Players whose names are a lie

André Dominguez

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From our squad:

Martial - not really an aggressive player as his name sugests.
Juan Mata - Never murdered anyone
Hannibal - Not really into human meat tasting
Greenwood - Not sure, since only his gf can confirm
 

IrishBlue1

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Aug 5, 2018
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Everton
Declan Rice - It does not go well when you pour curry sauce and meat over him
 

crossy1686

career ending
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Jun 5, 2010
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Location
Manchester/Stockholm
Ljungberg - Heather mountain
Forsberg - Rapids mountain
Berg - Mountain
Lustig - Funny (he's really not)

None of these Swedish players are actual mountains.
 

JJ12

Predicted Portugal, Italy to win Euro 2016, 2020
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Mar 30, 2016
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Location
Wales
Isaac Success - utter failure
 

roonster09

Hercule Poirot of the scouting world
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May 10, 2009
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36,760
Chris Wood - He is not wood. Maybe his name is Chris' wood.
 

roonster09

Hercule Poirot of the scouting world
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May 10, 2009
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36,760
Kyle Walker - he is anything but a walker. Should be Kyle Runner.
 

Piratesoup

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Jul 12, 2013
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Bayern München
Philipp Lahm wasn't the quickest, but he wasn't "lame" by any measure.
 

PINGUtd

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Jul 31, 2016
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Location
CH
Bastian Schweinsteiger translates to "pig climber" (German)

Zoophila is a felony.
 

horsechoker

The Caf's Roy Keane.
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Apr 16, 2015
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The stable
jan vennegoor of hesselink because WTF

English newspaper The Guardian researched his unusual-sounding name and found that he was thus named because:

...way back in the 17th century, two farming families in the Enschede area of Holland intermarried. Both the Vennegoor and Hesselink names carried equal social weight, and so – rather than choose between them – they chose to use both. 'Of' in Dutch actually translates to 'or', which would mean that a strict translation of his name would read Jan Vennegoor or Hesselink
 

Mihai

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Leon Best - not really


One for the Romanians on the caf.

Adrian Mutu - can speak