2006-10-19 13:17:06 · 22 answers · asked by glasgow.guy 3 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ UEFA Champions League
Edson Arentes Do Nascimento Pelé "O Rei do futbol" (the king of football) "Perora negra" (the black pearl) : the king Pelé Pelé Pelé Pelé ! ! ! (just if the nicknames count)
But for me the longuest I have found is the one known as "Socrates" who used to play for Brazil in the early eighties :
Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (48 letters)
2006-10-19 22:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by Kristian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stelios giannakopoulos (bolton) - 22
Jan Venegor of Heselink-20
Bradley Wright Phillips-21
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite-28
2006-10-20 23:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by bluenose123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think the longest name I have seen is Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, the Dutchman who Celtic signed a few weeks ago. So that is 23 letters.
2006-10-21 04:46:24 · answer #3 · answered by colliedug111060 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jan Venegor of Heselink 20 letters I believe.
How much would a shirt with his name on it cost?
Bradley Wright-Phillips in England 21 Letters
2006-10-19 13:26:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antonio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior also known as Juninho Pernambucano. 31 letters
2006-10-19 23:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by rizwano 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (23) was thus named because, way back in the 17th century, two farming families in the Enschede area of Holland married. Both the Vennegoor and Hesselink names carried equal social weight, and so - rather than choose between them - they chose to use both.
'Of' in Dutch actually translates to 'or', which would mean that a strict translation of his name would read Jan Vennegoor or Hesselink.
HAIL! HAIL!
2006-10-20 14:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by C'MONTHEHOOPS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it is Jan Vennegor of Hesselink.
But if you're asking about real names,Ruud van Nistelrooij would be the man,his real name is Rutgerus Johannes Martinius van Nistelrooij,but in football,he is only known as Ruud van Nistelrooij.
2006-10-19 17:16:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shaun Wright-Phillips certainly had the longest in the English premiership, but I would have thought that "Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink" (that is his entire, bizarre, name) who plays for Celtic would take some beating.
2006-10-19 13:25:35 · answer #8 · answered by hallam_blue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
2006-10-21 02:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by kofz00 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jan Venegor of Heselink.
Happy counting!
2006-10-19 13:21:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