List of sportspeople by nickname
This is a list of sportspeople by nickname.
Aviation sport
- "Mungo" = Mike Mangold,
- "The Quick Corsican" = Nicolas Ivanoff,
- "Witt" = Steve Wittman,
Baseball
Basketball
- "Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, American forward-center[4]
- "Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, American point guard[5]
- "The Admiral" = David Robinson, American center[6]
- "A.I." = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard[7]
- "Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, American point guard
- "The Answer" = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard[7]
- "The A-Train" = Artis Gilmore, American center[8]
- "Big Aristotle" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center[9]
- "Big Ben" = Ben Wallace, American center-forward[10]
- "Big Country" = Bryant Reeves, American center[11]
- "The Big Dipper" = Wilt Chamberlain, American center[12]
- "Big Dog" = Glenn Robinson, American power forward[13]
- "The Big E" = Elvin Hayes, American power forward[14]
- "Big Nasty" = Corliss Williamson, American power forward[15]
- "Big O" = Oscar Robertson, American point guard (and precursor to the modern point forward)[16]
- "Big Red" = Dave Cowens, American center[17]
- "The Big Ticket" = Kevin Garnett, United States power forward[18]
- "Bimbo" = Vernell Coles, United States basketball player[19]
- "Bird" = George Yardley, United States basketball player[20]
- "Black Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, United States shooting guard
- "Blue" = Theo Edwards, United States shooting guard[21]
- "Bo" = Charles Outlaw, United States power forward[22]
- "Buck" = Charles Williams, United States power forward[23]
- "Buddha" = James Edwards, United States center[24]
- "Buddy" = Harry Jeannette, United States basketball player[25]
- "Butterbean" = Bob Love, United States power forward[26]
- "Cadillac" = Greg Anderson, United States basketball player[27]
- "Cat" = Cuttino Mobley, United States basketball player[28]
- "Chief" = Robert Parish, American center[29]
- "Chocolate Thunder" = Darryl Dawkins, American center[30]
- "The Chuckster" = Charles Barkley, American power forward[31]
- "Clyde" = Walt Frazier, United States point guard[32]
- "Clyde The Glide" = Clyde Drexler, United States shooting guard[33]
- "Cornbread" = Cedric Maxwell, United States basketball power forward[34]
- "DJ" = Dennis Johnson, American combo guard[35]
- "D Square" = Dale Davis, United States center[36]
- "Dee" = DeCovan Kadell Brown, United States basketball player[37]
- "Diesel" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center[9]
- "Doc" = Glenn Rivers, American point guard[38]
- "Dr. Dunkenstein" = Darrell Griffith, American shooting guard[39]
- "Dr. J" = Julius Erving, American small forward[40]
- "Dr. Rounds" = Dan Roundfield, United States power forward[41]
- "Dollar Bill" = Bill Bradley, American small forward[42]
- "Doug E. Fresh" = Gerald Wilkins, United States shooting guard[43]
- "The Dream" = Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American center[44]
- "Dugie" = Slater Martin, United States basketball player[45]
- "Earl The Pearl" = Earl Monroe, United States shooting guard[46]
- "The enormous Mormon" = Shawn Bradley, United States center[47]
- "Fast Eddie" = Edward Johnson Jr., United States basketball player[48]
- "Fat" = Lafayette Lever, United States point guard[49]
- "The Glove" = Gary Payton, American point guard[50]
- "The Goat" = Earl Manigault, United States basketball player[51]
- "Googs" = Tom Gugliotta, United States power forward[52]
- "Grandma-ma" = Larry Johnson, United States power forward[53]
- "Greyhound" = Walter Davis, United States shooting guard[54]
- "Hap" or "Happy" = Harold Hairston, United States basketball player[55]
- "The Hawk" = Connie Hawkins, United States power forward[56]
- "The High Ayatolla of Slamola" = Larry Nance, United States power forward[57]
- "His Heinous" = Bill Laimbeer, United States center[58]
- "Hondo" = John Havlicek, American small forward[59]
- "Horse" = Dan Issel, American forward-center[60]
- "Hot Rod" =
- Rodney Hundley, American swingman[61]
- John Williams, American power forward[62]
- "The Houdini of the Hardwood" = Bob Cousy, American point guard[63]
- "The Hoya Destroya" = Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American center[64]
- "The Human Highlight Reel" = Dominique Wilkins, American combo forward[65]
- "Iceman" = George Gervin, American shooting guard[66]
- "Jellybean" = Joe Bryant, United States power forward and WNBA coach[67]
- "Junior" = Ulysses Bridgeman, American small forward[68]
- "The Junk Yard Dog" = Jerome Williams, United States power forward[69]
- "Kangaroo Kid" = Billy Cunningham, United States basketball player[70]
- "Li'l Abner" = Cliff Hagan, American forward-center[71]
- "Mad Max" = Vernon Maxwell, United States shooting guard[72]
