Eagle") = Josip Skoblar, Yugoslavian striker
"Al" = Alex Revell, English footballer[163]
"Aldo" = John Aldridge, Irish football player and manager[164]
"Alex James of the East" = Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong footballer
"The Angel with Bent Legs" = Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian winger
"Angelito" (Spanish for "Little Angel") = Ángel di María, Argentine winger
"The Animal" = Edmundo, Brazilian striker
El Anti-Galáctico = Andrés Iniesta, Spanish midfielder (given by the press because of his humility and selflessness)
"The Asian Maradona" = Ali Karimi, Iranian football player
"Apache" = Carlos Tévez, Argentine striker
"Aussie Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[165]
"Azza" = Aaron Lennon, English midfielder
"The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Ole Gunnar Solskjær, retired Norwegian striker
"Bails" = Nicky Bailey, English footballer[163]
"Baixinho" (Portuguese for "Shorty") = Romário, Brazilian striker
"The Bald Eagle"
Attilio Lombardo, Italian football player and manager[166]
Jim Smith, English football player, manager and director[167]
"Balle" = Michael Ballack, German midfielder
"Barney" = Lee Barnard, English footballer[163]
"Batigol" = Gabriel Batistuta, retired Argentine striker
"Baz" = Barry Cogan, Irish footballer[168][169]
"Beatts" = James Beattie, English striker
"Becks" = David Beckham, English midfielder
"Benty" = Darren Bent, English football player and manager[170]
"Benzebuth" (French language pun with "Benzema" and "but" (French for "goal") which give something near of Belzebuth) = Karim Benzema, French striker
"Berba" = Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian striker[171]
"Bes" (Russian for "Demon") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian striker[172]
la Bestia ("The Beast") = Júlio Baptista, Brazilian midfielder/striker
"Big Al" = Alan Shearer, retired English striker
"Big Pete" = Petr Čech, Czech goalkeeper
"Big Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian manager[173]
"Big Sam" = Sam Allardyce English football manager
"Billy" = Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian midfielder[174]
"The Bison" = Michael Essien, Ghanaian midfielder/defender
"The Black Diamond" = Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian former striker
"The Black Panther", "The Black Pearl" = Eusébio, retired Portuguese footballer
"The Black Spider" = Lev Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper
"The Black Wonder" = Fausto dos Santos, Brazilian midfielder
"Bob" = Aleksandr Sheshukov, Russian midfielder[175][176]
"Bomber der Nation/Der Bomber" (German, "Bomber of the Nation/The Bomber") = Gerd Müller, retired German striker
"Bora" = Velibor Milutinović, Serbian football manager
"Brian" = Stuart Lewis, English footballer[169]
La Bruja (Spanish, "The Witch") = Juan Ramón Verón, Argentine footballer
La Brujita (Spanish, "The Little Witch") = Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine midfielder
El Rayo (Spanish, "The Thunder") = Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine striker
Valdanito (Spanish, "Little Valdano") = Hernán Crespo, Argentine striker
El Burrito (Spanish, "Little Donkey") = Ariel Ortega, Argentine midfielder
El Piojo (Spanish, "The Louse") = Claudio López, Argentine Forward/Winger
il Leone D'oro (Italian, "The Golden Lion") = Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine striker
El Buitre (Spanish, "The Vulture") = Emilio Butragueño, Spanish striker
"The Bull" = Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian striker
"The Bull of the Bosporus" = Hakan Şükür, Turkish striker
"Buratino" = Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian striker
Canhão da Vila ("The Cannon of the Vila") = José "Pepe" Macia, Brazilian striker (a reference to both his powerful free kicks and the stadium where he played his whole career, Santos FC's Vila Belmiro)
"Canto" = Eric Cantona, French footballer
Capita (a corruption of the word capitão, Portuguese for "captain") = Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian fullback (given because of his role as captain of the 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning team)
"Captain America" = Claudio Reyna, American midfielder
