Guest Article: Best Player Names in the Premier League

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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.

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