Interesting Fact about the Favourite Sport – Football

Playing fantasy football is fun! And a beautiful thing with football is it never fails to amaze you with shocking twists throughout its span. Predicting a game before it commences is always a challenging task for any football fan. And that’s where the fantasy football leagues come into play. 

Few facts about football you might not know. Hence, today we have brought some interesting information about the sport. Read them and then start making your fantasy football squad. 

Following are the interesting facts about football:

World Cup 2002 was held in two different countries, held in Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan. 

World Cup has not been played in the years 1942 and 1946 due to World War 2. 

8 out of the 12 cities in Brazil that hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup are among the 50 most violent cities in the world! 

FIFA banned Germany from participating in the 1950 World Cup as a punishment for its aggression in World War 2. 

A football has 32 countries where each panel represents one of the 32 countries of Europe. 

FC Barcelona has a reverse sponsorship with UNICEF. The team wears the logo of UNICEF on their jersey while donating 1.5 million Euros each year. 

Hitler started hating football as it couldn’t be fixed to ensure German victory over the non-Germans. 

Over 1 in 20 injuries are caused by celebrating goals on the pitch. 

There are more member countries of FIFA than the U.N. 

Except in 1930 and 1950, European teams have reached the final of every World Cup. 

A few more facts:

Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the moon, but NASA deemed it to be un-American. 

Only two World Cup finals have been decided on penalties and Italy was part of both of the finals. 

In 1930, Uruguay became the first country to both host and win the World Cup. 13 countries had participated in the competition. 

A referee has arrested during a game at Tanzania in 1978 because he smoked marijuana just before the match started. 

Hungary and Great Britain have the most Olympic God medals in football (three). 

Mexico is the only country that hosted the football World Cup twice. 

A lightning bolt in 1998 football game has killed an entire team of the Democratic Republic of Congo. None of the opposite team players had hurt. 

Germany has for the first time won the cup as a united country in the 2014 World Cup. West Germany won the previous three times the World Cup. 

Football was an illegal sport in Mississippi until 1991. 

Messi signed his first contract on a napkin. 

Paper mache was used to make World Cup initially. The heavy rain in the World Cup 1950 had ruined the cup and it had to be replaced. 

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Lee Todd received the fasted red card ever in record 2 seconds. 

In a single match, a football player runs an average of 9.5 miles. 

The Vatican has its own football team. 

Hungary scored the most goals in a World Cup’s match. They scored 10 goals against El Salvador in 1982. 

El Salvador waged war on Honduras in 1969 after it lost against it in a football match. 

Women football had included in the Olympics in 1996. 

The Britishers invented the term “football” and not America in the late 1800s. 

In just over 2 seconds after the match began a goal had scored. It was the fastest goal in football history. 

In 1937, the first football match which showed on television had a specially arranged match between Arsenal’s first and second team. 

Ronaldinho caught media attention at the age of 13 when he scored 23 goals in a victory 23-0 against a local team. 

The youngest professional football player in history is a 20-month-old boy who had signed by a Belgium club. 

The record for the largest attendance in a single game had set in 1950 when 173,850 people attended the match in Brazil. 

Enjoy reading and playing fantasy football! 

Get into the World of Fantasy Football

Have you ever sat on a rainy day and solved a puzzle? Well, that is what fantasy premier league all about. Putting together a puzzle! You need to assemble your online football team and play. 

The fundamentals of fantasy football games are the same at all places 

  1. Form your squad of football players. 
  2. The players each collect points based on their performances in games which contribute to your team’s overall score. 
  3. The fantasy team with the maximum points in the scoreboard at the end of the match wins the fantasy league. 

Budget 

In almost all fantasy football league, players are given a budget of 100 credits with which to buy players. The cumulative value of the squad must not exceed this budget. This ensures that fantasy users cannot simply cherry pick all the best and most expensive players, instead of relying on their judgment to select a few cheaper alternatives.  