- "Magic" = Earvin Johnson, American point guard[73]
- "The Mailman" = Karl Malone, United States power forward[74]
- "Mão Santa" (Portuguese for "Holy Hand") = Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian small forward[75]
- "Microwave" = Vinnie Johnson, American shooting guard[76]
- "Mighty Mouse" = Damon Stoudamire, American point guard[77]
- "Mr. Big Shot" = Chauncey Billups, American guard
- "Mr. Bill" = Bill Cartwright, American center[78]
- "Mr. Clutch" = Jerry West, United States shooting guard[79]
- "Mr. Everything" = Craig Ehlo, American small forward[80]
- "Mr. Mean" = Larry Smith, United States basketball player[81]
- "Mr. Moves" = Michael Russell, United States basketball player[82]
- "Moochie" = Martyn Norris, United States point guard[83]
- "Mookie" = Daron Blaylock, United States point guard[84]
- "Muggsy" = Tyrone Bogues, American point guard[85]
- "Nate The Great" = Nate Thurmond, United States center[86]
- "Never Nervous" = Pervis Ellison, United States center[87]
- "Nick The Quick" = Nick Van Exel, American point guard[88]
- "The Owl Without a Vowel" = Bill Mlkvy, United States basketball player[89]
- "Peja" = Predrag Stojaković, Serbian small forward[90]
- "Penny" = Anfernee Hardaway, United States basketball player[91]
- "Pistol Pete" = Pete Maravich, United States shooting guard[92]
- "Pitchin' Paul" = Paul Arizin, United States basketball player[93]
- "Pooh" = Jerome Richardson, United States basketball player[94]
- "Popeye" = Ronald Jones, United States power forward[95]
- "The Reign Man" = Shawn Kemp, United States power forward[96]
- "Red" = Johnny Kerr, United States basketball player[97]
- "Red" = Ephraim J. Rocha, United States basketball player[98]
- "Rifleman" = Chuck Person, American small forward[99]
- "Rip" = Richard Hamilton, United States shooting guard[100]
- "Rooney" = Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian shooting guard[101]
- "The Round Mound of Rebound" = Charles Barkley, American power forward[31]
- "Shaq" = Shaquille O'Neal, United States center[9]
- "Sheed" = Rasheed Wallace, United States power forward[102]
- "Silk" = Jamaal Wilkes, American small forward[103]
- "Sir Charles" = Charles Barkley, United States power forward[31]
- "Sleepy" = Eric Floyd, United States shooting guard[104]
- "Smush" = William Parker, United States basketball player[105]
- "Speedy" = Craig Claxton, United States point guard[106]
- "Spider" =
- John Salley, United States power forward[107]
- Jerry Sloan, United States shooting guard[108]
- "Spud" = Anthony Webb, American point guard[109]
- "The Squid" = Sidney Moncrief, American shooting guard[110]
- "Starbury" = Stephon Marbury, United States basketball player[111]
- "Stormin' Norman" = Norm Van Lier, American point guard[112]
- "Stumpy" = Gail Goodrich, United States basketball player[113]
- "Sweetwater" = Nathaniel Clifton, United States basketball player[114]
- "T-Mac" = Tracy McGrady, American swingman[115]
- "Thunder Dan" = Dan Majerle, United States shooting guard[116]
- "Tiny" = Nate Archibald, American point guard[117]
- "Tractor" = Robert Traylor, United States power forward[118]
- "Tree" = Wayne Rollins, United States center[119]
- "The Truth" = Paul Pierce, United States basketball player[120]
- "U.D." = Udonis Haslem, American power forward[121]
- "The Waiter" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward[122]
- "Wilt the Stilt" = Wilt Chamberlain, United States center[12]
- "The Wizard(s)" =
- Gus Williams, United States basketball player[123]
- Walt Williams, United States basketball player[124]
- "The Worm" = Dennis Rodman, United States power forward[125]
- "The X-Man" = Xavier McDaniel, American power forward[126]
- "Zeke" = Isiah Thomas, United States point guard[127]
- "Zeke from Cabin Creek" = Jerry West, United States shooting guard[79]
Biathlon
- "The Cannibal" = Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- "The Flying Frenchman" = Raphaël Poirée
- "The King of Biathlon" = Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- "Lucky Luke" = Simon Eder
- "Rotkäppchen" (German: "Little Red Riding Hood") = Kati Wilhelm
- "Super-Svendsen" = Emil Hegle Svendsen
- "Turbo-Disl" = Uschi Disl
- "Willi the Kid" = Wilfried Pallhuber
Boxing
- "Big Bad John" = John McDermott
- "Fraudley" = Audley Harrison
- "Old Chocolate" = George Godfrey
Bullfighting
- "José Falcón" = José Carlos Frita Falcao
- "El Niño del Sol Naciente" = Atsuhiro Shimoyama
Cricket
- "The Wall" = Rahul Dravid,
- "The Cat" = Phil Tufnell,
- "Creepy" = John Crawley,
- "Chef", "Captain Cook" = Alistair Cook,
- "Beefy" = Ian Botham,
- "Banger" = Marcus Trescothick,
- "Pup" = Michael Clarke,
- "Smudge" = Steve Smith,
- "Baz" = Brendon McCullum,
- "The Big Show" = Glenn Maxwell,
- "White Lightning" = Allan Donald,
- "Steyn Gun" = Dale Steyn,
- "Alfie" = Justin Langer,
- "Haydos" = Matthew Hayden,
- "All Hands Zondeki" = Monde Zondeki,
- "Fizz", "Cutter master" = Mustafizur Rahman,
