INSIDE STORY: Exciting and funny nicknames of Karela United players
(Nicknames)”a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name”
Perhaps some nicknames are simply a way to differentiate players in a team or may be obsession for smoothering the beautiful game in a shroad of creativity and quickiness,but there can surely be no other club where nicknames are such an integral part of the footballing culture than Karela United.
In the world scene some legendary figures such as Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer ( de Kaiser ), Nelson Arientes dos Nascimento ( Pele) Zinedine Zidane ( Zizou) or Argentina’s Diego Maradona ( El Pibe De Oro) and others enjoy affectionate sobriquets, these would never replace their real names in everyday use.
But at Karela United some players got their nicknames from their role models and also from their cultural or tribal perspective.
Domesticsportsgh.com run the full nicknames of some Karela United players
(Players and their nicknames )
Isaac Hagan – Perdoo
Emmanuel Keyekeh-Pedro
Kwame Boateng- Mbappe
Samuel Ofori- Agape
Lawrence Osei- Lalas
Kwodwo Addai – Lucio
Godfred Yeboah-Pain killer
Nureeden Abdulai-Van Dyke
Samuel Frimpong – Eboue
Shaibu iddrisu – Marcelo
Saddik Alhassan -Pogba
Darlington Gyanfosu – Figo
Prince Ofosu – kante
Franklyn Osei – Lampard
Diawise Taylor- Charles Taylor
Kofi Nyamekye- Blaise Matuidi
Alex Murphy -Ronaldo
Ransford Tachie Amoah – Capi
Harrison Kubi -Container
Abega Fosu- Greatest
Thomas Gyawu – Chellini
Enock Gator-Body
Lawrence Owuso-Pepe
Credits:Samuel Enyan