Squad Composition 

Fantasy games often differ when it comes to squad size, but one of the most popular in the world as we know is the fantasy football and in this sport, players must build a squad consisting of: 

  • 1 goalkeeper 
  • 3 – 5 defenders 
  • 3 – 5 midfielders 
  • 1 – 3 strikers 

Formations 

Once a fantasy player has chosen a squad, they must choose a formation for the opening round of league fixtures. In most online football games, players are allowed to alter their formation throughout the match. 

Selecting a Team 

Before each round of fixtures throughout the match, fantasy players must select their playing dream 11, in the process deciding which players will be left on the bench, meaning they will not score points. 

Scoring 

It is recommended to check the rules before selecting players for your squad. 

Points are normally awarded for: 

  • Playing in a match 
  • Playing a large proportion of a match 
  • Goals 
  • Assists 
  • Clean Sheets 
  • Shots saved by a goalkeeper 
  • Penalty saves 

Points are generally deducted for: 

  • Penalty misses 
  • Goals conceded 
  • Yellow cards 
  • Red cards 
  • Own goals 

Players must choose a captain and a vice-captain each game. Your captain scores 2x point and vice-captain scores 1.5x points. 

Leagues 

Players compete in an overall league, and the team with the most points at the end of the match wins. Players are also able to set up mini leagues with friends and colleagues. Such leagues can ensure that interest remains high right through the match, even if players are well off the pace in the overall race. 

Prizes 

In most games, there are cash prizes for the owner of the team who finishes top at the end of the match. The prize is likely to be more considerable if players have to pay a fee to enter. The runner-up team owners are also liable to win a good percentage of cash prizes. 

Enjoy reading and playing fantasy Sports! 

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FIFA World Cup All Time Statistics 

In fantasy football league platforms, one can get a realistic chance to win cash prizes by understanding the concept of fantasy football. And you need to begin learning about the team formations, try simulating line-ups for the games. If you understand and hit the online football line-up correctly half your job is done. 

However, today we are here to tell you all time stats of FIFA World of all the teams. So give a quick glance to it before you start forming your football line-ups. 

EDITION 
TEAMS 
MATCHES PLAYED 
GOALS SCORED 
AVERAGE GOALS 
AVG. ATTENDANCE 
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia  32  64  169  2.6  47,371 
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil  32  64  171  2.7  52,918 
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa  32  64  145  2.3  49,669 
2006 FIFA World Cup Germany  32  64  147  2.3  52,491 
2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan  32  64  161  2.5  42,268 
1998 FIFA World Cup France  32  64  171  2.7  43,517 
1994 FIFA World Cup USA  24  52  141  2.7  68,991 
1990 FIFA World Cup Italy  24  52  115  2.2  48,388 
1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico  24  52  132  2.5   46,039 
1982 FIFA World Cup Spain  24  52  146  2.8  40,571 
1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina  16  38  102  2.7  40,678 
1974 FIFA World Cup Germany  16  38  97  2.6  49,098 
1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico  16  32  95  3.0  50,124 
1966 FIFA World Cup England  16  32  89  2.8  48,847 
1962 FIFA World Cup Chile  16  32  89  2.8  27,911 
1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden  16  35  126  3.6  23,423 
1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland  16  26  140  5.4  29,561 
1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil  13  22  88  4.0  47,511 
1938 FIFA World Cup France  15  18  84  4.7  20,872 
1934 FIFA World Cup Italy  16  17  70  4.1  21,352 
1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay  13  18  70  3.9  32,808 

 

Enjoy reading and playing fantasy football! 

Movies Based on Football around the World

Even the average football fan is aware of the fantasy football online games it is quick and easy to create a team and play fantasy football league online. 

As we know that the charm of football is widespread. And we can see that in the recent popularity of online football games. The entire planet plays the sport and the entire planet watch movies about the sport and the entire planet make movies based on this sport.  

Let’s journey through the countries and see what movies based on the world of football sport they have for us to offer. Read on: 

17 (Jordan, 2017) 

Widad Shafakoj’s terrific documentary depicts a country and a society in transition. Following a group of Jordanian girls from diverse backgrounds as they prepare to play in the Under-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup, held in Jordan in 2016. 

