Footballers with great names

[sean_lfc]

LOL The last 2 Quality names!

[Liverpel]

Have-A-Look Dube is a Zimbabwean footballer.

[Liverpel]

I always laugh when I hear Danny Invincible mentioned on Soccer Saturday.

[Gibbo]

A Trialist used to make me laugh on Soccer Saturday

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****! the extra time it took for me to write the lost it for me

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Wang Yang.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ya...ler_born_1989)

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[jono]

I always liked Jan Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink for a name.

[Liverpel]

Former Shamrock Rovers player Kempes Corbally was born on the day of the 1978 World Cup Final and named after the great Mario.



MEET the Shamrock*Rovers star born to be a footballer!

Well, if not exactly born to be one, then certainly christened to play at the top level.

In short, meet Kempes Corbally.

Yes, he was named after the Argentinian ace Mario Kempes, star of the 1978 World Cup.

In fact Corbally, son of Bohemians assistant manager Larry, was born on the day of the final itself.

As you might expect from a football mad family his dad watched the match on TV.

He made it to the hospital just after his latest arrival had made his entrance, armed with a ready-made name for the youngster after magic Mario bagged a brace*in the hosts' 4-1 win over Holland.

Still, things could always have been worse.

"Well, either Pasarella or Tarantini could have scored a hat-trick for Argentina or Holland might have won and the Van der Kerkhofs could have scored," admits Kempes, who emerged as a Rovers' first team player at the start of last season.

With a name like his it might seem Corbally has a lot to live up to, but he claims that's not the case.

"When they hear it first most people think it's a nickname.

"Everybody else makes more of a big deal about it than I do. I've seen videos of the original Kempes in action and he was useful.

"Hopefully I'll make as big a name for myself in football as he did.

"But I'm more of a defender than a striker, so even if I make the big time I won't grab as many headlines."

Corbally's first attempt at full-time football didn't work out, although it was a situation he could do little about.

"About a year ago I was over in Kilmarnock for a week's trial and their boss Alex Totten*asked me to come back at Christmas for a second look.

"I got the impression he was quite keen to do a deal, but he was sacked before Christmas so I never got to go back."

Having spent the summer in the States, Corbally arrived back to a Rovers team going well in the league and embarking on a decent cup run.

"I think the difference this season is that we are playing more as a team.

"We have always had a lot of talent in the squad but now it all seems to be gelling together.

"It would perhaps be another two seasons before the fans see the best of this Rovers side."

The last few weeks have been hectic for the Rovers club, as events off the pitch have almost overshadowed activities on it.

After nearly a decade as the nomads of Irish football since the original Glenmalure Park*at Milltown sold for housing, the Hoops are coming back to the south side of Dublin.

They have been given the green light to develop a new stadium Tallaght.

"It will be great for the supporters to be back home, I hear the new ground will also be known as Glenmalure. I know everybody in the club is really excited about it.

"Things have worked out exactly as we wanted them to in regards of the stadium, and there's a brilliant buzz around the place at the moment, you feel as though you are in at the start of something big.

"Other clubs might not like to admit it but Shamrock Rovers are the biggest name in Irish football and we're about to take off again in a big way."

And as any Rovers fan will tell you, for them it's a case of who needs Super Mario when we got Super Kempes!

[Daffy Duck]

Agent Sawu (born 24 October 1971) is a Zimbabwean football striker who is assistant coach of Zimbabwe Saints FC in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.

[Roanmore]

Not a footballer but Billy Twelvetrees played for Leicester against Ulster in the Heineken Cup last night

[badpiggy]

Not so much his name but the obvious but brilliant translation of Tranquillo Barnetta's name into Peaceful Haircut never fails to crack me up.

[Fivex]

Rod Fanni

[lucas]

Jonny Metgod - former forest & spurs plater

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metgod