- "Narail Express" = Mashrafe Mortaza,
- "Rawalpindi Express" = Shoaib Akhtar,
- "Little Master", "God of Cricket" = Sachin Tendulkar,
- "Dada" = Sourav Ganguly,
- "Boom Boom Afridi", "Lala" = Shahid Afridi,
- "Gabbar" = Shikhar Dhawan,
- "Mr.360 Degree" = AB de Villiers,
- "Cheeku", "King Kohli" = Virat Kohli,
- "Bhajji" = Harbhajan Singh,
- "Captain Cool" = Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
Cycling
- "The Animal" = Ellen van Dijk,
- "Afro-Bob" = Robert de Wilde,
- "Amtrak" = Charles Townsend,
- "Big Chuck" = Charles Townsend,
- "Black Magic" = Charles Townsend,
- "Breakaway killer" = Ji Cheng,
- "Bubba" = Burlin Harris III,
- "Chasemainian Devil" = Charles Townsend,
- "Choo-Choo Charlie" = Charles Townsend,
- "Crazy Eric" = Eric Steele,
- "Dirt" = Brian Foster,
- "The Earthquake" = Eric Carter,
- "Farmer John" = John Tomac,
- "The Fleein' Korean" = Charles Townsend,
- "The Flying Dutchman" = Robert de Wilde,
- "The Golden Child" = Eric Carter,
- "The Green Hornet" = David Zabriskie,
- "His Royal Hoyness" = Chris Hoy,
- "Hoycules" = Chris Hoy,
- "Jack" = John Prince,
- "Jake the Snake" = Jacob Heilbron,
- "Johnny T" = John Tomac,
- "King of Skateparks" = Eddie Fiola,
- "Leopard Head" = Sam Pilgrim,
- "Mellow Johnny" = Lance Armstrong,
- "No Way Rey" = Hans Rey,
- "The Real McHoy" = Chris Hoy,
- "Scrawny" = Donald Robinson,
- "Sheffield Steel" = Steve Peat,
- "The Snake" = Mike King,
- "Speeding Locomotive Charlie" = Charles Townsend,
- "Steam Engine Charlie" = Charles Townsend,
- "Stumpdog" = Randy Stumpfhauser,
- "Stumpy" = Randy Stumpfhauser,
- "T.I." = Takashi Ito,
- "Tomac Attack" = John Tomac,
- "The Tome" = John Tomac,
- "Torchy" = William Peden,
Darts
- "Wolfie" = Martin Adams
- "The Flying Scotsman" = Gary Anderson
- "Barney" = Raymond van Barneveld
- "The Crafty Cockney" = Eric Bristow
- "The Viking" = Andy Fordham
- "Mighty Mike" = Michael van Gerwen
- "Jackpot" = Adrian Lewis
- "Old Stone Face" = John Lowe
- "Darth Maple" = John Part
- "The Power" = Phil Taylor
- "Jocky" = Jocky Wilson
Football
Association football
- "L'Aeroplanino" (Italian for "The Little Aeroplane") = Vincenzo Montella, Italian striker[176]
- "El Ángel Gabriel" (Spanish for "The Angel Gabriel"), "Batigol" = Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine striker[177]
- "Angelo Anguilla" (Italian for "Angelo the Eel") = Angelo Anquilletti, Italian defender[178]
- "El Apache" (Spanish for "The Apache") = Carlos Tevez, Argentine striker[179]
- "The Architect", "Maestro", "The Metronome", "Mozart", "The Professor" = Andrea Pirlo, Italian midfielder[180][181][182][183]
- "L'Ascensore Umano" (Italian for "The Human Lift") = Sebastiano Rossi, Italian goalkeeper[184]
- "The Atomic Ant" = Sebastian Giovinco, Italian forward[185]
- "Aussie Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[186]
- "O Baixinho" (Portuguese for "The Shorty") = Romário, Brazilian striker
- "The Bald Eagle"
- "Il Balilla" (Genoese for "The Little Boy") = Giuseppe Meazza, Italian forward and manager[192][193]
- "Baz" = Barry Cogan, Irish footballer[194][195]
- "BBC"
- Juventus's defensive trio, made up of Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, and Giorgio Chiellini[196]
- Real Madrid's attacking trio, made up of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo[197]
- "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian striker[176]
- "Berba" = Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian striker[198]
- "The Beast" = Mamadou Sakho, French defender;[199] Zach Thornton, American goalkeeper[200]
- "El Beatle", "The Fifth Beatle" = George Best, Northern Irish winger[201]
- "Becks", "DB7" = David Beckham, English midfielder[202]
- "Bello di Notte" (Italian for "Beautiful at Night"), "Zibì" = Zbigniew Boniek, Polish midfielder[203]
- "Bes" (Russian for "Demon") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian striker[204]
- "Big Ben" = Christian Benteke, Belgian striker
- "The Big Man", "Cesar", "King Billy" = Billy McNeill, Scottish defender[176]
- "Big Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian manager[205]
- "Billy" = Alessandro Costacurta, Italian defender[206][207]
- "Er Bimbo de Oro" (A Roman dialect/Spanish hybrid, translating to "The Golden Boy"), "L'Ottavo Re di Roma" (Italian for "The Eighth King of Rome"), "Er Pupone" (Roman for "The Big Baby"), "Il Capitano" (Italian for "The Captain"), and "Il Gladiatore" (Italian for "The Gladiator")[208][209]= Francesco Totti, Italian striker
- "The Black Panther", "The Black Pearl" = Eusébio, Portuguese striker
- "The Black Spider"
- Lev Yashin (also "The Black Panther"), Russian goalkeeper
- Fabio Cudicini, Italian goalkeeper[210]
- Thomas N'Kono, Cameroonian goalkeeper[211]
- "Bob" = Aleksandr Sheshukov, Russian midfielder[212][213]
- "Bobo", "Il Toro" (Italian for "The Bull") = Christian Vieri, Italian striker[214][215]
- "The Body", "Lewy" = Robert Lewandowski, Polish striker