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (England, 1939) 

Directed by‎ ‎Thorold Dickinson, this is one of the first feature films where football is a central element in the plot. 

Le Ballon d’Or (Guinea, 1994) 

Directed by Cheik Doukouré, the movie is about a 8-year-old kid who yearns to play football. However, he is crushed to know that buying just a football to play needs lifetime work on his part. The movie depicts his journey from there. 

A Barefoot Dream (South Korea, East Timor, 2010) 

Directed by Kim Tae-kyun, the movie is based on the true story of Kim Shin-hwan, a retired Korean footballer. 

Bend It Like Beckham (England, 2002) 

This iconic movie is directed by Gurinder Chadha and is British-Indian family romantic comedy sports film based on football. 

Black Diamond (Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, 2010) 

Directed by Pascale Lamche, the film is about the dreams of hundreds of young African players who are ready for tremendous sacrifices to become soccer superstar. 

Center Forward (North Korea, 1978) 

The movie is about a coach who takes a different approach to training his team. This is a movie directed by two directors, Kil-in Kim and Chong-song Pak. 

Crab Goalkeeper (Japan, 2006) 

Director Minoru Kawasaki made this animal-suit comedy. This bizarre low-budget movie follows the travails of a giant crab that joins a soccer team and becomes a most excellent goalie, in spite of being a crab and all. 

The Cup (Bhutan, 1999) 

This Tibetan-language film directed by Khyentse Norbu is about two young football crazy Tibetan refugee novice monks. 

Cup Final (Israel, 1991) 

This movie of Director Eran Riklis involves an Israeli soldier, planning to go on vacation to see a big soccer match, is captured. 

The Damned United (England, 2009) 

This movie of Director Tom Hooper, this riveting drama re-creates the doomed 44-day reign of headstrong genius coach Brian Clough at the mighty Leeds United in 1973. 

Football as Never Before (England, 1971) 

Directed by Hellmuth Costard, the movie involves Footballer George Best playing a 90-minute match against Coventry City. 

The Game of Their Lives (North Korea, 2005) 

This movie of Director David Anspaugh, tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team. 

Garuda in My Heart (Indonesia, 2009) 

A young boy is determined to become a soccer star, much to the dismay of his grandfather. The movie is directed by Ifa Isfansyah. 

Enjoy reading and playing fantasy football!

Funniest Fantasy Football team Names You Can Give 

One of the most popular pastimes around the football season is fantasy premier league. And 11Wickets helps you to get started in building your dream 11 team. 

Each of the major football tournaments around the world means the return of fantasy football season. 

Hence, when you are building your fantasy football league team, you need to give a name to your teams. Normally what you do? You give just some random names to the teams, names which are similar to your names or make names with your favourite words. 

However, if you wish, you can take a suggestion from the list here; we have collected from different sites.

Following are a few Funniest Fantasy Football team Names: 

Deshaun of the Dead 

Baby Got Dak 

Jason Kelce’s Tailor 

Jason Kelce’s Speech Writer 

Baker’s Dozen 

All Barkley, All Bite  

Guns & Rosen 

The Fabulous Baker Boy 

Rosen Up Your Bow 

A Kiss from a Rosen 

Dak to the Future 

Golden Tate Warriors 

Shake it Goff 

Golden Taint 

Zeke Squad 

Hartline Bling 

PokeMoncrief 

Fournettecation 

Little Red Fournette 

Hide & Zeke 

When the Le’Veon Breaks 

Dalvin & The Chipmunks 

Le’Veon a Prayer 

Le’Veon la Vida Loca 

Highway to Bell 

Game of Jones 

Julio Let the Dogs Out 

Julio Think You Are? 

My Ball Zach Ertz 

Goff Balls 

My TE Ertz When Eifert 

It’s Too Late to Say Amari 

Eiferted 

Stairway to Evans 

San Francisco 4th & 9ers 

Hot Lockett 

Knockin on Evans Door 

Roethlisberger Helper 

2 Gurley’s 1 Cup 

GurleyThings 

The Gurley Gates 

Runs Like a Gurley 

A Zeke Outlook 

Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood 

All About That Bosa 

The Walking Dez 

Dez-ed & Confused 

Dez Nuts 

Dez Dispencers 

Wentz, Twice — Three Times a Lady 

From Wentz You Came 

Dude, Where’s Derek Carr? 

