minus-squaresebte@alien.topBtoFootball / Soccer / Calcio / Futebol / Fußball@soccer.forum•Alejandro Garnacho is at risk of a Football Association ban over a social media post regarding Manchester United team-mate Andre Onana.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNot sure if related but “mono” = “monkey” is also a kinda popular nickname for goalkeepers. I would say gorilla is a better version of the nickname Some examples Navarro Montoya = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Navarro_Montoya Burgos = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germán_Burgos Monetti = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Monetti Sanchez = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Sánchez_(footballer,_born_1987) Martinez = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramiro_Martínez_(footballer) (some of them you might have to open spanish version of wiki to see the nickname) linkfedilink
Not sure if related but “mono” = “monkey” is also a kinda popular nickname for goalkeepers. I would say gorilla is a better version of the nickname
Some examples
Navarro Montoya = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Navarro_Montoya
Burgos = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germán_Burgos
Monetti = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Monetti
Sanchez = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Sánchez_(footballer,_born_1987)
Martinez = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramiro_Martínez_(footballer)
(some of them you might have to open spanish version of wiki to see the nickname)