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Waldo Ponce
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There can be only one winner, and the Chilean defender is streets ahead of the field with
this fantactic name.
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| 2 |
Shane Smeltz
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New Zealand All Whites striker who tried his luck in the lower reaches of the English leagues with Mansfield Town
and AFC Wimbledon before heading back down under to the A-league. Was born in Germany, although there's no truth in the rumour that he's related
to legendary Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder
Dieter Stinka
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| 3 |
Georgie Welcome
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The Honduran striker scored an incredible 18 goals in 22 games for Arsenal, unfortunately it wasn't that Arsenal
but a Honduran side from Roatan.
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| 4 |
Boubacar Barry
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When we eventually get round to doing our top 10 footballing Barry's then make no mistake
that the Ivorian goalkeeper will be right up there, just behind Davies and Horne.
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| 5 |
Lars Lagerback
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The Swede is an old MD World Cup favourite, good old Lars's name has been making us chuckle for
even longer than Portuguese keeper Quim. At the 2010 World Cup he will mostly be managing Nigeria.
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| 6 |
Hans-Jorg Butt
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Ok, it's only the same surname as Pele's all-time favourite midfielder Nicky
but for some reason Hans-Jorg Butt sounds better.
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| 7 |
Grafite
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Also known as Edinaldo Batista Libanio, the Brazilian is a strong contender for
the most un-Brazilian sounding player ever.
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| 8 |
Mario Eggimann
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The big Swiss defender came to our attention during Fabio Capello's first game in charge for England against Switzerland at Wembley in January 2008. The delight on our faces when we discovered an Eggimann in the line-up was somewhat soured by John Motson's idiotic attempts to pronounce it as "Ecki-man".
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| 9 |
Rafael Van der Vaart
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Nothing too strange about the classy Dutch playmaker's name, but the fact that the Dutch pronounce the 'V' as an 'F' will
certainly appeal to those with a good old-fashioned sense of British toilet humour. Like us. "More tea vicar ?" - "No,
but I'll have some more of that chuffin' crumpet!"
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| 10 |
Edson Buddle
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Nothing too funny about the American striker's name, but it makes the list just because we like the sound of it.
Shame it wasn't "Boddle" though, named after the classicly surreal Sheffield Wednesday fanzine
of the early 1990's.
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