- "Der Bomber" = Gerd Müller, German striker
- "Bonimba" = Roberto Boninsegna, Italian striker[216]
- "Brian" = Stuart Lewis, English footballer[195]
- "La Brujita" (Spanish for "The Little Witch") = Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine midfielder[217]
- "Brunelleschi" = Federico Bernardeschi, Italian midfielder[218]
- "El Cabezón" (Spanish for "The Big Head") = Omar Sívori, Argentine-Italian forward[219]
- "El Cañón de Galés (Spanish for "The Cannon of Wales") = Gareth Bale, Welsh midfielder
- "Carletto" = Carlo Ancelotti, Italian midfielder and manager[220]
- "The Cat of Prague" = František Plánička, Hungarian goalkeeper[221]
- "Chicharito" (Spanish for "The Little Pea") = Javier Hernández, Mexican forward[176]
- "Il Cinghiale" (Italian for "The Boar"), "Tyson" = Angelo Peruzzi, Italian goalkeeper[222][223]
- "Cobra", "Re David" (Italian for "King David"), "Trezegol" = David Trezeguet, French striker[224][225][226]
- "Cookie" (Given by Ryan Giggs and Gary Speed due to his affinity for sweets on International duty = Chris Coleman, Welsh defender and manager[227]
- "The Commander", "Regele" (Romanian for "The King"), "The Maradona of the Carpathians" = Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian midfielder[228]
- "CR7", "The Commander", "The Steam Engine"(because of his speed), "The Sultan of Stepover", "Ron" = Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese striker
- "Deltaplano" (Italian for "Hang glider"), "Spiderman" = Walter Zenga, Italian goalkeeper[229][230]
- "Dhagandey" (Maldivian for "Man of Steel") = Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian striker
- "Dino" = Jan Koller, Czech striker[176]
- "Il Divin Codino" (Italian for "The Divine Ponytail"), "Raffaello", "Robi" = Roberto Baggio, Italian forward[231][232]
- "El Divino" (Spanish for "The Divine") = Ricardo Zamora, Spanish goalkeeper[233]
- "Don Fabio" = Fabio Capello, Italian midfielder and manager[234]
- "Enceradeira" (Portuguese for "floor polisher") = Zinho, Brazilian midfielder (nickname given as a mockery, regarding his playing style where he constantly went around in circles)[235]
- "Il Fenomeno" (Italian for "The Phenomenon") = Ronaldo, Brazilian striker
- "Fergie" = Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager[236]
- "Fideo" (Spanish for "Noodle") = Ángel Di María, Argentine midfielder
- "El Flaco" (Spanish for "The Skinny One"), "El Salvador" (Spanish for "The Saviour"), "El Profeta del Gol" (Spanish for "The Goal Prophet") = Johan Cruyff, Dutch winger and manager[237][238]
- "The Flying Dutchman" = Robin van Persie, Dutch striker
- "Furia Ceca" (Italian for "Czech Fury" or "Blind Fury"), "The Czech Cannon" = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder[239][240][241]
- "The Galloping Major" = Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian striker[242]
- "Galinho de Quintino" (Portuguese for "Little Rooster from Quintino") = Zico, Brazilian forward or midfielder[243]
- "Il Gallo" (Italian for "The Rooster") = Andrea Belotti, Italian striker[244][245]
- "The Gardner", "Poncherello" = Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentine striker[176]
- "Gazza" = Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
- "I Gemelli del Gol" (Italian for "The Goal Twins)" = Sampdoria's attacking duo, made up of Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini[246]
- "Genghis Kahn", "Der Titan" (German for "The Titan"), "Vol-Kahn-o", "King Kahn" = Oliver Kahn, German goalkeeper[247][248]
- "Il Genio" (Italian for "The Genius")
- Evaristo Beccalossi, Italian midfielder[249]
- Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin midfielder[250]
- "Giero" = Rob Gier, English footballer[251]
- "Il Gigante Buono" (Italian for "The Gentle Giant") = John Charles, Welsh footballer[252]
- "The Golden Boy" = Gianni Rivera, Italian midfielder[253]
- "Golden Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[186][254]
- "Gre-No-Li" = the Swedish attacking trio who played for A.C. Milan, made up of Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm
- "El Guaje" (Asturian for "The Kid") = David Villa, Spanish striker[255][256]
- "Guly" = Andrés Guglielminpietro, Argentine midfielder[257]
- "Guus Geluk" (literally 'Lucky Guus', Dutch for Disney's Gladstone Gander) = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[186][258]
- "Henke", "The King of Kings" = Henrik Larsson, Swedish striker
- "The Holy Goalie" = Artur Boruc, Polish goalkeeper (due to his custom of blessing himself before games)
- "Ibra", "Ibracadabra" = Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish striker
- "Landycakes" = Landon Donovan, American midfielder[259][260]
- "L'Imperatore" (Italian for "The Emperor") = Adriano, Brazilian striker[261]
- "The Incredible Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker[262]
- "The Iron Curtain", "The Cat" = Rinat Dasayev, Russian goalkeeper[263]
