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Something that amused me today was that Schweinsteiger translated into English is Pig-Climber.

Franz Beckenbauer = Franz Swimming-Pool-Builder
Gianluigi Buffon = Gianluigi Buffoon
Vicente Del Bosque = Vicente Of-The-Forest

Non football related

Claudia Schiffer becomes Claudia Fisherman
Helmut Kohl becomes Helmut Cabbage

Any others?

 Yeah...Stefan Kuntz...Stefan cunts

 Lopez Ufarte....Lopez farts

 Quim...quim

 

Doesn't Schweinstieger mean "pig shagger" or something?

Emmanuel Petit = Holy Small

Emile Heskey = Charming Donkey

Lahm means lifeless

Roberto di Matteo = Bob Matthews

Aime Jacquet (French coach 98 WC) - Love Jacket

tarmo rüütli (estonian football manager) means terry knight

Cristiano Ronaldo = Smarmy, arrogant, pretty boy little twat that you would gladly deliver much physical and emotional pain to.

I suspect that it is a universal translation.

You forgot his middle name = Cunt

Sorry have to correct you there - it's Claudia smells of fish !

surely Mertesacker also means "sack of shit"...in french or something.

Christian Ziege - Christian Goat
Gerhard Schröder - Gerald Carter
Freddie Kruger - Fred Potter
Bernd Schneider - Bernie Taylor

My Dad always referred to the French tennis player Henri LeConte as 'Arry the Twat. Which amused me no end at the time and still does.

Pig Supervisor.

"Pig sticker" surely?
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http://www.pigsticking.com/

On the tennis theme:

Guy Forget = Bloke with Alzheimers

http://germany.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/meet-the-schweinsteigers-and-learn-about-the-tragedy-of-philipp-lahm%E2%80%99s-great-great-great-great-grandfather.html

Bastian Schweinsteiger. A Schweinsteige was actually the Old High German word for pigpen (or Schweinestall in modern German). So it’s not pig climber but Bastian Pigpenner. According to Udolph that means that his family lived in a pigpen when they got their name. Not too flattering, but as we will see with Philipp Lahm’s case, those medieval people were very pragmatic.

Philipp Lahm. Lahm is the German word for lame and apparently when someone decided to give Philipp’s great-great-great-great-grandfather’s family a name, his great-great-great-great-grandfather was lame or gelähmt (lamed / paralysed).

Per Mertesacker. Per’s forefathers worked on Merte’s (variation of Martin) Acker (acre). Quite straightforward.

Christoph Metzelder. Metzelder is derived from Macellarius – latin for butcher. To our butcher’s credit, he hasn’t received a single yellow card this tournament. He probably hasn’t defended a single ball either.

Michael Ballack. Ballack is a sorbic name derived from Balthasar. Balthasar is of Babylonian origin and means “God look after his life”.

Joachim Löw. Löw is a short form of Löwe (lion). A name that was adapted by families with similar characteristics: athletic, strong, courageous and brave. Brave as in letting Jens Lehmann play in a European Championship final.

Oliver Bierhoff. The Bier in Bierhoff has nothing to do with the German word Bier (beer), but is a Low German variation of the word Birne (pear). Add a Hof (yard) to the mix and you’ve got a pear yard.

Franz Beckenbauer. Last but not least The Kaiser. Beckenbauer’s ancestors were versatile people, who were both Bäcker (baker) and Bauer (farmer) at the same time. Just like our Kaiser was a defensive (swee) and an attacking (per) footballer at the same time.

Joachim Low is randomly quite hot

Really?  Doesn't he look a bit like one of the other blokes in a europop boyband from the 80's? 

Yeah - but with better clothes -  a bit like someones hot dad or something

Pat Cash - check your wallet.

Ed Balls - Harry Redknapp coaching Peter Crouch

Joey Beauchamp = A flid who is approaching middle-age and still being breast-fed.

And he did...it was a lovely evening.