"Captain Marvel" = Bryan Robson, English midfielder
"Castorino" (Italian. "little beaver") = Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan goalkeeper
"Čechíno" = Petr Čech, Czech goalkeeper
"Chalaca" (Spanish. "bicycle kick") = Cesar Gonzalez, Peruvian footballer
"El Chicharito" (Spanish. "little green pea") = Javier Hernández Balcázar, Mexican footballer
"Chief" = Wayne Allison, retired English striker
"Chopper" = Ron Harris, English footballer
"Chuta-Chuta" = Bruno César, Brazilian midfielder, given for his ability to shoot from long distances
"The Clown Prince" = Paul Gascoigne, English midfielder[177]
"The Crab" = Ray Wilkins, assistant English coach and retired midfielder
"The Croatian Cruyff" = Luka Modrić, Croatian midfielder
"Crofty" = Andrew Crofts, Welsh footballer[169][178][179][180][181]
"Crouchy" = Peter Crouch, English striker
"Cobra" = Dejan Stanković, Serbian midfielder
El Conejo ("Little Rabbit") = Javier Saviola, Argentine striker
El Cuchu = Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine defender/defensive midfielder
"Damo" = Damian Scannell, English footballer[182]
"Dicko" = Chris Dickson, Ghanaian footballer[178]
"El Diez" (Spanish for "the 10") = Diego Maradona, Argentine midfielder (from his jersey number)
"Il Divin Codino" (Italian for "The Divine Ponytail") = Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
Divino ("The Divine One") = Domingos da Guia, Brazilian defender
"Djila" = Mahamadou Diarra, Malian defensive midfielder
"Doctor" or "The Doctor"
Kenny Deuchar, Scottish striker (also a fully accredited medical doctor)
Theophilus Khumalo, South African midfielder
Sócrates, Brazilian midfielder (also a fully accredited medical doctor)
"Dorito" = Steve Collis, English football goalkeeper[163]
"The Drog" = Didier Drogba, Ivorian striker
"Drunken Ferguson"/"Duncan Disorderly" = Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer[183]
"Duracell" = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder
"The Dutch Destroyer" = Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
"Eta Beta" (Italian name for Disney character known as Eega Beeva) = Fabio Quagliarella, Italian footballer
"Captain Fantastic" = Steven Gerrard, English Footballer
"Fat Chav" = Lee Boylan, English footballer
Frankie = Frank Lampard, English footballer
"Felipão" (Portuguese for "Big Phil") = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
"Il fenomeno" (Italian for "The Phenomenon") = Ronaldo, Brazil striker
"Fergie"
Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
"Flavs" = Darryl Flahavan, English football goalkeeper[163]
"La Formica Atomica" (The atomic ant) = Sebastian Giovinco, Italian midfielder
Furacão da Copa ("The Hurricane of the World Cup") = Jairzinho, Brazilian striker
"G" = Mark Gower, English footballer[163]
"The Galloping Major" = Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian former footballer
"Gal" = Garry Richards, English footballer[178][184]
"Garrincha" = Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian winger
"Gazza" = Paul Gascoigne, English midfielder
"De Generaal" (Dutch for "The General") = Rinus Michels, retired Dutch footballer and coach
"Il Genio" (Italian for "The Genius") = Dejan Savićević, Serbian midfielder
"Giero" = Rob Gier, English footballer[185]
"Gigi" = Gianluigi Buffon, Italian goalkeeper
"Gilda" = Heleno de Freitas, Brazilian striker (a reference to the 1946 eponymous movie; Heleno de Freitas was known for his vanity and self-importance, and the nickname was given to him by opposing fans as a joke)
"The Ginger Ninja" = Paul Scholes, English footballer
"The Ginger Mourinho" = Gary Megson, English football manager
"Goal King Cole" = Andrew Cole, English striker
"God" = Robbie Fowler, English striker
"Golden Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[165][186]
"Goldenballs" = David Beckham, English midfielder
"The Goose" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[165]
"El Gringo" = Gabriel Heinze, Argentine defender (due to his European looks and German ancestry)
"Gronaldo" (French language pun, roughly "Fat Ronaldo") = Jean-Claude Darcheville, French striker
"Grossy" = Adam Gross, English footballer[187]
El Guaje (Asturian for "The Kid") = David Villa, Spanish striker
