List of football (soccer) players by nickname

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Main article: Lists of nicknames in football (soccer)
See also: List of sportspeople by nickname

This is a list of nicknames for football (soccer) players.

English nickname Translation Player Nationality
Pinturicchio, GODOT Alessandro Del Piero Italian
San Paolo Paolo Maldini Italian
Sandro Alessandro Nesta Italian
The Berlin Wall il muro di Berlino (Italian) Fabio Cannavaro Italian
The Matrix Marco Materazzi Italian
Gigi Gianluigi Buffon Italian
Rhinoceros Rino, Ringhio Gennaro Gattuso Italian
Bomber Luca Toni Italian
Gila Alberto Gilardino Italian
Camo Mauro Camoranesi Italian
Pippo Filippo Inzaghi Italian
Paul Newman Marcello Lippi Italian
The Prince Er Pupone Francesco Totti Italian
il Metronomo Andrea Pirlo Italian
Trezegol David Trezeguet French
A Child il Bambino (Italian) Antonio Cassano Italian
The Aeroplane il Aeroplanino Vincenzo Montella Italian
King Kev Kevin Keegan English
The G-Force Steven Gerrard English
Captain Fantastic Steven Gerrard English
God Robbie Fowler English
Bam-Bam Iván Zamorano Chilean
Beauty at night Bello di notte (Italian) Zbigniew Boniek Polish
The Bin Man Neville Southall English
Bud Willie Johnstone Scottish
Dalmatian Eagle L'aigle dalmate Josip Skoblar Yugoslavian
Black Pearl Eusébio Portuguese
Black Panther Eusébio Portuguese
Animal Edmundo Brazilian
Asian Maradona Ali Karimi Iranian
Baby-Faced Assassin Ole Gunnar Solskjær Norwegian
Shorty Baixinho (portuguese) Romario Brazilian
Batigol Gabriel Batistuta Argentinian
Batman Mateja Kežman Serbian
Becks David Beckham English
Golden Balls David Beckham English
Big Al Alan Shearer English
God Alan Shearer English
Big Sam Sam Allardyce English
Black Spider Lev Yashin Soviet
Boar of the Ardennes Le Sanglier des Ardennes (French) Roger Marche French
Bomber of the Nation Bomber der Nation Gerd Müller German
Buffalo Preben Elkjær Larsen Danish
Witch La Bruja (Spanish) Juan Ramón Verón Argentinian
Little Witch La Brujita (Spanish) Juan Sebastián Verón Argentinian
Vulture El Buitre (Spanish) Emilio Butragueño Spanish
Barry Backpass Barry Ferguson Scottish
Bull Rashidi Yekini Nigerian
Bull of the Bosporus Hakan Şükür Turkish
Canto Eric Cantona French
Cesar (also Caesar) Billy McNeill Scottish
King Eric Eric Cantona French
Captain America Claudio Reyna American
Captain Marvel Bryan Robson English
Chief Wayne Allison English
Chief Lucas Radebe South African
Chopper Ron Harris English
Crab Ray Wilkins English
RoboCrouch Peter Crouch English
Crouchy Peter Crouch English
Two-Metre Peter Peter Crouch English
Divine Ponytail Il Divin Codino (Italian) Roberto Baggio Italian
Little Buddha Roberto Baggio Italian
Doctor Theophilus Khumalo South African
Doctor Sócrates Brazilian
Duracell Pavel Nedvěd Czech
Ten El Diez (Spanish) Diego Maradona Argentinian
Fuzz Pelusa (Spanish) Diego Maradona Argentinian
Golden Kid El Pibe de Oro (Spanish) Diego Maradona Argentinian
The Gardener El Jardinero Julio Ricardo Cruz Argentinian
Crazy One El Loco (Spanish) Rene Higuita Colombian
Crazy One El Loco (Spanish) Ramón Quiroga Peruvian
Kid El Niño (Spanish) Fernando Torres Spanish
Rifle El Rifle (Spanish) Walter Pandiani Spanish
Phenomenon Il fenomeno (Italian) Ronaldo Brazilian
The Beatle El Beatle(Portuguese) George Best Irish
The Magician Ha-Kossem (Hebrew) Eyal Berkovic Israeli
Galloping Major Ferenc Puskás Hungarian
Gazza Paul Gascoigne English
Genius Il Genio (Italian) Dejan Savićević Serbian
Ginger Ninja Paul Scholes English
