How to pronounce the players' names correctly
Friday, February 8, 2019
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UEFA.com gives a phonetic guide to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 sides.
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UEFA.com's ongoing mission to ensure that the world's football fans get the players' names right is rebooted for the round of 16; read and learn!
AJAX (Eye-axe)
Václav Černý – Vats-lav Chair-knee
Matthijs de Ligt – Ma-tie-ss de Licht
Noussair Mazraoui – Nooss-air Maz-rao-ee
Lasse Schöne – Lesser Shoo-ner
Perr Shuurs – Shoo-ers
Daley Sinkgraven – Sink-rah-ven
Dušan Tadić – Doo-shan Tad-itch
Donny van de Beek – von der Bake
ATLÉTICO (At-LAY-tee-co)
Antoine Griezmann – An-twan Gree-ez-man
Koke – Ko-kay
Saúl Ñíguez – Sa-ool Nyee-geth
Nehuén Pérez – Nay-wen
Stefan Savić – Sa-vich
BARCELONA (Bar-sell-owe-nah)
Lionel Messi – Lee-oh-nell
Ivan Rakitić – Ra-key-titch
Thomas Vermaelen – Ver-mah-len
BAYERN MÜNCHEN (By-ern Moon-shun)
Joshua Kimmich – Yo-zoo-ah Kim-ikh
Robert Lewandowski – Le-van-dov-ski
James Rodríguez – Ha-mess Rod-rEE-geth
Manuel Neuer – Man-well Noy-er
Sven Ulreich – Ool-rike
DORTMUND
Mario Götze – Gert-ser
Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cash Peesh-check
Christian Pulišić – Police-sick (not pronounced the usual Croatian way)
Marco Reus – Royce
Julian Weigl – Yoo-lee-an Vye-gull
JUVENTUS (Yoo-ven-tus)
Federico Bernardeschi – Bernard-ess-kee
Emre Can – Em-ray Jan
Giorgio Chiellini – Kee-ell-ee-nee
Paulo Dybala – Dee-ba-lah
Mario Mandžukić – Man-joo-kitch
Miralem Pjanić – Pee-ah-nitch
Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Schen-snee
LIVERPOOL
Simon Mignolet – See-mon Min-yo-lay
Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Sha-cheery
Georginio Wijnaldum – Why-nal-dum
LYON (Lee-on)
Houssem Aouar – Ow-arr
Fernando Marçal – Mar-sal
MANCHESTER CITY
Kevin De Bruyne – De Bruh-nah
İlkay Gündoğan – Ilk-eye Gun-doe-wan
Gabriel Jesús – Jay-zooss
Aymeric Laporte – Em-rick
MANCHESTER UNITED
Eric Bailly – Eh-reec By-yee
David de Gea – De Hayer
Victor Lindelöf – Linda-love
Anthony Martial – Mar-see-al
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (Pah-ree San-Jer-man)
Gianluigi Buffon – Boo-fon
Ángel Di María – Ang-el (with a hard 'g' - not like the English word 'angel')
Metehan Güçlü – Gooch-luh
Layvin Kurzawa – Kur-zha-va
Marquinhos – Mar-keen-yoss
Thomas Meunier – Tom-ah Mur-nee-ay
Adrien Rabiot – Ad-ree-an Rab-yo
Thomas Tuchel – Too-khel
PORTO (Poor-too)
Diogo Leite – Jogo Leych
Iker Casillas – Ee-care Ca-see-yass
Jesús Corona – Hay-zoos
REAL MADRID (Ray-al Ma-dreed)
Dani Carvajal – Car-va-hal
Dani Ceballos – They-baye-oss
Jaume Grau – Ja-ow-may Gra-ow
Toni Kroos – Crows
Luka Modrić – Mod-rich
ROMA (Roh-mah)
Ante Ćorić – Ant-ay Chor-itch
Edin Džeko – Jecko
Cengiz Ünder – Jen-giss Oon-dah
SCHALKE (Shall-ker)
Ralf Fährmann – Fair-man
Bastian Oczipka – Otch-ip-kah
Cedric Teuchert – Toych-hurt
Mark Uth – Oot
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Toby Alderweireld – Al-der-vay-reld
Serge Aurier – Or-ee-ay
Eric Dier – Die-er