By Chris Wright
Almost every football fan is familiar with the likes of Bobby ‘Chelsea’ Moore, Emile ‘Ivanhoe’ Heskey and Gary ‘Winston’ Lineker, but we though we may be able to tempt you with a fairly comprehensive list of other footballer’s with outrageous and/or strange and/or ridiculous middle names.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s begin…
Jurgen Norbert Klopp, Borussia Dortmund
David Désiré Marc Ginola, ex-Newcastle
Gylffi Thor Sigurdsson, Tottenham
Jores Charlemagne Okore, Aston Villa
Marco Wulfort Cornelius van Ginkel, Chelsea
Kagisho Evidence Dikgacoi, Crystal Palace
Stephen Babeson Carr, ex-Birmingham
Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck, Man Utd
Bob Primrose Wilson, ex-Arsenal
Cameron Zishan Rana Jerome, Crystal Palace
Kevin Cyril Davies, Preston North End
Kieran Ricardo Gibbs, Arsenal
Phil Nikodem Jagielka, Everton
Chris Roland Waddle, ex-Sheff Wed
Glen McLeod Cooper Johnson, Liverpool (is it just us, or does ‘McLeod Cooper’ sound like an awesome name for a 70’s Blaxploitation detective?)
Charles Joseph Hart, Man City
Peter Boleslaw (which, contrary to popular belief, is not the Danish word for ‘potato’) Schmeichel, ex-Man Utd
Johan Kelvin Elmander, Norwich City
Rutgerus ‘Ruud’ Johannes Martinius van Nistelrooy, ex-Man Utd
Jack Frank Porteous Cork, Southampton
Roy Maurice Keane, ex-Man Utd
Nathan Antone Jonah Dyer, Swansea
Ashley Darel Jazz Richards, Swansea
Gareth Gerald McAuley, West Brom
Mark Everton Walters, ex-Liverpool
Jussi Albert Jaaskelainen, West Ham
Kevin Jance Nolan, West Ham
Gerard Pique Bernabeu, Barcelona (we can’t imagine why he keeps that one quiet)
Late additions: Vurnon San Benito Anita, Newcastle (@adamjgosling), Louis Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, Holland (Lukass), Julian Maria Speroni, Crystal Palace (RN).
Any more middle-name corkers you know of that we’ve missed? Feel free to let us know…