Inglourious Bradfords 

Forte inch Ditka 

Chronic Masterdeflater 

Discount Belichick 

Check My Balls 

Yo Belichick Yo Self 

Super Mario-ta 

Mariota Had a Little Lamb 

Jamaal About That Bass 

Marcus Mari…otto 

Jamaal Charles in Charge 

JJ S.W.A.T.T. Team 

Turn Down for Watt 

The JPP Fireworks Incident 

1.21 JJ WATTS 

You Down With JPP? 

Wham! Bam! Thank you Cam! 

Hernandez Hit Men 

You Kaepernick the Future 

Geno 911! 

InstaJimmyGraham 

13 Reason Ajayi 

Inglorious Staffords 

A few more names to remember:

Backfields and McCoys 

Mike Vick in a box 

Stafford Infection 

My Percy’s on Broadway 

Montee Can Buy you Happiness 

Cry Me a Rivers 

In a Van Down by the Rivers 

50 Trent 

Pitch a Trent 

Drake’s New Favorite Team 

Waka Flacco Flame 

Mount Douchemore 

U Mad Bro? 

Rudolph Redzone Reindeer 

Abdullah Oblongata 

Trolling Crabtree 

Suh Girls, One Cup 

Kung Suh Panda 

Boy Named Suh 

The Big Gronkowski 

It’s a Hard Gronk Life 

We Wilfork You 

Keyshawn Beliebs 

Wilfork Dance Party 

Evil Empire 

No Money Manziel 

Revis’ Vineyard 

OBJYN 

Bend it Like Beckham Jr. 

Jay-Z’s My Agent 

Remember the Titans 

Off to Tennessee the Whiz 

Kissing Suzy Kolber 

Smokin’ Jay Cutler 

Kaepernick Swag 

Sherman’s Last Rant 

Mannings’ O-Face 

The Boldin the Beautiful 

Mr. UGG Boots 

Gisele’s Bundchens 

The Brady Bunch 

Brady Gaga 

Luck Beat A Brady Tonight 

No Romo 

Call Me the Brees 

Laces Out 

Big Ol’ Bortles 

Show Me the Money 

Forgetting Brandon Marshall 

Favre Dollar Footlong 

It’s Always Runny in Philadelphia 

Makin’ It DWayne 

Up All Night to Get Luck-y 

Luckness Monster 

Slow White Bronco 

Enjoy making teams with these names and play fantasy football! 

Few facts about football you might not know

Football is known as soccer outside America. But when we watch the FIFA, we watch football and when we play fantasy sports, we normally play fantasy football. 

And this beautiful sport has some mind-blowing fact we do not know. Perhaps you play on field football at your club or play online games, the fantasy football; it’s quite possible that you have missed these facts. Read on: 

Origin of the word soccer 

Did you know that the word “soccer” originated from an abbreviation of “association football”? In 1880s, students of Oxford University used to abbreviate words by adding “er” to the end. Charles Wreford Brown, a student at Oxford, is normally credited for the word but there is no strong evidence to support. 

Mob Soccer 

Did you know that between the 7th and 9th century a violent game emerged between some villages? The object of the game was for one village to force a ball into the center square of the foe’s village. The game became so cruel that neighbouring villages would take cover and block their windows. 

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Pele 

Pele helped lead Brazil to the FIFA World Cup Championship at age 17. The real name Pele, is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is the only person to have won the World Cup three times as a player. He scored 1,281 goals in his professional career and is considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time. 

Juggling World Record 

The world record for juggling a soccer ball non-stop is 19 hours and 30 minutes. Martinho Eduardo Orige of Brazil juggled a regulation size soccer ball non-stop, meaning the ball did not touch the ground at all. This world record was recorded in 2003 August. 

