Best & Worst Hibs Player Names

[Souter96Mac]

As to not derail the transfer thread again, I thought for a laugh it would be interesting to start this as a thread.

Who, in your opinion, have been the best and worst current/former Hibs player names?

Could be the most 'interesting' names, or 'boring' names, or just whatever justification your is.

I'll start with a couple suggestions:

Dominique Malonga - superb

Gary Smith - apologies Gary, just a pretty boring name

[HFC93]

Amazing name - Humphrey Rudge

[MikeyS]

As to not derail the transfer thread again, I thought for a laugh it would be interesting to start this as a thread.

Who, in your opinion, have been the best and worst current/former Hibs player names?

Could be the most 'interesting' names, or 'boring' names, or just whatever justification your is.

I'll start with a couple suggestions:

Dominique Malonga - superb

Gary Smith - apologies Gary, just a pretty boring name

Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay
Mika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen
Fabiana Yantorno
Jean-Marc Adjovi-Boco
Mel Bottiglieri
Yannick Zambernardi

All toppers!

Thierry Gatheussi is a blinder too!

[sleeping giant]

Abdessalam Benjelloun.

[DaveF]

Eduardo Hurtado.

Great name, not so great at ER.

And that Lith striker who was also *****.

[Pretty Boy]

Hakim Sar-Temsoury.

Great name. Played 3 games and looked like an Alli Dia type in every one.

[Nicho87]

Fabrice Henry

[Sean1875]

I always quite enjoyed the slight alliteration of Jonatan Johansson. The player, not so much :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Mark Brown is in the Gary Smith league of boring names. Bordering on sacrilege but David Gray probably qualifies as well.

[Northernhibee]

James Scott was always going to be ***** off the name alone. No sense of the exotic or potential for puns whatsoever.

Big Dave was always an absolute belter. Shame it didn't work out for him.

[Killiehibbie]

Pat Stanton and George Best.

[Souter96Mac]

Brian Rice also a fairly boring name

Grzegorz Szamotulski is a belter

[Libby Hibby]

Mark Brown is in the Gary Smith league of boring names. Bordering on sacrilege but David Gray probably qualifies as well.

Graeme Smith, Tom Smith, Stuart Lovell, Alan Sneddon all boring.

Joe Tortolano is the best, cannot be beaten.

[The 90+2]

Brian Rice also a fairly boring name

Grzegorz Szamotulski is a belter

:agree:

Grains on you after a bit.

I'm sticking with Humphrey Rudge. Mark Kerr for boring name also boring player.

[Hibby70]

Thorsten Schmugge

[The 90+2]

How could forget Jean-Marc Adjovi-Boco.

[Craig_HFC]

Emilio Bottiglieri

[BILLYHIBS]

Hamilton Handling

Mark Brown

[Since452]

Klaus Dietrich

[Northernhibee]

Abdellah Zoubir

[DH1875]

Paco Luna.

[The 90+2]

David Zitelli is magnifique.

[DH1875]

Ulises de la Cruz.

[worcesterhibby]

Funny how we all love foreign names...but they are probably pretty boring in their own country.

I always remember thinking that Stefan Schwarz was a great name when he signed for Arsenal...but if you translate it......it just turns into boring old "Steve Black" :greengrin:greengrin

[DanishJohn]

A player from late 40s/50's

Angus Plumb. A centre forward who could execute the perfect pass.

It is said that some of his passes along the deck were always in a straight line and perfectly measured.

[Dr What If?]

Everyones favourite bus driver and the only excuse to ever wear maroon.......Benny Brazil

[The Spaceman]

Merouane Zemmama - just knew he was going to be class in a glass when he signed with a name like that. The controversial circumstances of he and Benji leaving Raja Casablanca only added to the excitement!

[Dr What If?]

Merouane Zemmama - just knew he was going to be class in a glass when he signed with a name like that. The controversial circumstances of he and Benji leaving Raja Casablanca only added to the excitement!
Forgot about the Benji shenanigans.....did he not sign for Raja while still with us and without us knowing?

[HoboHarry]

Klaus Dietrich
Certainly was a fantastic name for a donkey......

[BILLYHIBS]

With a name like Gordon Smith I am sure no one expected much

😃

[dchibs]

Rafael Scheidt was a crap name:greengrin

[Pagan Hibernia]

Peter Marinello was a fantastically exotic name for a young Scot. He certainly looked the part too.

going a bit (a lot) further back, Willie Groves, the clubs first genius. Name just rolls off the tongue.

[Tobias Funke]

Juha Riippa

[inglisavhibs]

Ulises de la Cruz.
Dominique Sossorobla Malonga from recent players and Jackie Plenderleith from yesteryear.

[WoreTheGreen]

Andy Goram Andy Goram

[Hibiza]

Jarko Wiss.

[Hibiza]

Zitelli

[Roxyhibee]

Edwin de Graaf ‘generates’ a lot of excitement when you hear it, but eventually peters out with no spark leaving a sense of disappointment

[Hibiza]

Mark Brown is in the Gary Smith league of boring names. Bordering on sacrilege but David Gray probably qualifies as well.