- "Ironhead" = Tam Kong-pak, Hong Kong defender[264][265]
- "Jinky", "The Wee Man", "The Lord of the Wing" = Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish winger
- "La Joya" (Spanish for "The Jewel"), "El Pibe de la Pensión" (Spanish for "The Kid from the Boarding House") = Paulo Dybala, Argentine forward[266][267]
- "Justo" = Just Fontaine, French striker
- "Der Kaiser" (German for "The Emperor") = Franz Beckenbauer, German sweeper and manager
- "Kaiser Franz" (German for "Emperor Franz"), "Piscinin" (Milanese for "The Little One") = Franco Baresi, Italian defender[268]
- "Kamikaze" = Giorgio Ghezzi, Italian goalkeeper[269]
- "Keano" = Roy Keane, Irish midfielder
- "Khomyak" (Russian for "Hamster") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian midfielder/striker[270]
- "King Eric" = Eric Cantona, French forward[271]
- "King George" = George Weah, Liberian striker[272]
- "King Kenny" = Kenny Dalglish, Scottish striker and manager
- "King Kong" = Giorgio Chiellini, Italian defender[273]
- "Kun" = Sergio Agüero, Argentine striker[274]
- "Kuningas" (Finnish for "The King") = Jari Litmanen
- "The Little General" = Dick Advocaat, Dutch manager[275]
- "Lorenzo Il Magnifico" (Italian for "Lorenzo The Magnificent")
- Lorenzo Buffon, Italian goalkeeper[276]
- Lorenzo Insigne, Italian forward[277]
- "Los" (Russian for "Moose") = Dmitri Loskov, Russian midfielder[278]
- "Ma-Gi-Ca" = Napoli's attacking trio during the late 1980s, made up of Diego Maradona, Bruno Giordano, and Careca[279]
- "Magic Box" = Gianfranco Zola, Italian forward[280]
- "Magic Dwarf" = Philipp Lahm, German defender[281][282][283]
- "O Mágico" (Portuguese for "The Magic"), "The Little Magician" = Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian midfielder
- "El Mago de Osijek" (Spanish for "The Wizard of Osijek"), "Šukerman" = Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
- "Il Mago" (Italian for "The Wizard") = Helenio Herrera, Argentine defender and manager[284]
- "Mary Poppins" = Alan Shearer, English striker[285] (given as an insult by two Newcastle United executives during a candid interview with a journalist)
- "Mr Wembley" (Nickname given for scoring the winning goal in 2013 UEFA Champions League Final for FC Bayern Munich in Wembley Stadium), "Der Mann aus Glas" (German for "The Man of Glass", in reference to his susceptibility to injury) = Arjen Robben, Dutch midfielder,
- "El Matador" (Spanish for "The Bull Fighter")
- Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan striker[286]
- Marcelo Salas, Chilean striker[287]
- "Matrix" = Marco Materazzi, Italian defender[288]
- "Miracle Worker" = Bora Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer[289] (for his achievement of taking four different modest teams beyond the first round in four different World Cup finals)
- "The Mosquito" = Roberto Anzolin, Italian goalkeeper[290]
- "A Muralha Azul" (Portuguese for "The Blue Wall") = Dida, Brazilian goalkeeper[291]
- "MSN" = Barcelona's attacking trio, made up of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, and Neymar[292][293]
- "Myggen" (Norwegian for mosquito) = Erik Mykland, Norwegian midfielder
- "Nacho" = Ignacio González, Uruguayan footballer[294]
- "Nacka", "The waving corn cob" = Lennart Skoglund, Swedish striker
- "El Niño" (Spanish for "The Child") = Fernando Torres, Spanish striker[295]
- "The Non-Flying Dutchman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch striker (due to his fear of flying)[296]
- "Nura" = Georgi Nurov, Russian striker[297]
- "The Octopus" = Mohamed Sissoko, Malian midfielder[298]
- "Pablito", "Torero" (Spanish for "Bull fighter") = Paolo Rossi, Italian striker[299]
- "El Paròn" (Triestin for "The Master") = Nereo Rocco, Italian footballer and manager[300]
- "Penna Bianca" (Italian for "The White Feather") = Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian striker[301][302]
- "Pepito" = Giuseppe Rossi, Italian striker[303]
- "El Polaco" (Spanish for "The Pole"), "Valdanito" = Hernán Crespo, Argentine striker[304][305]
- "Il Polpo Paul" (Italian for "Paul The Octopus"), "Pogboom" = Paul Pogba, French midfielder[306][307]
- "Il Faraone" (Italian for "The Pharaoh") = Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian striker (in reference to his Egyptian father)
- "El Pistolero" (Spanish for "The Gunfighter")
- Luis Suárez, Uruguayan striker[308]
- Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian forward
- "El Pibe de Bari" (Spanish for "The Kid from Bari"), "Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia" (Italian for "The Jewel of Old Bari"), "Fantantonio" = Antonio Cassano, Italian forward[309][310]
- "El Pibe de Oro" = (The Golden Kid) Diego Maradona, Argentine forward or midfielder[311]
- "El Pibe" = (The Kid) Carlos Alberto Valderrama, Colombian midfielder
- "Pinturicchio", = Alessandro Del Piero, Italian forward[312]