India wishes to play barefoot 

India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup tournament because FIFA hadn’t permitted the team to play barefoot. It was the 1st time India got qualified but refused to continue as they wanted to play barefoot. 

Most Olympic Gold Medals 

Did you know that Hungary is the country with the most Olympic Gold medals? Since 1908, Hungary has won 3 times. However, Argentina, United Kingdom and Uruguay are close behind, each winning 2. The United States Women’s team has made it to every final match in the Olympics since 1996. They have won 3 out of 4 Gold medal finals, only losing to Norway in 2000. 

Chile banned from World Cup 

Chile was once banned from playing in World cup. It was the year 1994. During a qualifying match for the 1990 World Cup, Chile was down 1-0 Brazil. A loss would have meant elimination form the World Cup tournament. At around 67th minute of the match, the Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas fell to the ground due to being hit by a firework. The team refused to continue to play and the match went unfinished. But, when FIFA reviewed the footage, it was found that no firework ever hit Rojas. He faked it with the hope that they would be making a replay game. FIFA awarded Brazil the win, banned Chile from the 1994 World Cup, and banned Rojas for life. 

Enjoy reading and playing fantasy games! 

Winners List of FIFA World Cup

Soccer or football, as we know it, is the most popular sport on the planet. It is even catching on in the small nations who are not that active in the sport, as fans have more access than ever to watch matches being played around the world. And like all sports, we feel the need of turning this attention into the fantasy football leagues 

So, if you are going to join a fantasy football team, you are going to need all the information you can collect about the football teams and their team members to build a strong team by evaluating their current performances and past records. The past record of an entire team effect during the selection of a player from the team. Perhaps you are inclined to take a particular team; hence we have the entire information of the winning teams in FIFA World Cup from 1930. Read on: 

Following are the Winners List of FIFA World Cup:

In FIFA World Cup 1930 Uruguay, Uruguay was the winner nation with the outcome of Uruguay 4-2 Argentina. 

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During FIFA World Cup 1934 Italy, Italy was the winner nation with the outcome of Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia. 

In FIFA World Cup 1938 Italy, Italy was the winner nation with the outcome of Italy 4-2 Hungary. 

During FIFA World Cup 1950 Brazil, Uruguay was the winner nation with the outcome of Uruguay 2-1 Brazil. 

At FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland, Germany was the winner nation with the outcome of Germany 3-2 Hungary. 

During FIFA World Cup 1958 Sweden, Brazil was the winner nation with the outcome of Brazil 5-2 Sweden. 

In FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile, Brazil was the winner nation with the outcome of Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia. 

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During FIFA World Cup 1966 England, England was the winner nation with the outcome of England 4-2 Germany. 

At FIFA World Cup 1970 Mexico, Brazil was the winner nation with the outcome of Brazil 4-1 Italy. 

During FIFA World Cup 1974 Germany, Germany was the winner nation with the outcome of Germany 2-1 Holland. 

In FIFA World Cup 1978 Argentina, Argentina was the winner nation with the outcome of Argentina 3-1 Holland. 

During FIFA World Cup 1982 Spain, Italy was the winner nation with the outcome of Italy 3-1 Germany. 

At FIFA World Cup 1986 Mexico, Argentina Argentina 3-2 Germany. 

During FIFA World Cup 1990 Italy, Germany was the winner nation with the outcome of Germany 1-0 Argentina. 

In FIFA World Cup 1994 USA, Brazil was the winner nation with the outcome of initially 0-0 and then Brazil defeated Italy 3-2 in penalties. 

During FIFA World Cup 1998 France, France was the winner nation with the outcome of France 3-0 Brazil. 

At FIFA World Cup 2002 Japan/ South Korea, Brazil was the winner nation with the outcome of Brazil 2-0 Germany. 

During FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany, Italy was the winner nation with the outcome of initially 1-1, and then Italy beat France 5-3 in penalties. 

In FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa, Spain was the winner nation with the outcome of Spain 1-0 Netherlands. 

During FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil, Germany was the winner nation with the outcome of Germany 1-0 Argentina. 

In the last FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia, France is the winning nation with the outcome of France 4-2 Croatia. 