"Guly" = Andrés Guglielminpietro, Argentine midfielder[188]
"Guus Geluk" (literally 'Lucky Guus', Dutch for Disney's Gladstone Gander) = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[165][189]
"The Helicopter"
Vahid Hashemian, Iranian footballer
Iván Zamorano, Chilean striker
Johan Le Traon, French midfielder
"Hiddingu" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[165]
"Hoops" = Gary Hooper, English footballer[163]
"The Hunter" = Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
"Hunty" = Lewis Hunt, English footballer[163]
"Ibou" = Ibrahim Ba, French midfielder
"Ibra", "Ibracadabra" = Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish striker
"Iceman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
"L'Imperatore" ("The Imperator") = Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian football player
"Incredible Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker[190]
"Ironhead" = Robert Tam Kong Pak, Hong Kong footballer[191][192]
"Jacko" = Simeon Jackson, Canadian footballer[178][179]
"Iron Man" = John Terry, English centre-back
El Jardinero ("The Gardener") = Julio Cruz, Argentine striker
"Jay-Jay" = Augustine Okocha, Nigerian midfielder
El Jefecito ("Little Chief") = Javier Mascherano, Argentine defensive midfielder
"Jinky" = Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer
"Johan I" = Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer
"Johan II" = Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
"Joy of the People = Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian winger
"Judas" = Sol Campbell, English footballer[193] (given to him after transferring from Tottenham Hotspur to North London rivals Arsenal)
El Kai = Pablo Aimar, Argentine midfielder
Der Kaiser = Franz Beckenbauer, German midfielder, then defender
"De Kannibaal" (Dutch for "The Cannibal") = Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch defender
Die Katze von Anzing (German for "The Anzing Cat") = Sepp Maier, retired West German goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach
"Keano"
Robbie Keane, Irish striker
Roy Keane, Irish former midfielder and manager
"Khomyak" (Russian for "Hamster") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian midfielder/striker[194]
"Kights" = Michael Kightly, English footballer[195]
"Der Killer" (German for "The Killer") = Ivan Klasnić, Croatian striker
"King of Asia Football" = Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong footballer[191]
"King Kenny" = Kenny Dalglish, a Liverpool legend
"King Eric" = Eric Cantona, retired French football player
"King Kahn" = Oliver Kahn, retired German goalkeeper
"Kleines dickes Müller" (German, "Short fat Müller") = Gerd Müller, West German striker
"Klinsi" = Jürgen Klinsmann, German coach and retired striker
"Kojak" = Pierluigi Collina, retired Italian referee
"Koppita" = Raymond Kopa, French football player
"Kral" (Turkish for "King") = Hakan Şükür, Turkish striker
"De Kromme" (Dutch for "The Curve") = Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer
"Kun" = Sergio Agüero, Argentine striker (given to him by classmates because his hairdo at that time looked like that of a Japanese anime character Kum Kum)
"The Llama" = Frank Rijkaard, Dutch coach and retired midfielder (given to him after the infamous spitting incident involving him and Rudi Voller during the round of 16 match against West Germany at the 1990 FIFA World Cup)
"Lamps" = Frank Lampard, English midfielder
"Lash" = Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
"Le God" = Matthew Le Tissier, English midfielder
"Leicester's Favourite Son" = Gary Lineker, English striker
Leiteria ("The Milk Factory", an old Brazilian slang for a lucky person) = Castilho, Brazilian goalkeeper
"Lionheart" = Carles Puyol, Spanish defender
"Litti" = Jari Litmanen, Finnish midfielder
"Little Buddha"
Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
Ivan de la Peña, Spanish midfielder
"The Little General" = Dick Advocaat, Dutch manager[196]
"El Loco" (Spanish for "The Crazy One")
Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper
Martín Palermo, Argentine striker
Ramón Quiroga, Peruvian goalkeeper
"Los" (Russian for "Moose") = Dmitri Loskov, Russian midfielder[197]
