What is the Longest footballers first name?

Answer 1

Edson Arentes Do Nascimento Pelé "O Rei do futbol" (the king of football) "Perora negra" (the black pearl) : the king Pelé Pelé Pelé Pelé ! ! ! (just if the nicknames count)

But for me the longuest I have found is the one known as "Socrates" who used to play for Brazil in the early eighties :

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (48 letters)

Answer 2

Houshmanzadeh only has 13 letters in the name

Roethlisberger has 14 letters giving Ben the longest surname

Answer 3

It could be Blaszczykowski who played for NT of Poland. Another one, Rabesandratana ex PSG defender

Answer 4

I know of a player called Reza Ghoochannejhad. Maybe that'd help

Answer 5

I think wright Phillips because he has 14 alphabets on his surname.

Answer 6

Alec Oxlade-Chamberlain