- "The Pitbull", "The Piranha", "Tubarão" (Portuguese for "The Shark") = Edgar Davids, Dutch midfielder[313][314][315]
- "El Pocho" (Spanish for "The Chubby One") = Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentine winger[316]
- "Poldi" = Lukas Podolski, German midfielder/striker[317]
- "The Black Pearl" (Pérola Negra), "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King" (O Rei) = Pelé, Brazilian striker[318]
- "Le Président" (French for "The President") = Laurent Blanc, French defender[319][320]
- "El Príncipe" (Spanish for "The Prince")
- Enzo Francescoli (also "El Flaco", Spanish for "The Skinny One"), Uruguayan midfielder[321]
- Diego Milito, Argentine striker[322]
- "El Principito" (Spanish for "The Little Prince") = Lucas Biglia, Argentine midfielder[323]
- "Il Principe" (Italian for "The Prince") = Giuseppe Giannini, Italian midfielder[324]
- "Il Principino"/"Il Piccolo Principe" (Italian for "The Little Prince")
- Alberto Aquilani, Italian midfielder[325][326]
- Claudio Marchisio, Italian midfielder[327]
- Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian midfielder[328][329]
- "Il Professore" (Italian for "The Professor")
- Gunnar Gren, Swedish striker when playing for A.C. Milan
- Clarence Seedorf, Dutch midfielder[330]
- Mauro Tassotti, Italian defender[331]
- "The Prophet of Fusignano" = Arrigo Sacchi, Italian manager[332]
- "Providenza" (Italian for Providence), "San Massaro" = Daniele Massaro, Italian forward or midfielder[333]
- "La Pulga" (Spanish. "The Flea"[334]) = Lionel Messi, Argentine forward
- "Rey Arturo" (Spanish for "King Arthur"), "Il Guerriero" (Italian for "The Warrior"), "La Piranha" (Spanish for "The Piranha") = Arturo Vidal, Chilean midfielder[335][336]
- "Rizzi-gol" = Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Italian striker[337][338]
- "La Roccia" (Italian for "The Rock")
- Andrea Barzagli, Italian defender[339]
- Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian defender[340]
- "Le Roi" (French for "The King") = Michel Platini, French midfielder[341]
- "Rombo di Tuono" (Italian for "Roar of Thunder") = Luigi Riva, Italian striker[342]
- "Royce The Voice" = Simon Royce, English goalkeeper[343]
- "Roycey" = Simon Royce, English goalkeeper[344]
- "The Ruud Devil", "Van the Man", "Van Gol" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
- "La Saeta Rubia" (Spanish for "The Blonde Arrow") = Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine striker
- "San Iker" (Spanish for "Saint Iker") = Iker Casillas, Spanish goalkeeper[345]
- "S.A.S."
- Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, when they played up front for England together[346]
- Luis Suárez and Daniel Sturridge, when the player up front for Liverpool
- "Schnapper", "Sweeper-Keeper" (Name given for his brilliant performance against Algeria in 2014 FIFA World Cup) = Manuel Neuer, German goalkeeper[347]
- "El Scorpion" = René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper (named after his infamous goal save against England during a friendly match)[348]
- "Sikkimese Sniper" = Baichung Bhutia, Indian football striker[349][350]
- "The Škrtelator", "The Terminator" = Martin Škrtel, Slovakian defender
- "The Special One" = José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager[351] (Nickname given to him by the media for his infamous press conference comment)
- "São Marcos" (literally St. Mark) = Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian goalkeeper[352]
- "Spillo" (Italian for "Needle") = Alessandro Altobelli, Italian striker[353]
- "Le Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker[262]
- "Superman" = Gianluigi Buffon, Italian goalkeeper[354][355][356]
- "Super Mario"
- Mario Balotelli, Italian striker
- Mario Basler, German midfielder
- "Superpippo" (Italian for "Super Goof") = Filippo Inzaghi, Italian striker[357]
- "The Swan of Utrecht" = Marco van Basten, Dutch striker[358]
- "The Three Degrees" = Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson and Cyrille Regis (a name given to them in the late 1970s by then-manager of West Bromwich Albion, Ron Atkinson when they played under him. Atkinson named them after the African American female soul group of the same name in reference to their Black heritage)
- "El Tigre" (Spanish for "The Tiger") = Radamel Falcao, Colombian striker[359][360]
- "The Tinkerman", "The Tinkerer" = Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (given by the British press during his time at Chelsea)[361][362]
- "Tisha" = Andrey Tikhonov, Russian midfielder[363]
- "Tit" = Yegor Titov, Russian midfielder[364]
- "El Tractor" (Spanish for "The Tractor") = Javier Zanetti, Argentine defender[176]
- "Trigger" = Nicky Southall, English footballer[365]
- "Tsar Hiddink" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager[186]
- "Tulip" = Danny Cullip, English footballer[366]
- "Vecio" (Venetian for "Old Man") = Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager[367]
