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What do you guys rate as the best nicknames in world football?
Here are a few of my favourites.
Roberto Baggio - Il Divino Codino (The Divine Ponytail)
Robbie Fowler - God
Leo Messi - La Pulga (The Flea)
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu - Dave
Luis Suarez - El Pistolero (The Gunslinger) or The Cannibal of Ajax or the Vampire of Montevideo
Jon Flanagan - Scouse Cafu
Andres Iniesta - El Cerebro (The Brain)
Phillipe Lamb - The Magic Dwarf
Phillipe Coutinho - The Magician
Frank Ribery - Scarface
Eusebio - Pantera Negra (The Black Panther)
Fitz Hall - One Size
Some classics in there...
Here are a few of my favourites.
Roberto Baggio - Il Divino Codino (The Divine Ponytail)
Robbie Fowler - God
Leo Messi - La Pulga (The Flea)
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu - Dave
Luis Suarez - El Pistolero (The Gunslinger) or The Cannibal of Ajax or the Vampire of Montevideo
Jon Flanagan - Scouse Cafu
Andres Iniesta - El Cerebro (The Brain)
Phillipe Lamb - The Magic Dwarf
Phillipe Coutinho - The Magician
Frank Ribery - Scarface
Eusebio - Pantera Negra (The Black Panther)
Fitz Hall - One Size
Some classics in there...
Del Piero - il Capitano, il Pinturicchio (This nickname arose when former president Gianni Agnelli compared the emerging talent Del Piero to the renaissance artist Pinturicchio, who was the student of the great Italian renaissance artist "Rafaello", a nickname he had used to describe Baggio, to emphasise his elegance on the ball.)
Pirlo - Mozart
Nedved - Furia Ceca (The Czech Fury)
David Trezeguet - Trezegol
Fabio Cannavaro - Il Muro di Berlino" ("The Berlin Wall")
Zidane - Zizou

