Players with rude-sounding names

[phelans shorts]

carsten jancker, the german striker

 

[SittingBull]

There is also a South American team called Deportivo Wanka and an Austrian football ground called The Wankdorf Stadium.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Isn't Kuyt some kind of Aussie slang for crumpet?

no

 

[karan316]

The Bender brothers who play for 1860... they're supposed to be quite good too

Oh Bum-Suk - full Korean international

Paul Dickov

 

[cesc's_mullet]

true. or Ruud Gullit.

or Robin Van Rapist.

Christiano Rapenaldo anyone?

 

[cesc's_mullet]

Nicklas Bendtner.

 

[Flying Fox]

Cesc feckinthegrass?

 

[The Law of Denis]

Julian Dicks,

Martin Jol has two brothers called Dick and Cock

"'My poor brother. He has to go around and introduce himself as Cornelius to everyone now. It's stupid. Cock is just a nickname in Holland, a short version of his name. I mean, what's so funny about that? It's his name and my other brother's name is Dick. This is normal in Holland."

 

[Collina]

:jol:

 

[lem8sh]

Bernt Haas

 

[fishfingers15]

Cricket : Ryan Sidebottom

Leverkusen's goalkeeper was also named Butt.

 

[Melbourne Red]

Isn't Kuyt some kind of Aussie slang for crumpet?

Yep, pronounced 'coight'

 

[Melbourne Red]

Cricket : Ryan Sidebottom

His old man played for United didn't he?

 

[vanthaman]

There is also a South American team called Deportivo Wanka and an Austrian football ground called The Wankdorf Stadium.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=337901

 

[peterstorey]

Of course there was Dutch midfield of Fanny Merde, Fanny Faart and Fan Bumhole.

 

[Ramshock]

What about our own Rodrigo Pussybum?

I have you all beat, this takes the biscuit...its gridiron but check it out

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=148900

 

[beergod]

BSC Young Boys aka Arsene's dream club

 

[robertsoncrusoe]

Mike Hunt

 

[paulthesinger]

Djorkaef and Van Hooijdonk.
My ex thought their names were Jerkoff and Van Hugedong!

 

[rotherham_red]

Rafael Scheidt

 

[Collina]

Van Hooijdonk.

When your name is Pierre van Hooijdonk, there's no excuse for not scoring with some kind of weird Peter Crouch-esque shot in every game.

 

[Plechazunga]

Nwankwo Kanu
Nigel Spink (sounds a bit like 'spunk')

 

[Makki]

I think there's a team called "Admira Wacker".

 

[Viper KGB]

Ars Bandeet
This one could be an urban legend, but apparently this was the name of an Algerian international in the 1970s.

Dudu

Nwankwo Kanu

Roberto López Ufarte

David Batty

 

[Zen86]

johnson

 

[Cristiano_RAFC]

Belgian defender that used to play for Bruges and the Belgian national team: Olivier De Cock

 

[Nistelrooy10]

Ballack
Zhirkov
Arshavin
Kuntz
Quim
Dickov
Shittu

Any more?

Only because the British are incapable or too lazy to learn to pronounce the names correctly.

 

[samabachan]

Only because the British are incapable or too lazy to learn to pronounce the names correctly.

Oh feck off you miserable twat.

He played for CSKA Moscow in the 50s I think.

 

[Nistelrooy10]

Oh feck off you miserable twat.

He played for CSKA Moscow in the 50s I think.

It's really irritating when you hear jerk-off, but in reality, his name doesn't sound anything like that, not even close. You feel for the lad.

 

[Plechazunga]

It is actually fairly similar, the English j is just zh (ʒ) with a d before it. If you're from the many regions that pronounce the post-vocalic r, like America, Ireland, most of Scotland or South-West England then it's only really the quality of the vowel that's different. But you don't have to be from those places to 'hear' the pun, because we're very used to hearing those native speakers and most foreigners pronouncing the r in jerk-off.

It's about as similar to 'jerk-off' as 'Spink' is to 'spunk', ie really quite similar

I hope this helps

 

[rednev]

It is actually fairly similar, the English j is just zh (ʒ) with a d before it. If you're from the many regions that pronounce the post-vocalic r, like America, Ireland, most of Scotland or South-West England then it's only really the quality of the vowel that's different. But you don't have to be from those places to 'hear' the pun, because we're very used to hearing those native speakers and most foreigners pronouncing the r in jerk-off.

It's about as similar to 'jerk-off' as 'Spink' is to 'spunk'

I hope this helps

I thought you weren't supposed to reach 1,000 posts....?

 

[Snow]

Totti

Kinda means blowjob in Icelandic.

 

[Coca Cola]

Totti

Kinda means blowjob in Icelandic.

If you're talking about names that sound dirty in Icelandic, you have to mention Pavel Kuka.

 

[Alwyn]

Apparently there was an Algerian international in the '70s called Ars Bandeet.

And also there's David Goodwillie.

 

[samabachan]

There must have been an Italian called something like Andrea Bochi (sp?) mustn't there?

 

[77]

Titi Camara

 

[chewingkebabs]

Pienaar.

 

[Cling Bak]

Sven Goran Erection

That's really tickled me.

 

[Nistelrooy10]

It is actually fairly similar, the English j is just zh (ʒ) with a d before it. If you're from the many regions that pronounce the post-vocalic r, like America, Ireland, most of Scotland or South-West England then it's only really the quality of the vowel that's different. But you don't have to be from those places to 'hear' the pun, because we're very used to hearing those native speakers and most foreigners pronouncing the r in jerk-off.

It's about as similar to 'jerk-off' as 'Spink' is to 'spunk', ie really quite similar

I hope this helps

It's not. It's a sound that doesn't have an equivalent in English. I guess it would in French, where it would be like "j" but I don't know French.
The "v" is very hard v, you already mentioned the "r" and the accent on the word is different. When you combine those 4 things, it's doesn't sound anything like "jerk-off".

 

[Plechazunga]

It's not. It's a sound that doesn't have an equivalent in English.

Read what I wrote. The English 'j' is that sound with a 'd' in front of it.

Also, the equivalent sound does occur on its own in English, as in the 's' in 'pleasure'

The "v" is very hard v, you already mentioned the "r" and the accent on the word is different. When you combine those 4 things, it's doesn't sound anything like "jerk-off".

Russian final 'v' is pronounced 'f' - or at least, that's the English sound it's closest to.

The 'r' works fine because most English speakers do pronounce it, and those of us who don't hear it all the time.

The accent? Now you're really clutching at straws.

To sum up -

Russian pronunciation: ʒɨrkof

English pronunciation: dʒɝrkof / dʒɜːkof

In other words, very similar, certainly similar enought to make a reasonable pun on

I hope this helps