- "Vento dell'Est" (Italian for "Eastern Wind") = Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian striker
- "The Wall"
- Andrea Barzagli, Italian defender[368]
- Gianluca Pagliuca, Italian goalkeeper[369]
- Walter Samuel, Argentine defender[370]
- "The Warrior"
- Gary Medel, Chilean midfielder[371]
- Felipe Melo, Brazilian midfielder[371]
- "The Washing Machine" = Tiago Mendes, Portuguese midfielder[298]
- "The Water Carrier" = Didier Deschamps, French midfielder.[372]
- "Wazza", "The Wonder Boy", "Shrek" = Wayne Rooney, English striker[373][374]
- "The Welsh Wizard" = Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
- "Wondo" = Chris Wondolowski, American striker[375][376]
- "Lo Zar" (Italian for "The Tsar") = Pietro Vierchowod, Italian defender[377]
- "Lo Zio" (Italian for "The Uncle") = Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian defender[176]
- "Zizou" = Zinedine Zidane, French midfielder
- "One Size" = Fitz Hall
- "The Octopus" = Tom Starke, German goalkeeper[378]
- "Fußballgott" (German for "Footballgod"), "Basti", "Schweini" = Bastian Schweinsteiger, German midfielder[379]
- "Der Raumdeuter" (German for "Space interpreter") = Thomas Müller, German forward[380]
- "Lord Bendtner" = Nicklas Bendtner, Danish striker[381]
- "Osram" (Nickname given for when his face gets redden, in reference to a German lighting manufacturer). = Jupp Heynckes, German football manager[382]
- "Der General" (German for 'The General') = Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager[383]
- "Rolls Reus" (Nickname given for his name similar to car manufacturer Rolls Royce) = Marco Reus, German winger[384]
- "The Normal One" (Nickname given for asking how would he describe himself in his first press conference for Liverpool FC) = Jürgen Klopp, German football manager[385]
- "Scarface" (Nickname given after a scar on his face which he got after the car accident when he aged two year old) = Franck Ribery, French winger[386]
- "Das Phantom" (German for 'The Phantom'. Nickname given for abilities of scoring goals) = Roy Makaay, Dutch striker[387]
- "Brazzo" (German for 'Little boy') = Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian midfielder[388]
- "Katsche" (German for 'Kaiser's Bodyguard', Nickname given for being defensive duo with Franz Beckenbauer) = Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German defender[389]
- "Bulle" (German for 'Bull'. Nickname given for his physical playing style) = Franz Roth, German midfielder[390]
- "Sonaldo" (Nickname given by his Bayer Leverkusen teammates) = Son Heung-min, South Korean forward[391]
- "Ninja" = Radja Nainggolan, Belgian midfielder[392]
- "The Bosnian Diamond" = Edin Džeko, Bosnian forward[393]
- "High Dam" = Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian goalkeeper[394]
- "Egyptian King", "Egyptian Messi" (Nickname given for his playing style similar to Lionel Messi) = Mohamed Salah, Egyptian forward[395][396]
- "Der Tiger" (German for 'The Tiger') = Stefan Effenberg, German midfielder[397]
- "La Foquita" (Spanish for 'The Little Seal') = Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian forward[398]
- "Tiny Tim" (Nickname given by Everton fans after the Charles Dickens character for being slightly short and slim) = Tim Cahill, Australian forward[399]
- "The Little Prince" = Antoine Griezmann, French forward[400]
- "HurriKane" = Harry Kane, English striker[401]
- "The Croatian Cruyff" (Nickname given because of his similar face and his playing style to Dutch legend Johan Cruyff) = Luka Modrić, Croatian midfielder[402]
- "Uncle Kel" = Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigerian forward[403]
- "Xhakaboom" = Granit Xhaka, Swiss midfielder[404]
- "Paras" (Nickname given after the name of a Pokémon) = Keylor Navas, Costa Rican goalkeeper[405]
- "Batsman" (Nickname given by himself after the famous character Batman) = Michy Batshuayi, Belgian striker[406]
- "La Joya" (Spanish for 'The Jewel') = Manuel Lanzini, Argentine mifielder[407]
- "Iranian Messi" (Nickname given for his playing style similar to Lionel Messi) = Sardar Azmoun, Iranian striker[408]
- "El Mazinger" = Román Torres, Panamanian defender[409]
- "Mini-Mourinho" (Nickname given during his time as an assistant coach by Tim Wiese after the famous football manager José Mourinho) = Julian Nagelsmann, German football manager[410]
- "El Pipita" = Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine striker[411]
- "Merlin", "El Mago" (Spanish for 'The Magician') = David Silva, Spanish midfielder[412]
American football
- "Breesus" = Drew Brees[413]
- "The Cowboy" = Justin Smith[414]
- "Dirty Dozen" = 1975 Dallas Cowboys team
- "Gunslinger" = Brett Favre[415]
- "The Hogs" = 1980s/1990s Washington Redskins offensive line
- "Megatron" = Calvin Johnson[416]
- "Refrigerator" = William Perry
- "Shady" = LeSean McCoy[417][418]
Australian rules football
All players are Australians unless otherwise indicated.
