Soccer players Names - I want a  list of  more that 10 The names of  premier 
division soccer players  from around the world  would sound humorous / amusing 
to a UK audience.

Dear billroberts,

The following are 10 names of premier division soccer players with humorous 
names. If you do not find these name funny, I have provided several links below 
that may provide other names to you liking. 

1. Tugay – Blackburn Rovers

http://www.rovers.co.uk/stats/view/player_profiles/0,,10303~7040,00.html

2. Robbie Hooker – Football Kingz, Australian National Soccer League

http://www.footballkingz.co.nz/page.cfm?s=939,943,981,100000943

3. Egil Ostenstad – Blackburn Rovers

http://www.rovers.co.uk/stats/view/player_profiles/0,,10303~8164,00.html

4. Sasa Llic – Charlton Athletic FC

http://www.charlton-athletic.co.uk/

5. Ed de Goey – Chelsea FC

http://www.chelseafc.com/the_club/the_squad/profile/Ed_De_Goey.shtml

6. Matt Poom – Derby FC

http://www.dcfc.co.uk/generalframeset.asp?
topframe=players/topbarplayers.asp&main=players/index.asp

7. Mark Venus – Ipswich FC

http://www.itfc.co.uk/content/team/person.asp?pid=143&cat=1

8. Lee Beevers – Ipswich FC

http://www.itfc.co.uk/content/team/person.asp?pid=103&cat=1

9. Marcus Babbel – Liverpool FC

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/who/b.htm

10. Dean Windass – Middlesborough FC

http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/boro/thesquad/page.cfm?
objectid=11563284&method=full



Additional Websites that may interest you: 

Southhampton FC – team roster

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/squad.asp


Sunderland AFC – team roster

http://www.safc.com/first/squad_list.asp?clid=56


West Ham United – team  roster

http://www.whufc.com/00_01/stats/squad-1st.asp

2002 FIFA World Cup – list of teams participating in the 2002 World Cup
 
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/t/t/c.html



Search Terms Used: 
Premier League Soccer
Football Kingz

I hope that this information is helpful.


Cheers,
Shal

Accidentally funny number 4. Sasa Llic is really
Sasa Ilic, born in Serbia, Yugoslavia.
Sasa is a deminutiv from Greek name Alexander (Gr. Alexandros), which 
means "defending man".

http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?
terms=Alexander&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or

In east european countries lastname suffix -ic or -vic is very ususal and means 
offspring of a father (parent) like in anglosaxon languages -son (John-son).
So the last name is consisted from Ilya (comes from Hebrew Elijah) -ic = Ilic.

thanks

Here's my list - includes some World Cup players as well as Premier league.

David Batty, Leeds United 
Marcus Bent, Ipswich Town 
Craig Burley, Derby County 
Mike Salmon, Ipswich Town 
David Seaman, Arsenal 
Craig Short, Blackburn Rovers 
Dean Windass, Middlesbrough

Ruud Gullit, Belgium
Doctor Khumalo, S. Africa
Muzzy Izzet, Turkey
Kerimoglu Tugay, Turkey
Cha Bum-Kun, Korea
Michael Ballack, Germany
Otto Pfister, Saudi Arabia (a coach, I think)
Magnus Hedman, Sweden
Robbie Fowler, England (do I hear a whistle?)