Enjoy reading and playing fantasy football! 

History of Portugal Much Deeper Than Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal Football team is one of the best teams in the world. Every time you choose Portuguese footballers in your fantasy football team, they prove it. Perhaps that is the symbol that an online fantasy football team is never complete without a Portugal member in it. 

And who is the life of Portugal team in the recent years? It is obviously, Cristiano Ronaldo!  

The Golden Generation of Portuguese soccer has been the nation developing a few brilliant talents lately. This has propelled the national team to a FIFA ranking as high as number 3. It is the highest the nation has ever achieved. 

Portugal team has been able to reach the semi finals of the FIFA World Cup on two occasions, 1966 and 2006. The team got their best ever finish as the third team in 1966 event. Regionally, Portugal team has reached the finals of European tournament in 2004. 

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The football playing style of Portuguese 

Portugal playing style of football is typical of Latin American styles, bearing a passing similarity with the Brazilian playing style of their former South American colony. 

Much less physical than the English football, Portugal Football depends on the details. They also depend on talent of the gifted players to get success in any match. It is hugely dependant on having players who possess the skills to be able to win one-on-one battles and complete the scoring chances whenever available. 

The bulk of the football play is built up through the midfield with lots of passing and possession.  Players will make quick runs at net with the ball at their feet, or look for through balls to open space.  Counter-attacks and long balls are seldom seen as these types of plays typically give up the possession that the style depends on. 

Defensively, Portugal does not have the same level of power as the Italian team may possess, nor does it focus on a principally defensive style of play.  Like Brazil, Portugal instead prefers to maintain ball control to limit opposition chances. 

The Future of Portuguese football 

Many of the players from the golden generation have by now retired or are fast approaching the end of their global careers.  As a result, a new era of players, spearheaded by the compelling superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, is leading the charge on the global front. 

The new generation has large shoes to fill in order to achieve the same level of promise as years past.  Even though little was actually won, the teams of years past were very competitive. 

Enjoy reading and playing online football! 

The Tale of German Football Team

German Soccer team, who is ruling the FIFA World ranking this year, has some glorious past. Your fantasy football league cannot be complete without the inclusion of German team. 

So, let’s together drift into the past and know this team better and then include it in the fantasy football team. 

Soon after its 1863 founding in England, football spread the English Channel to all the nations of continental Europe. In Germany, fussball took hold fast and by 1920s it was rated as the nation’s popular sport. In 2014, the German men’s national team became the top in FIFA world ranking and the women team in number 2 spot behind US.  

World Cup Journey for Germany 

Germany football team snagged their 4th World Cup championship in 2014, with earlier wins in 1954, 1974 and 1990. The team has also finished second in four additional World Cups out of a total of 18 World Cup appearances making Germany the top football team in total appearances, eight in the World Cup final. In the year 2014, Germany had beaten Brazil, which was the host nation 7 to 1 in semi final match, on its way to dispatch Argentina in the final, 1 to 0.  

In addition, the German women won the Women’s World Cup, held 6 times, in 2003 and 2007 and came second in 1995. 

Famous Male Players of the German Soccer Team from history 

Franz Beckenbauer, a sweeper for Bayern Munich, tops all lists of star players for his defensive prowess and his wins as both a player and manager in the World Cup. Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, also with Bayern, was part of eight German Bundesliga championships and a ferocious presence at the 2002 World Cup, keeping a depleted “Mannschaft” — as the team is known by home fans — in contention. Miroslav Klose holds Germany’s scoring record in international competition, with 71 goals, besting Gerd Muller’s 68. Ageless dynamo Lothar Matthaus drew kudos as an all-world midfielder, and played in five World Cups. Center forward Jurgen Klinsmann, who played with Matthaus at Inter Milan, also found the goal for Germany’s men in Italy in 1990; in 2011, Klinsmann became the U.S. men’s coach. 

Best Female Players of the German Soccer Team from history 

Germany’s woman are famous for strong goalkeepers, including Nadine Angerer and Silke Rottenberg. Up front, striker Birgit Prinz has been voted FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year on three occasions. She slotted home 128 goals in 214 national team appearances. In addition to their two World Cup victories, the German women also have eight European championships. 

