Since its inception in 1992, players from 111 nations have participated in the English Premier League. This has resulted in a wide range of great player names. Here’s a list of the top player names currently in the Prem, as selected by Owen’s father:
9) Trezeguet: An Egyptian national who has played in Egypt, Belgium, Turkey and England, and who is named after a look-alike former French national who played in France, Italy, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina and India. Soccer really is the most international sport.
8) Sokratis Papastathopoulos: Unsurprisingly, everyone refers to him by his first name.
7) Harry Winks: Sounds like a friendly guy with bushy eyebrows.
6) Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlin: A classic sounding British name (also James Ward-Prowse, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker-Peters).
5) Wilfred Ndidi: Yes indeedy.
4) Fred: So simple (although his full name, Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, isn’t).
3) Aaron Wan-Bissaka: Just a great sounding name (also Willy Boly, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Teemu Pukki and Mamadou Sakho).
2) Marvelous Nakamba: His first name speaks for itself.
1) Sir Chips Keswick: Nobody has a cooler sounding name than the Chairman of Arsenal.