"Macca"
Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer[198]
Charlie MacDonald, English footballer[199]
Craig Mackail-Smith, English footballer[200]
Chris MacKenzie, English football goalkeeper[201]
Craig McAllister, Scottish footballer[202][203]
Gary McAllister, Scottish football player and manager[204]
Jason McAteer, Irish footballer[164]
Frank McAvennie, former Scottish footballer[205][206]
Neil McCafferty, Irish footballer[207]
Stuart McCall, Scottish football player and manager[208][209]
Gavin McCann, English footballer[210]
Mick McCarthy, Irish football player and manager[211]
Paul McCarthy, Irish footballer[212][213]
Sean McCarthy, English footballer player and manager[214]
George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer[215]
Matthew McCauley, footballer[216]
Steve McClaren, English football player and manager[217]
Alan McCormack, Irish footballer[163]
Lee McCulloch, Scottish footballer[218]
John McDermott, English football manager[219]
Kevin McDonald, Scottish footballer[220]
Scott McDonald, Australian footballer[221][222]
Stephen McDougall, Scottish footballer[223]
Lee McEvilly, English footballer[224]
John McGrath, Irish footballer[225]
Paul McGrath, Irish footballer[226]
Marc McGregor, English footballer[227]
Mark McGregor, English footballer[228]
Ryan McIlmoyle, Irish footballer[229]
James McKeown, English footballer[230]
Aaron McLean, English footballer[231]
Izale McLeod, English footballer[232]
Kevin McLeod, English footballer[233]
Steve McMahon, English football player and manager[234][235]
Steve McManaman, English footballer[236]
Simon McMenemy, English football manager[237]
Martin McNeil, Scottish footballer[238]
Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer[239]
Stephen McPhee, Scottish footballer[240]
Gary McSheffrey, English footballer[241]
Dave McTiernan, English footballer[242]
O Maestro (The Conductor) = Rui Costa, Portuguese Midfielder
O Mágico (The Magician) = Deco, Brazilian-born Portuguese midfielder
El Mago (The Mage) = Pablo Aimar, Argentine playmaker
"Maka" = Claude Makélélé, French midfielder
"The Maradona of the Carpathians" = Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian midfielder
"Martha Rocha" = Mauro Ramos, Brazilian defender (a nod to his elegant playing style; Martha Rocha was a Brazilian beauty pageant contestant and runner-up of Miss Universe 1954)
"Mary Poppins" = Alan Shearer, English striker[243] (given as an insult by two Newcastle United executives during a candid interview with a journalist)
El Matador ("The Bullfighter") = Mario Kempes, retired Argentine striker
El Toro ("The Bull") = Fernando Cavenaghi,Argentine striker
"Medvěd/Meda" (Czech for "Bear" or "Teddy bear") = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder
"Mestre Ziza" ("Master Ziza") = Zizinho, Brazilian midfielder
"Mido" = Ahmed Hossam, Egyptian striker
"Millsy" = Adam Miller, English footballer[168][178][179][184][244]
"Miracle Worker" = Bora Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer[245] (for his achievent of taking four different modest teams beyond the first round in four different World Cup finals)
Monstro ("The Monster") = Thiago Silva, Brazilian defender
"Mr. Football" = Didi, Brazilian midfielder
"Mr. George" = George Weah, Liberian striker
Il Muro ("The Wall") = Walter Samuel, Argentine defender
"Il muro di Berlino" (Italian, "The Berlin Wall") = Fabio Cannavaro, Italian defender
"Mullers" = Gary Mulligan, Irish footballer[169]
"Nacho" = Ignacio González, Uruguayan footballer[246]
"Nacka" = Lennart Skoglund, former Swedish winger
"El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
"Nobby" and "The Little Magician" = Nolberto Solano, Peruvian midfielder
"The Non-Flying Dutchman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch retired player (a play on Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, given because of his phobia of flying)
"Nura" = Georgi Nurov, Russian striker[247]
"Nuts" = John Nutter, English footballer[184][248]
"Quashie-modo" = Nigel Quashie, Scottish footballer[249]
"Obagoal" = Obafemi Martins, Nigerian football player
"One Size" = Fitz Hall, English football player
El Pájaro ("The Bird") = Claudio Caniggia, retired Argentine striker
"Pato" (Portuguese, "Duck")