Enjoy reading and happy playing fantasy football!

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Famous Nicknames of the Footballer and their Tales Part 2

Do you remember our post where is talk about the famous nicknames of footballers? We hadn’t finished that post as we have many more to share with you. Fantasy football will be much more fun to play, if you are aware of these nicknames. 

So are you up for another part of interesting nicknames of your favourite footballers? Read them before you begin selecting your fantasy premier league teams

Read on before you give a nickname to your fantasy football team:

The King: Eric Cantona given the nickname as the king as the guys was king of the ground. And he was the greatest player of the Manchester United. 

El Angel Gabriel: Gabriel Batistuta named El Angel Gabriel who was basically from Argentina. 

The human lift: Sebastiano Rossi was Italian goalkeeper famous for his remarkable height and athletic skills. 

Sissi: Sisleide Lima do Amor is the Brazilian player. He was just 16 years old when he received the golden boot award. 

A Muralha Azul: Dida whose name was Nelson de Jesus Silva was the best goalkeeper of Brazil. He had the nickname which means the blue wall. 

The shorty: Romario O Baixinho who was a Brazilian striker at 5 ft. 4 in., yet he was incredibly agile and a thorn in the feet of opposing defenders.  

La Brujita: The nickname means the little witch and was given to Argentine young player. He took the name from his father Juan Ramon. 

The Czech Cannon: Pavel Nedved who was Italian was given the nickname for his accurate delivery and fantastic penalty kicks. 

Magic Dwarf: Philipp Lahm was German player who was only 5 feet and 7 inches tall. He was known for his intelligence as ground was named as magic dwarf. 

The fifth Beatle: George best who was named so because he was stylish, handsome and one of the only men at the time to rival the fame of the music group. 

Chopper: The ex-Chelsea player Ron Harris was named chopper because of his aggressive behaviour and tackling capacities. 

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El Torero: Paolo Rossi names as El torero after the 1982 world cup in which he scored big exploits. 

The Giraffe: As the name suggest, the nickname was given to Jack Charleton. It was because of his long legs and high neck. 

Take a list of few more nicknames:

Mayor of Street: Edgar Davids was the former Tottenham and Juventus player was famous for his fierce style of play. 

Piranha: Edgar Davids was also known by the name and also by the name shark. 

El Muneco: El muneco means the doll. It was for the title to an Argentine player who was 168 cm tall. 

The Flying Flea: Jimmy Johnstone was a Scottish player who had nickname as the flying flea and was known for his amazing gameplay. 

Zeko: Zeko means rabbit which means the player was too fast at ground and the nickname was of Velimir Zajec. 

Pequeno Buda: Pequeno buda means little Buddha and the nickname was for Ivan de la Pena who was Spanish player as played as central midfielder and was famous for his bald head.  

Le Divin Chauve: The nickname means the baldheaded God and dedicates to he ex-French international goalkeeper who was famous for the rituals set by him and his teammate Laurent Blanc. 

The White Pele: Zico is famous as the white pele who was Brazilian midfielder and was the coach of national team as well. 

Der Ausserirdishche: Oliver Kahn, the best ever goalkeeper of Germany, had the name. He was the best player of the world cup 2002. 

The Extraterrestrial: Oliver Kahn had the name because of his elegant performance. 

Der Titan: Der titan means the titan and the nickname attributes to Oliver Kahn.. 

Volcano: Oliver Kahn also named as volcano because of his fantastic performance.  

Machtig Maus: The name means the mighty mouse and attributes to the famous player Kevin Keegan.  

El Buitre: The name is for the Emilio Butragueno who is famous Spanish striker and excellent player of Real Madrid. 

Take note in these ones listed below:

El Toro: The nickname is of Argentine forward player Mario Kempes who won golden boot award in the world cup 1978. 

Prince Polley: Prince Opoku is Ghanian striker who was famous for his exploits at the FC twente.

Petit Prince: Daniel Bravo attributed with the name who was French national and played as midfielder and started career at a young age of 19. 

