Brooks insists that I "publish it. It's awesome." So here's his list of the best soccer nicknames.
- El Diablo Marco Etcheverry
- El Pescadito Carlos Ruiz
- Padwan Rodrigo Palacio
- der Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer
- The Black Pearl Eusebio
- De rots van Kampen (The Rock from Kampen) Jaap Stam
- The Beast Julio Baptista
- The Apache Carlos Tevez
- Baby-Face Assassin Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
- The Ebony Tripod Claude Makelele
- The Matrix Marco Materazzi
So who makes your all-time nickname list? Other than K2, of course.
Well, someone actually has to READ this blog to post a comment...
ReplyDeleteBH
you come up with three nicknames after a five minute google search and you have the gall to snark in comments?!?!?
ReplyDeleteHow about "Meep Meep" for Marc Overmars?
ReplyDeleteBut, then again, I'm not the paid professional blogger here...
BH
here, nor am I.
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