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian striker
Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine goalkeeper
"Pav" = Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian striker[250]
"Peda" = Predrag Mijatović, retired Yugoslavian/Montenegrin striker and current Real Madrid sporting director
"Pelé"
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
Abedi Ayew, Ghanaian attacking midfielder
"Pelusa" (Spanish, "fuzz") = Diego Maradona, Argentine midfielder
"The Phantom" = Roy Makaay, Dutch striker
"Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
"El Pibe de Oro" (Spanish for "The Golden Kid") = Diego Maradona, Argentine midfielder
"El Pibe" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Carlos Valderrama, Colombian midfielder
"Pierino La Peste" (Italian for Pete the little pest) = Pierino Prati, Italian soccer player
El Pintita = Fernando Gago, Argentine central/defensive midfielder
Pinturicchio (Italian artist) = Alessandro Del Piero, Italian striker
El Pipita = Gonzalo Higuaín, French-born Argentine striker/winger
"El Pistolero" (Spanish. "The Gunfighter"[251]) = Luis Suárez, Uruguayan striker
"The Pitbull" = Edgar Davids, Dutch midfielder
"Pizza" = Peter Hutton, Northern Irish footballer
"Platoche" = Michel Platini, French midfielder
"Poldi" = Lukas Podolski, German midfielder/striker[252]
"Pooley" = Glenn Poole, English footballer[195]
"Preki" = Predrag Radosavljevic, Serbia-born American midfielder
"El Presidente" = Clarence Seedorf, Dutch midfielder
"Prince" = Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian midfielder
"Prince Harry" = Matt Harrold, English footballer[163]
"Prince Poldi", "Prinz Poldi" (German for Prince Poldi) = Lukas Podolski, German midfielder/striker[253][254]
"Psycho" = Stuart Pearce, English football player
"Raymond la science" (French for Brainy Raymond) = Raymond Goethals, Belgian football player and coach
Pupi = Javier Zanetti, Argentine defender/midfielder
"Puyi" = Carles Puyol, Spanish defender
El Raton ("The Rat") = Roberto Ayala, Argentine defender
"Razor" = Neil Ruddock, British footballer
"O Rei" (Portuguese, "The King") = Pelé, retired Brazilian striker
"Rei Artur" (Portuguese, "King Arthur") = Artur Moraes, Brazilian goalkeeper
"Rehakles" = Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
"Rino" = Gennaro Gattuso, Italian midfielder
"Robot Rothen" = Jérôme Rothen, French midfielder
"The Rock of Tyneside" = Frank Brennan, Newcastle United centre half
"The Rock" = Marcel Desailly, retired French central defender
"Ron", "Ronnie"
Christiano Ronaldo, Portuguese winger
Ronaldinho, Brazilian attacking midfielder
"Roo" = Wayne Rooney, English striker
"Royce The Voice" = Simon Royce, English football goalkeeper[255]
"Roycey" = Simon Royce, English football goalkeeper[256]
"The Russian Ronaldinho" = Yuri Zhirkov, Russian midfielder
"RVP" = Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
"El Salvador" (Spanish for "The Savior") = Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
El Sabio de Hortaleza ("The Wise Man of Hortaleza") = Luis Aragonés, Spanish coach and retired player
"Saint Michel" Michel Preud'Homme, Belgian goalkeeper
"San Iker" = Iker Casillas, Spanish goalkeeper
"San Marco" = Marco van Basten, Dutch coach and retired footballer
"S.A.S." = Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, when they played up front for England together[257]
La Saeta Rubia (Spanish for "The Blond Arrow") = Alfredo di Stéfano, retired Argentina-born Spanish striker
"Sandro" = Alessandro Nesta, Italian defender
"Scarface" = Franck Ribéry, French football player
"Schnix" = Bernd Schneider, German midfielder
"Schweini" = Bastian Schweinsteiger, German midfielder[258]
"El Scorpion" = René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper (named after his infamous goal save against England during a friendly match)[259]
"The Shark" = Darryl Flahavan, English football goalkeeper[163]
"Shava" = Andrei Arshavin, Russian striker/attacking midfielder
"Sheva" = Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian striker
"Sheri" = Teddy Sheringham, English footballer[257]
"Sikkimese Sniper" = Baichung Bhutia, Indian football striker[260][261]
"Sisko" = Radovan Filipović, former Serbian footballer