Kenneth Miller

[BILLYHIBS]

Didier Agathe

[EricM]

Best: Lee Power
Worst: Paul Tosh

Played at the same time too I think

[Cat Stanton]

Defensive partnership of Thico(t) and Dicko(h) always sounded worrying.

[overdrive]

Jarko Wiss.

A guy behind me used to refer to him as “Wiss by name, Piss by nature” and announce that he was “going for a Jarko” when he was going to the toilet :faf:

[overdrive]

Dirk Lehmann

[Hibiza]

Best: Lee Power
Worst: Paul Tosh

Played at the same time too I think

A double signing from Dundee by Duff Jimmy .

[Cat Stanton]

A double signing from Dundee by Duff Jimmy .

Yep. That was the start of the descent...

[Carheenlea]

Edwin de Graaf ‘generates’ a lot of excitement when you hear it, but eventually peters out with no spark leaving a sense of disappointment

Conjure’s up images of a 70’s prog rock group. Never got into prog, and similarly never really got into watching Edwin in a Hibs shirt.

[Smartie]

Alan Smart was a personal favourite.

[Pretty Boy]

Alan Smart was a personal favourite.

Smart and Tam McManus as a front 2 in an away defeat to Livi the Sunday after the AEK Athens game still gives me nightmares. McManus would have been as well playing himself.

We took a huge support through as well.

[Hillsidehibby]

Not just the most boring Hibs player name but the most boring name ever.

Tom Smith

[ancient hibee]

Des Fox

Johnny Frye

Jim Rollo

Jackie Wren

Abderraouf Zarabi

Some of my favourites.

[Baader]

Roland Edge

[Cat Stanton]

Smart and Tam McManus as a front 2 in an away defeat to Livi the Sunday after the AEK Athens game still gives me nightmares. McManus would have been as well playing himself.

We took a huge support through as well.

I have no memory whatsoever of Smart. A Google says he played five games?

[PatHead]

Laurie Reilly is a trucking brilliant name.

[HoboHarry]

I have no memory whatsoever of Smart. A Google says he played five games?

Me neither, my memory is pretty good but I've no recollection of him at all.

[HoboHarry]

Olafur Gottskálksson. Fantastic name.

[007]

Faecal Rearass or whatever it was.

[HoboHarry]

Faecal Rearass or whatever it was.

He was crap right enough. Promptly flung out the back door....

[jgl07]

Pa Saikou Kujabi

'The Gambian Roberto Carlos'!

[jgl07]

Three Austrian players and one Hungarian:

Klause Dietrich and Peter Guggi who preceded Alen Orman.

Thomas Sowunmi.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Best:
Valdys Trakys
szamoltulski
Zibignew Malkowski
Ulises De La Cruz
Thorben Joneliet
Akpo Sodje

Worst:
Brian Kerr
Gary Smith
Scott Brown

[MikeyS]

Not just the most boring Hibs player name but the most boring name ever.

Tom Smith

I always thought he was a very good player who suffered from a bad injury and never recovered.

[Hillsidehibby]

I always thought he was a very good player who suffered from a bad injury and never recovered.

I agree. I'm not having a go at his capabilities.

[MikeyS]

I agree. I'm not having a go at his capabilities.

Yeah I didn't think you were mate 👍🏻 just wanted to show appreciation for someone who many may have forgotten or even never heard of before.

[Scouse Hibee]

Franck Sauzee

[nickwhibs]

Jarkko Wiss. Still used as rhyming slang amongst our group

[BILLYHIBS]

How come our players’ names are more dramatic and much more exciting than our neighbours ?

I mean Donald Ford Ernie Winchester Wullie Bauld and Tom Dick and Harry from Lithuania ?

So many panic buys I have forgotten their names

You really need a Match Day Programme to double check the Hearts line-up every time we play them

[The dalmeny]

Some boy in Angola is probably going “Tom Smith” what a name

[He's here!]

Peter Marinello was a fantastically exotic name for a young Scot. He certainly looked the part too.

going a bit (a lot) further back, Willie Groves, the clubs first genius. Name just rolls off the tongue.

Indeed. He was billed as the new Georgie Best (another great footballer name - and a former Hibby!) when he joined Arsenal.

Joe Tortolano sounded quite exotic too but his football rarely was.

Gordon Rae was a good name for headline writers as was Gareth Evans (Evans sake, Evans above were much used).

[heretoday]

I can't think of any bad ones.

[BILLYHIBS]

I can't think of any bad ones.

Rowan Vine

:cb

[Nakedmanoncrack]

Paul Lovering is an interesting one.

[WeeRussell]

Someone beat me to Roland Edge, so I’ll go Frederic Arpinon!

Gary Smith is slightly less exotic.

[Just_Jimmy]

Matthias Doumbe
Fredric daquin

Two of the three muskateers

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