Footballers may not have the hardhitting nicknames of the boxing fraternity such as Tommy The Hitman Hearns or Smoking Joe Frazier but there are many who will perform at Euro 2008 who have interesting ones to say the least.
The world of the arts and showbusiness are well represented in diverse forms as Italian striker Alessandro del Piero earned the monniker of Renaissance artist of Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto) from Juventus late owner Giovanni Agnelli, himself known as The lawyer , a man not unknown for handing down great artists names to his best players as Roberto Baggio also known as the Pony-tailed Buddha was branded Raphael .
Hollywood gets a look in as well as Greece s Euro 2004 goalkeeping hero Antonis Nikopolidis has earned the nickname Clooney after he…