Players named after their dads fav player.

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Dennis Bergkamp is named after Denis Law. (an additional N had to be added due to dutch law)

& last week when there was a link to the Cardiff City player, Robert Nesta Glatzel, i noted that his Dad named him after Bob Marley!

any others ?

 

[Anton_Berg]

Bryan Habana (ok wrong game) , named after Bryan Robson apparently.

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Neeskens Kabano !

 

[Jedi boro]

Most Kevin’s on the continent were named after Kevin keegan during his spell in Germany etc so I’m not sure if debruyne is but I know a few Germany Players were

 

[Biggy]

Our cummins is always angry at this.

 

[festa5]

Ronaldo and Romario Vieira. Former Leeds (mainly) youth team players. Talk about names to try and live up to

 

[davidmills]

I myself am named after a certain Mr Clough, Boro”s 50/60”s record goal scoring number 9.
He was my late Mam and Dad’s all time favourite Boro player.
Mind if I was born in 60/70”s I’d have been a John and thank god I wasn’t born in 80/90”s as I’d have been called Bernie.

 

[Lefty]

I myself am named after a certain Mr Clough, Boro”s 50/60”s record goal scoring number 9.
He was my late Mam and Dad’s all time favourite Boro player.
Mind if I was born in 60/70”s I’d have been a John and thank god I wasn’t born in 80/90”s as I’d have been called Bernie.

But did you have to name your kids Caleb, Chuba and Szilard?

 

[newyddion]

Dennis Bergkamp is named after Denis Law. (an additional N had to be added due to dutch law)

& last week when there was a link to the Cardiff City player, Robert Nesta Glatzel, i noted that his Dad named him after Bob Marley!

any others ?

what is the law?

 

[newyddion]

the registrar reject 'Denis' - but accepted it with two N's - 'denis' must be something in the dutch version of wordsmithing.

Because it looks like Penis?

 

[Norfolkred1]

Jesus

As he was bit of a player

 

[LaPennaBianca]

Because it looks like Penis?

Sheer hypocrisy for the country that brought us Bryan Pinas

 

[Rolloutthebarrel]

I know of someone named after his Mum's favourite player - Christopher Juninho.

I guess she had a thing for Chris Sutton

 

[Caretaker1]

Dennis Bergkamp is named after Denis Law. (an additional N had to be added due to dutch law)

& last week when there was a link to the Cardiff City player, Robert Nesta Glatzel, i noted that his Dad named him after Bob Marley!

any others ?

Fuchs Ake

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Nat Phillips is named after Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse











This may not be true but it should be.

 

[SilentProf]

theres a player from South Africa called Rivaldo Coetzee

He’s actually called Rivaldo Roberto Genino Coatzee after three of Brazil’s Olympic team from 1996 including our own little fella.

There are loads in Brazil. It’s a bit of a tradition there.

The bizarre history of football-inspired names: from German Kevins to the 600 Brazilians called Lineker

Can a moniker make or break a career? How did Mighty Mouse become the father of all German Kevins? Huw Davies uncovers the game’s bizarre and at times baffling nomenclature

www.fourfourtwo.com

 

[fozzylegend]

Clue: there's two Stueys in my avatar and i am the littl'un ( also middle name is John, as in Craggs.

 

[SmallTown]

the registrar reject 'Denis' - but accepted it with two N's - 'denis' must be something in the dutch version of wordsmithing.

It's funny how countries have laws preventing certain names.

Technically Jordi Cruyff's name is illegal. When his dad tried to register him in Spain it was going to be changed to Jorge because catalan names were illegal. It was decided, given how famous his dad is, to break the rules for him.

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

Trezeguet, the Egyptian one who plays for Villa.

Named after France's UEFA 2000 hero Zinedine Zidane, obviously.