"Smallsy" = Rob Smalls, English, football goalkeeper[262]
"The Snake" = Youri Djorkaeff, French football player
"Sniffer" = Allan Clarke, English footballer
"Sparky" = Mark Hughes, Welsh coach and retired football striker
"The Special One" = José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager[263] (given to him by the media for his infamous press conference comment)
"Spiderman"
Jonas Gutierrez, Argentinian midfielder, wears Spiderman mask when he scores
Walter Zenga, Italian coach and retired goalkeeper
Carlo Cudicini, Italian goalkeeper
"Stan the Man" = Dejan Stanković, Serbian midfielder
"The Steak" = Adriano, Brazilian football striker
"Stills" = Derek Stillie, Scottish football goalkeeper[178]
"Stimmo" = Mark Stimson, English football player and manager[231][264][265][266]
"Stu" = Stuart Thurgood, English footballer[267]
"Le Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker[190]
"Super Mario" = Mario Balotelli, Italian striker
"Super Pav" = Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian striker[268]
"Super Pippo" = Filippo Inzaghi, Italian striker
"Tacuara" = 'Oscar Cardozo, Paraguayan striker
"The Tank" = Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
"Tante Käthe" ("Aunt Katie") = Rudi Völler, retired German striker (given to him by German fans because of his curly "auntie" hairdo)
Il Tedesco Volante ("The Flying German") = Rudi Völler retired German striker and former national team coach
"The Terminator" = Julian Dicks, England Retired English defender
"The Tinkerer" = Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (given by the British press during his time at Chelsea)[269]
"Tino" = Faustino Asprilla, Colombian striker
"Tisha" = Andrey Tikhonov, Russian midfielder[270]
"Tit" = Yegor Titov, Russian midfielder[271]
"The Titan" = Oliver Kahn, retired German goalkeeper
"Titi" = Thierry Henry, French striker
"Tornado" = Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian midfielder
"Tøffe" = Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
"El Toto" = Eduardo Salvio, Argentine midfielder
"Totò" = Salvatore Schillaci, Italian striker
Il Trattore ("The Tractor") = Javier Zanetti, Argentine defender/midfielder
"El Tren" = Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
"Trezegol" = David Trezeguet, French striker
"Trigger" = Nicky Southall, English footballer[272]
"Tsar Hiddink" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[165]
"Tulip" = Danny Cullip, English footballer[244]
"Turnip" = Graham Taylor, English football manager (given by The Sun newspaper, as a response to poor result)
"Tutu" = Lilian Thuram, retired French defender
"Two-Metre Peter" = Peter Crouch, English striker (in reference to his 2.01 metre-tall frame; he is also the tallest player ever to play for England)
"Turl" = Theodor Brinek, Jr., Austrian footballer
"Van The Man" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
"Van Gol" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
"Vida" = Nemanja Vidić, Serbian defender
"Vishnu" = Vikash Dhorasoo, French midfielder
"The Wally with the Brolly" = Steve McClaren, English Manager ("Brolly" is a British slang term for "umbrella")
"Wazza" = Wayne Rooney, English footballer
"The Welsh Wizard" = Ryan Giggs, Welsh winger
"The White Pelé" = Zico, Brazilian midfielder
"The White Feather" = Fabrizio Ravanelli, retired Italian striker
"Willy" = Casey Weedon, English footballer
"The Wizard of the Dribble" = Stanley Matthews, English midfielder
"Zeko" (Bosnian, "Rabbit") = Almir Turkovic, Bosnian footballer
"Zico" = Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian midfielder
Lo zio (Italian for "The Uncle") = Giuseppe Bergomi, retired Italian defender (given to him because of the impressive moustache he wore as an 18-year-old at the 1982 FIFA World Cup)
"Zizi"/"Zizi Top" = Zheng Zhi, Chinese midfielder
"Zizou" = Zinédine Zidane, retired French midfielder
"Zog On The Tyne" = Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
"El Zurdo" (The lefty one) = Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine midfielder
"De Zwarte Tulp" (Dutch for "The Black Tulip") = Ruud Gullit, Dutch coach and retired midfielder
Source: wikipedia
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