Funny Stuff

Thousands of players exist in the TM universe - and some have funny names, either they have the same name as famous people or footballers, or they just have funny sounding names... ;-)

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Al Jardine - founding member of the Beach Boys

Antonio Meucci - Italian inventor of telephone

Ben Foster

Brett Lee - Australian cricketer

Christian Totti - Francesco Totti's son

Dwane "The Rock" Johnson - Canadian-American actor and former wrestler

Elton John

Enrico Papi - Italian television host

Fernando Scherer - famous Brazilian swimmer

George Bush

George Michael

Giorgio Rocca - Italian skier

Gordon Brown

Gordon Ramsay

Guido Meda - Italian journalist

Guido Son Gonku - character from the cartoon series Dragon Ball

James Bond

Jim Morrison - singer

Jimmy McBride - actor

John Cena - Wrestler

Kurt Beck - German politician

Leslie Nielsen - Canadian actor

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo - Italian businessman and Chairman of Ferrari and Fiat

Luke Fitzgerald - Irish rugby player

Mao Zedong

Michael Douglas

Michael Griffin

Muhammad Ali

Pablo Escobar

Paulo Bento

Peter Griffin - character from the cartoon Family Guy

Randy Savage - wrestler

Robbie Williams

Ronan O'Gara - Irish rugby player

Salvatore Riina - former Sicilian Mafia boss

Scott Brown

Stephen Maguire - Scottish professional snooker player

Steve Martin - American Actor

Thomas Helmig - Danish singer

Tom Tucker - character from the cartoon Family Guy

Tony Blair

Uffe Holm - Danish comedian

Vincenzo Esposito - Italian basketball player

William Shakespeare

William Wallace - Scottish knight

Yuriy Gagarin

Zachary Thomas - American player of the NFL

FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Abdoulaye Méïté

Alessandro Nesta

Alexander Tettey

Andriy Shevchenko

Antonio Floro Flores

Brian Ching

Brian McBride

Bruno Alves

Carlos Tevez

Cristian Molinaro

Cristiano Zanetti

Daniele De Rossi

Dani Alves

Daniel Carvalho

Daniel Cousin

Danut Coman

Darko Kovačevič

David Beckham

David Bentley

David Nugent

Didier Drogba

Diego Lopez

Dimitar Berbatov

Emanuele Calaiò

Esteban Cambiasso

Fabio Quagliarella

Francesco Tavano

Francesco Totti

Gabriel Milito

Georghe Hagi - former Romanian footballer

Gilberto Silva

Giuseppe Favalli

Giuseppe Meazza - former Italian footballer

Goran Pandev

Hernan Crespo

Hugo Sánchez - former Mexican footballer

Ivan Leko

Jaime Moreno

Jairzinho - former Brazilian footballer

Jared Borgetti

Juan Roman Riquelme

Julio Cruz

Kolo Touré

Lionel Messi

Luca Toni

Luis García

Mark Viduka

Mario Balotelli

Mario Gomez

Matthew Derbyshire

Maxi Gonzalez

Michael Essien

Michael Goossens - former Belgian striker

Michael Owen

Nikos Lyberopoulos

Pablo Aimar

Paolo Maldini

Paul Robinson

Radek Cerny

Ray Houghton - former Scottish footballer and Irish NT player

Rob Jones - former Liverpool FC player

Sergio Ramos

Shaun Maloney

Souleymane Bamba

Steven Gerrard

Thierry Henry

Tim Cahill

Tommaso Rocchi

Vicenzo Iaquinta

JUST FOR FUN

Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Aziz

Alexandre Danoninho - surname means yoghurt in Portuguese

A. Club

A. Farmer

A. Field

A. Virgin

Bimbo Oliveira

Budi Budi

Charlie Brown

Christmas Russell

Coty Playfair

Detlef Dickmann

Dick Brown

Frederico Happy Meal

Gay Chika

Gaylord Focker

Geir Ådland - the name means "Geir ate a country" in Danish

Homeslice Speller

Jamaluddin a/l SaleemuddinJara Sultan

Jimmy Dicman

Just Fog

Karsten "Olfertfischer" - nicknamed before the nickname function arrived

Kunt Ufuk

Lionel Assmann

Mi Pula - the surname means "dick" in Romanian

Milan Horny

Oliveira Bip Bip

Quarto Genito - means "fourthborn" in Italian

Riley Drinkwater

Robert Boner

Sébastien Lion

Secondo Buono - means "Good second" in Italian, and he really is a good reserve

Semen Nepyipyvo - means Don't drink beer in Ukraine

Shashibhushan Shashibhushan

She Man

Tio Patinhas - means Uncle Scrooge in portuguese

Tó Capuchinho vermelho

Travis Hornblower

Trilokchand Nishit Nishita Nishtha Nita Niten Nitesh - longest player name, 46 letters

Ufuk Tuna

Woodrow Street

You Fook

Zlatko Bilen - the name means "Zlatko the car" in Danish