Fat Ronaldo Gronaldo (French pun) Jean-Claude Darcheville French
Helicopter Vahid Hashemian Iranian
Helicopter Ivan Zamorano Chilean
Ibou Ibrahim Ba French
Ibracadbra Zlatan Ibrahimović Swedish
Emperor Imperatore Adriano Leite Ribeiro Brazilian
Jay-Jay Augustine Okocha Nigerian
Jinky Jimmy Johnstone Scottish
Johan I Johan Cruijff Dutch
JPP Jean-Pierre Papin French
El Salvador Johan Cruijff Dutch
Jaws Joe Jordan Scottish
Johan II Johan Neeskens Dutch
Kaiser Franz Franz Beckenbauer German
The Killer El Matador Marcelo Salas Chilean
The King Denis Law Scottish
King Kenny Kenny Dalglish Scottish
Keano Robbie Keane Irish
Keano Roy Keane Irish
Short fat Müller Kleiner dicker Müller (German) Gerd Müller German
Koppita Raymond Kopa French
King Kral (Turkish) Hakan Şükür Turkish
Lash Peter Lorimer Scottish
Le God Matthew Le Tissier English
Leicester's Favourite Son Gary Lineker English
Litti Jari Litmanen Finnish
Little Buddha Ivan de la Peña Spanish
Little Mozart Tomáš Rosický Czech
Little One Piscinin Franco Baresi Italian
Maradona of the Carpathians Gheorghe Hagi Romanian
Bear or Teddy bear Medvěd or Meda, (Czech) Pavel Nedvěd Czech
Mido Ahmed Hossam Egyptian
Mr. George George Weah Liberian
Berlin Wall Il muro di Berlino (Italian) Fabio Cannavaro Italian
Obagol Obafemi Martins Nigerian
One Size Fitz Hall English
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento Brazilian
King O Rei (Portuguese) Edson Arantes do Nascimento Brazilian
Panzer Erik Hagen Norwegian
Phantom Roy Makaay Dutch
Kid El Pibe (Spanish) Carlos Valderrama Colombian
Pitbull Edgar Davids Dutch
Pizza Peter Hutton Northern Irish
Platoche Michel Platini French
Preki Predrag Radosavljevic Serbian
Preki Predrag Radosavljevic American
Psycho Stuart Pearce English
Raymond the Brain Raymond la science (French) Raymond Goethals Belgian
Razor Neil Ruddock English
Robot Rothen Jérôme Rothen French
Rock Marcel Desailly French
Roo Wayne Rooney English
Ronnie Ronaldinho Brazilian
RVP Robin van Persie Dutch
Blond Arrow Saeta Rubia (Spanish) Alfredo di Stéfano Spanish
San Marco Marco van Basten Dutch
FerraRibery or Ferrari Franck Ribéry French
Sheva Andriy Shevchenko Ukrainian
Slim Jim Jim Baxter Scottish
Smudge Alan Smith English
Snake Youri Djorkaeff French
Sniffer Allan Clarke (footballer) English
Special One José Mourinho Portuguese
Spiderman Carlo Cudicini Italian
Steak Adriano Brazilian
Super Pippo Filippo Inzaghi Italian
El Tren Adolfo Valencia Colombian
Tank Yochanan Vollach Israeli
Tank Alex Brazilian
The non-flying Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp Dutch
Tino Faustino Asprilla Colombian
Titi Thierry Henry French
Totò Salvatore Schillaci Italian
Tsar Lo Zar(Italian) Pietro Vierchowod Italian
Vishnu Vikash Dhorasoo French
Yogi John Hughes Scottish
Wazza Wayne Rooney English
Welsh Wizard Ryan Giggs Welsh
White Pelé Arthur Antunes Coimbra Brazilian
Wizard of the Dribble Stanley Matthews English
Zico Arthur Antunes Coimbra Brazilian
Zog on the Tyne Charles N'Zogbia French
Rabbit Zeko (Bosnian) Almir Turkovic Bosnian
Zizou Zinedine Zidane French
Divine Master Divino Mestre (Portuguese)[1] Domingos da Guia Brazilian
Football Encyclopedia Enciclopédia do Futebol (Portuguese)[2] Nílton Santos Brazilian
Little Rooster of Quintino Galinho de Quintino (Portuguese)[3] Arthur Antunes Coimbra Brazilian
Spider Zeljko Kalac Australian
The crocodile Il Coccodrillo (Italian) Zeljko Kalac Australian
The Apache El Apache Carlos Tevez Argentinian

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