Canadian football
All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise.
- "Indian Jack" = Jack Jacobs, American quarterback and punter of Creek heritage[419]
- "The Little Assassin" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive[420]
- "The Little General" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive[420]
Golf
- "Big Phil" = Phil Mickelson
- "Magnificent Seven" =[422]
- "Mrs. Doubtfire" = Colin Montgomerie
- "Prince Bashful" (ハニカミ王子 Hanikami Ōji) = Ryo Ishikawa
- "The Small Unit" = Chez Reavie
Gymnastics
- "Nastia" = Anastasia Liukin
Horse racing
Jockeys/Trainers
- "Bo-rail" = Calvin Borel
- "C-Team" = Felix Coetzee
- "The Long Fellow" = Lester Piggott
Ice hockey
- "(The) Rocket" = Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player[432]
- "747" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
- "Ace" = Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player[433]
- "AK-27" = Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger[434]
- "Alexander the Great" =
- Alexander Mogilny, Russian winger[435]
- Alexander Ovechkin, Russian winger[436]
- "The A-Train" = Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player[437]
- "Big Bird" = Larry Robinson, Canadian defenceman[438]
- "Kovy" =
- Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian winger[439]
- Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger[440]
- "Sammy" = Sergei Samsonov, Russian winger[441]
Martial arts
Judo
- "Rusty" = Rena Kanokogi
Karate
- "Master Ishii" = Kazuyoshi Ishii
Mixed martial arts
- "The Bear" = Mark Smith
Motor sport
Rugby
Union
- "Billy Whizz" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing
- "Robbo" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing
- "The Fun Bus" = Jason Leonard, Prop
- "Shaggy" = Will Greenwood, Centre
- "Pitbull" = Brian Moore, Hooker
- "Pine Tree" = Colin Meads, Lock
- "The Beaver" = Stephen Donald, Fly Half / Centre
- "The Judge" = Paul Rendall, Prop
- "Squeaky" = Rob Andrew, Fly Half
- "Alfie" = Gareth Thomas, Centre/Wing
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- "The Iron Duke" = Bobby Windsor, Hooker
- "Uncle Fester" = Keith Wood, Hooker
- "Judith" = Craig Chalmers, Fly Half
- "The Great White Shark" or "JJ" = John Jeffrey, Flanker
League
- "Chariots Offiah" = Martin Offiah,
Skateboarding
- "Bam" = Brandon Margera
- "Bucky" = Charles Lasek
- "P-Rod" = Paul Rodriguez Jr.
Snooker
Tennis
Track and field
- "Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances
- "The fastest man on no legs" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter
- "Linford's lunchbox" = Linford Christie, sprinter
- "Little Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances
- "Oz" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter
- "Lightning Bolt" = Usain Bolt, Olympic sprinter
- "Stella the Fella" = Stella Walsh, sprinter
- "Wonder Boy" = So Wa Wai, paralympic sprinter
Triathlon
- "The Chrissinator" = Chrissie Wellington
- "Muppet" = Chrissie Wellington
- "The Grip" = Mark Allen
- "The Man" = Dave Scott
Volleyball
Watersport
Diving
- "The Princess of Diving" = Guo Jingjing,
Sailing
Surfing
- "The Black Night" = Mickey Dora,
- "Da Cat" = Mickey Dora,
- "Eppo" = Michael Eppelstun,
- "The father of surfing" = Duke Kahanamoku,
- "Mickey" = Miklos Dora,
- "Midget"" = Bernard Farrelly,
- "Miki" = Mickey Dora,
- "Mr. Malibu" = Mickey Dora,
- "Mr. Pipeline" =
- "The Wounded Seagull" = Mark Richards,
Swimming
- "The Albatross" = Michael Groß,
- "The Baltimore Bullet" =Michael Phelps,
- "The golden couple (of British disability swimming)" = Sascha Kindred
- "The Lochtenator" =Ryan Lochte,
- "Lucy" = Liu Zige,
Other
- "Cliff" = Griff Sanders,
- "DeG" = Patrick de Gayardon,
- "Iron Lady" = Wendy Chai,
- "Magic" = Joel Johnson,
- "Master Masami" (正美先生 Masami sensei) = Masami Hirosaka,
- "Miss Ping" = Leah Neuberger,
- "Re-Pete" = Pete Fusco Jr.,
- "Super Dan" = Lin Dan,
- "Tim" = Joseph Boggan,
- "White Warrior(s)" = Fung Ying Ki, Yu Chui Yee, Fan Pui Shan, Kwong Wai Ip, Chan Kam Loi, Hui Charn Hung, Yan Yun Tai and Chan Wing Kin, Chan Yui Chong, Wong Kit Mui;
See also
- Nickname
- Lists of nicknames in association football
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
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