I noticed today that Pompey are looking at a defender called Mustapha Dumbuya.....perfect name for a Pompey target. Anybody got any other really apt player names?
I did chuckle in the euros when the Germans (I think) brought on Lars Bender as a sub. I told the wife it was a silent L
And how can we say anything when we were just a poor spelling away from the best ever .... Ali Dia (Dire)
Rafael Scheidt- Brazilian signed by Celtic, one called the "second worst transfer" in the history of football. This led to the famous chant, "You're Scheidt and you know you are!" This, being a factual statement, could not be construed as obscene language.
Remember one commentator struggling with an Eastern European name. He finally said, 'Well he's not going to get the ball much.'
There's a fella in the dutch league called Ricky Van Wolfswinkel. If you look closely there's not one, but TWO penis references in there. However, in our own youth team we have a lad who is the lovechild of a crude early 90's animation and one of the world's most loathed dictators; Bevis Mugabi.
No longer in the Dutch league, he's now playing (very well) for Lisbon. Very good player, very good name.
The German player Stefan Kuntz, the Cameroon striker Jean-Jacques Misse-Misse and the one time Newcastle player Alberto Pinas. Just imagine if Alberto had ever launched a high tackle on Stefan. Mark Lawrenson would probably implode with happiness as he said 'Pinas really got stuck in to Kuntz there'.