Nicknames for all!
By: Isaiah | April 11th, 2008Based on my prior assertion that calling Steve Nash “Two-Time” because he’s been league MVP twice is fantastic, I thought, for fun, we should come up with some good ones for our own team. They can be disparaging or encouraging, whatever. Just have fun with it and keep it clean, please.
Santiago Ezquerro: “One Time” for how often he has played this year. Kevin suggests “Santi Claus” because “cuz it will be Christmas the next time we see his ass.”
Yaya Toure: “Tower of Power” for obvious Tower + Power reasons. “Wolverine” because he can obviously regenerate; turns out he’s been playing the last 4 games with a severed spinal chord!!!
Andres Iniesta: “SPF 45″. Yeah.
Xavi: “Last Second” for his late goals.
Lionel Messi: “Little Hercules”
That’s a decent start, but let’s here your good ones! They can be in Spanish too, of course!
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Ronaldo “Nightclub” de Assís Moreira, a homage to his good friend and legend Pat Kluivert.
I’ve heard people call Marquez “El Mariachi” because he looks a little like Antonio Banderas.
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Nolan: I actually considered “Nightclub” for Ronaldinho. Haha.
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MESSIah…but everyone knows that…
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If Messi is little Hercules, and Ronaldinho means little Ronaldo, should Messi be Herculinho?
Tower of Power is brilliant.
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Thierry Henry is “Pepe le Pew,” for that little dorky hopping thing he does with the ball.
Abidal is “Walkabout,” after the Australian tradition and what his mind does during matches.
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…this would be so much better if I could draw it…but anyway, you know how superheroes all have their foibles? (weaknesses that counter their super powers.) Well, maybe you’ve noticed, so do ours…Ladies and Gents…The Fantastic Four:
Thierry “Mr. France-tastic” Henry
“a soccerific genius, can stretch, twist and re-shape his body and ball trajectories to inhuman proportions. Unfortunately… it takes a medical staff of more than four to put him “back” together sometimes (aka Mr. Sciatica-spastic.) As father figure of the group he also “stretches” himself emotionally…sometimes too far (England.)Samuel “The Terrible Torch” Eto’o
He projects burning bolts of flame from his feet and flies through defenders at will. Unfortunately… you never know when brash adolescent flames of fury might fly from his mouth, burning enemies and teammates alike. Also “flames-off” at inopportune times.Lionel “It’s Clobberin’ Time” Messi.
The luvable “heavy” you rely on when the going gets tough…unfortunately his “me against the world” isn’t always what’s called for; and his solid as a rock exterior can be shed at any moment to expose a vulnerable, easily injured mere man underneath.Ronaldinho “the Invisible Boy” de Assís Moreira
When he’s at full powers, defenders spend entire games wondering “where is he?” or worse “where the hell is the ball?!!?” (as it disappears around, through, or over them and hits the back of the net.) Unfortunately this master of invisibility now has most people asking “where was he last night?” “Where did his abs go?” and “Where will he be next year?”(Thanks To Wikipedia for the background…who I will now quote verbatim…”the Fantastic Four have been portrayed as a somewhat dysfunctional yet loving family. Breaking convention with other comic-book archetypes of the time, they would squabble and hold grudges both deep and petty, and eschew anonymity or secret identities in favor of celebrity status.”…ouch)
…but foibles just make the story that much more interesting…so bring on the red-menace…
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Santi Claus is appropriate if he only comes (on) once a year as well really.
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Very good IceMel. I love Marvel and Barca.
Edmilson should be “the Sloth” - he’s so slow you can’t actually tell that he is moving.
Jorquera can be “Dodge ‘em” - cause he must be diving out of the way of the ball.
I would call Iniesta “Padre Pio” cause he seems to be more than one place at a time and…
Bojan is “Yoda” because he seems infinately wise. (Not a physical comparison, well maybe in height)Posted from
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i always felt that Puyol would be a mountain man if he wasn’t a player. But really when i think of Puyol i think of him crashing into other players and taking the ball. so my name for him would be Carles “The wrecking ball” Puyol
Victor “High waters” Valdes, for how he wears his shorts
“Baby” Bojan, because he is 17
Eidur “The Blonde” Gudjohnsen, since he is the only blonde player (that i can think of) on the team
Jose Pinto “Bean”
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Giovani is “Johnny Tsunami”. Google search if you don’t know what I’m talking about
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I can’t make up my mind either Heavy Metal, or Captain Caveman for Puyol.
Valdes used to be spot on when he had hair for a Dragonball Z look alike.
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I know what you mean Elisa. I was devastated when Valdes cut off his DBZ hair. Captain Caveman would be my vote out of those two.
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“hear”
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Oleguer = ‘Benidorm’ (The last resort)
Iniesta - the guys in the press room call him ‘el nino de los otros’ - the boy from ‘the others’ - the similarity is spooky.
Hennry = **&%$%!!! ^&***&! *&&(£$&&**!!!!
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Puyol already has one Montes (the commentator on La Sexta in Spain) has called him ‘El Tiburon’ since the last world cup.
But funny thread.
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Ronaldinho is leaving for Milan??? What is going on over at the Nou Camp?
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I know I am a Barca supporter when Ronaldinho is leaving to Milan and I say: “I do not care..that guy has been the most painful player to watch in the blaugrana shirt over the past two years…let him go….”..now let that Deco and Marquez go(if he is the black sheep too) ..please don’t let boys from your own academy leave..(see Gio)…people who come from the outside will never understand what it is to play for the club…they will always see how to put in some good years and then relax…
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Puyol is The Rock. Dwayne Johnson can just step aside, because there is no human alive who epitomizes that nickname more than Puyol.
Oh, and Ronaldinho’s nickname is Rear View Mirror, or Arrividerci.
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