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Footballers across the globe usually acquire names aside from the once they were born with in the course of their career and Ghanaian players are not exception to that.

Nicknames of 70 notable Ghanaian players | Pulse Ghana

Thomas Freeman Yeboah

They either adopt the nicknames of their idols players or fans name their favourite footballers after things they can situate with or legendary players whom they have similar still of play with.

Some times too footballers are nicknamed after their style of play or exceptional qualities they possess on the field of play.

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Pele is the commonest nicknames among most Ghanaian footballers. The name Pele in Ghanaian football has transcended generation.

In the 1970’s Amusah Ghadamoshi of Hearts of Oak was nicknamed African Pele and Albert Essuman of Asante Kotoko was called Baby Pele.

In the late 1979 and early 1980s saw the rise of arguably the greatest players ever produced in Ghana in the person of Abedi Pele.

He was nicknamed Pele and it became part of his name and he even registered with it at the club level and during international competition.

Abedi played his first major competition for Ghana in the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations and one of his teammates during the tournament was also called Ali Ibrahim Pele.

The legendary Brazilian footballer who was the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup three times was also not born Pele. He was born Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, but he got his nickname after he failed to mention his favourite player Bele well when he was a young boy. He said Pele and it became his nickname and he used it throughout his career.

If there is any player whose nickname had a great impact on his career then it was Abedi Pele Ayew. He lived up to the by emerging as the first player to win the African Footballer of the Year award three consecutive times

Below are the nicknames of 70+3 notable Ghanaian players:

Edward Acquah- The Man with Sputnik Shot

Akuetteh Armah- The man with 99 styles

Osei Kofi- Wizardry Dribbler/Show Boy

Mohammed Ahmed- Polo/Dribbling Magician

Emmanuel Armah- Senegal or Asenewe

John Mensah- The Rock of Gibraltar

Issah Ahmed- The Rock of Gilbralter

Yahaya Mohammed- Terminator/Lukaku

Bernard Dong Bortey-Diouf/Serial Killer

N/B: Most of the players featured are mostly those who played for Ghana either at the juvenile level or at the senior national team level

Nicknames of 70 notable Ghanaian players

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