Topic: Players with names that just look and sound great

[oojason]

Socrates.

Close the thread now.

Indeed. Not just a great name, or sounded great... he actually was a great; both on and off the pitch - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279970.0


For some more Socrates content, information and articles on the great man - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279970.msg15732805#msg15732805



'Sócrates, the elegance of football' (one of the few footy youtube videos with some decent fitting music too):-

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[Samie]

They just don't make 'em like that any more.

Another one is Rivelino. 

[Zlen]

Karl Heinz Rummenigge

[Kekule]

Any commentator resisting making a few gags when he was sub is a better man than me.

“The coach has decided it’s time for a bit of Chiqui Arce”

[Brain Potter]

Rafael Scheidt a Brazilian who played for Celtic who lived up to his surname

[RedSince86]

Wagner Love.

[bradders1011]

Pierre van Hooijdonk.

When you're 8 it just sounds impossibly 'European' with that edge of being 'difficult.'

[wampa1]

Jurgen Klinsmann

[ToneLa]

Edinson Cavani
Mauro Icardi
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo

[howes hound]

But my personal favourite is the Mexican Gerrado Torrado (Has to be said in a broad scouse accent)

Same with Trapattoni, sounds like a beer-league defender when said with a scouse accent. Use in the same sentence as catenaccio for best effect.

[Jon2lfc]

Torres


Never heard the name until he signed for us.
Sounded very exotic at the time.
Plus it struck fear into the hearts of the opposition, especially with Gerrard behind.


Then realised later it translated as the far from exotic "Towers" and it's as common as muck in Spanish-speaking countries.

 


Funny how names in different contexts can do that to a person!

[RedSince86]

I was only 8 when Italia 90 was on but i remember this player name for some reason.



Guiseppi Giannini

[kloppagetime]

Brazilians and Italians always have the best sounding names Salvatore Schillaci and Djalminha were both boss names imo

[Elmo!]

Brazilians and Italians always have the best sounding names Salvatore Schillaci and Djalminha were both boss names imo

The Brazilians have some great names but they are wildly inconsistent, with plenty of Freds and Wellingtons etc to bring the average down.

[howes hound]

Torres


Never heard the name until he signed for us.
Sounded very exotic at the time.
Plus it struck fear into the hearts of the opposition, especially with Gerrard behind.


Then realised later it translated as the far from exotic "Towers" and it's as common as muck in Spanish-speaking countries.

 


Funny how names in different contexts can do that to a person!

Not quite football but pretty good support for your point: the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, worshipped by opera lovers, is Joe Green in English. Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive tackle in the 70s, "Mean" Joe Greene, was a far better fit.

[stoa]

I've never understood why Schweinsteiger isn't a funny name in German. Schwein means pig and steiger comes from steigen - to climb or mount.

He's basically called pig mounter, yet no German finds that funny.

You've just met the wrong people then... Know quite a few people who actually call him Schweinbesteiger which literally means pig mounter. A guy from Frankfurt I know said his grandpa calls him "Wutzebocker" which in their dialect means something like pig fucker...