Ian Poveda: one of the great first name/surname combos

[Oranges038]

Danger Fourpence - one of the best names ever in the history of anything.

Chiqui Arce, nearly the only player I remember from the Paraguay 98WC squad (probably not pronounced cheeky arse, but that's sounds better)


And who could forget that Algerian great Ars Bandeet.

 

[Tom Cato]

Fabian Assman - No one greater.
Wolfgang Wolf
Danny Shittu
Milan Fukal
Uwe Fuchs
Creedence Clearwater Couto
Dean Windass
Lars Bender
Stefan Kuntz

https://www.openplay.co.uk/blog/top-27-funniest-names-in-football

 

[Grylte]

 

[Jonesno.8]

Don't forget Fulhams Papa Booby Job/ Buba Diop

 

[Melbourne Red]

I don’t think many of you understand this thread at all.

It was doomed from the beginning.

 

[matherto]

Kevin Großkreutz

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Ian Nacho
Eric Laporte

 

[Irrational.]

Any name that is alliterative has a certain polish to it:

Victor Valdes
Paul Pogba
Didier Drogba
Andrei Arshavin

 

[Brophs]

It was doomed from the beginning.

Oh, here he is. As soon as things go wrong here’s good old Melbourne Red to shit all over my pain. Seagulls and trawlers, innit…

 

[Karel Podolsky]

I don’t think many of you understand this thread at all.

Mohamed Trezeguet,
Am I doing it correctly?

 

[JinnerJamie]

The Premier League G.O.A.Ts

Jayjay Okocha

Yakubu Ayegbeni

 

[1950]

Decent effort, but no patch on Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien.

Some other good ones are:

Marcelo Brozović
Antonio Rüdiger
Marcel Titsch-Rivero (more of a surname/surname combo)

 

[MemphisDepay]

These threads are never complete without a bit of Rod Fanni

 

[André Dominguez]

Mark de Man still the best defender name ever. Too bad he was a midfielder.