Super Mario: Mario Basler had the name because of his outstanding set pieces and creativity in the football ground. 

Donkey: Well, this is definitely not the best nickname for a footballer but had credited by Tony Adams who was English captain and famous for captaining the title wining in three different decades.

Spillo: Alessandro Altobelli credited the name as Spillo who was Italian forward player and winner of the 1982 world cup. 

The Beast: The beast name attributes to the great French player Marcel Desailly who was defensive midfielder and known for his strength, consistency, and hard tackling style. 

Stan the Man: Stan collymore was English striker who was at the time most expensive player and signed for more than $8.5 million. 

Profesore: Gunnar Gren who was the Swedish football player famous for his un-matched tactical skills and had nickname of Profesore or professor. 

La Perla: La Perla means the pearl and is the name of famous Julen Guerrero famous for his ambidexterity.  

The Blind Venetian: Massimo Taibi played for Manchester United as a goalkeeper and is famous for his poor performance. 

Speedy Gonzalez: The name is of famous footballer Cristian Gonzalez who was famous for his speed and aggression and was part of world cup 2002. 

Lion de Rekem: The Belgian defender Eric Gerets had nickname as the lion de rekem who was famous for dark and long hair. 

A few more:

El Narizon: Carlos Bilardo was  the El Narizon which means the big nose and he belonged to Argentina.  

La Joya: La Joya means the jewel and attributes to the Portuguese player Paulo Futre. He made world cup appearance as well as played for many clubs in the Spain, Japan, France, Italy, and Portugal.

Diablo: Diablo means devil and attributed to Bolivian national Marco Etcheverry. He is one of the best footballer of all time. 

Olen: Olen is for deer and is the nickname of Russian player who became politician as well and his name was Dmitrij Alenichev.  

Desert Maradona: Desert Maradona is the name of Saudi Arabian player. He appeared in the world cups as well and his name was Al Owaeran. 

Billy: Billy attributes to the Alessandro Costacueta, the Italian defender known for his skills and performance. 

Kun: Sergio Aguero was the argentine player who had the nickname of Kun. It had taken from famous cartoon series as his appearance was like kun character. 

Flout de Neu: Ronald Koeman, from Holland, had the name from Barcelona fans. It was because of his complexion and he also resembled the character of flout de neu. 

Disorderly: Duncan Ferguson who was standing at 6 ft. 4 in., the Scottish player scores more goals than any other player of his country in the Premier League but was famous for his red cards and antics on the field. 

Big Dunc: The name also attributes to Duncan Ferguson. 

Village at Elland Road: Jonathan Woodgate who was K. defender who is most famous for the best responses to a routine questionnaire. 

Super Frank: Frank Lampard who was possibly the greatest player in the history of Chelsea, he went from Fat Frank to Super Frank. 

A set of some more nicknames:

Tank: Tank is the nickname of Saed Kolasinac who was from Bosnia and played for Arsenal. 

El Nino Maravialla: The nickname means the squirrel which attributes to the famous player Alexis Sanchez. It was because of his climbing and restless habit of climbing on buildings of hometown. 

Little Mozart: The nickname is of famous player of Tomas Rosicky. He gained the title because of his abilities and epic gameplay. 

Hulk: Hulk is the nickname of Givanildo Vieira de Souza from Brazil who was tall, strong, and huge. 

Roadrunner: The roadrunner is the nickname of Aaron Lennon from England. He was famous for his epic speed and classic gameplay. 

Crazy Horse: Emlyn Hughes of England earned the nickname because he was famous for his commitments and galloping runs. He was crazy on the field. 

Zizou: Zizou is the name of world’s most acknowledged footballer of all times, the great Zinedine Zidane. A French player, Zidane got famous for his head hit to the opponent in world cup final. 

El Fenomeno: Ronaldo has the nickname El fenomeno. He became the star of all time and is among the best strikers of all time. 

Sparky: Mark Hughes is from Wales who is Sparky. The nickname earned by him as he and his mates decided to look for a comic book and Hughes chose Sparky. 

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