Here's how you really pronounce Champions League players' names 🗣️ | OneFootball

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Dan Burke·17 September 2019

Here's how you really pronounce Champions League players' names 🗣️

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It turns out you’ve been pronouncing João Félix’s name wrong this whole time, you fool!

But don’t worry, because we have too, and thankfully the good people at Uefa are here to help.


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The Champions League returns to our lives on Tuesday night and ahead of the big kick-off, European football’s governing body have released a handy pronunciation guide to help you master some of the competition’s toughest tongue-twisters.

Here are some of the most interesting ones …


AJAX (Eye-axe)

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Donny van de Beek – Vonder-Bake


ATALANTA

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Martin de Roon – der-Own


ATLÉTICO MADRID (At-LAY-tee-co)

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Koke – Cokka João Félix – Joo-wow Fay-lish


BARCELONA (Bar-sell-owe-nah)

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Moussa Wagué – Wa-gay


BAYER LEVERKUSEN (By-er)

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Ramazan Özcan – Erz-jan


BAYERN MÜNCHEN (By-ern Moon-shun)

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Jérome Boateng – Jeh-rom Bwa-teng


BENFICA (Ben-fee-ka)

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Andrija Živković – An-dree-a Jiv-kov-itch


BORUSSIA DORTMUND (Bo-rooss-ear)

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Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cah Peesh-check


CHELSEA

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Christian Pulišić – Police-sick


CLUB BRUGGE (Cloob Brooger)

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Thibault Vlietinck – Tee-bo Flee-tink


CRVENA ZVEZDA (Tser-vay-nah zvez-der)

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Richmond Boakye – Bo-atch-yay


DINAMO ZAGREB (Dee-na-mo)

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Damian Kądzior – Kon-jaw


GALATASARAY

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Okan Kocuk – Co-chook


GENK

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Patrik Hrošovský – Raw-shovski


INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (Inter-nats-eon-ar-lay)

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Stefan de Vrij – Duv-rye


JUVENTUS (Yoo-ven-tus)

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Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Sh-chens-nay


LIVERPOOL

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Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Shat-cheery


LOKOMOTIV MOSKVA (Lokomo-teev)

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Vedran Ćorluka – Chor-loo-ka


LOSC LILLE (Losc leel)

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Luiz Araújo – Ar-ow-joh


LYON (Lee-on)

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Houssem Aouar – Ow-ar (to rhyme with ‘how are’)


MANCHESTER CITY

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Kevin De Bruyne – De Brurner


NAPOLI

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Elseid Hysaj – Hoo-sigh


OLYMPIACOS (Olimpy-ar-koss)

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Daniel Podence – Po-dense


PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (Pah-ree San-Jer-man)

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Layvin Kurzawa – Lay-van Kur-java


RB LEIPZIG (Lie-pzig)

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Emil Forsberg – Fors-berry


REAL MADRID (Ray-al Ma-dreed)

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Toni Kroos – Crowss


SALZBURG (Salts-berg)

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Erling Braut Håland – Hor-land


SHAKHTAR DONETSK

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Dodô – Dudu


SLAVIA PRAHA

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Ladislav Takács – Tock-arch


TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

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Toby Alderweireld – Ol-der-vay-reld


VALENCIA (Balen-see-a)

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Gonçalo Guedes – Gon-sarlo Gair-diss


ZENIT

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Yaroslav Rakits’kyy – Rack-its-key