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A Guide To Pronouncing Difficult Player Names At EURO 2016

A Guide To Pronouncing Difficult Player Names At EURO 2016

Thank you, UEFA.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

UEFA have kindly provided us with a handy guide for those who aren't very good at pronouncing names. Yes, we're talking to you Paul Merson.

With the likes of Polish midfielder Krzysztof Mączynsk, Turkey defender Sener Ozbayraklı and Sweden winger Emil Forsberg, which is apparently pronounced 'Fosh-berry' at the European Championships, expect plenty of commentators to splutter their words on the odd occasion.

Yes, we're talking to you Paul Merson.

Merson
Merson

Impress your mates in the pub with your impeccable pronunciation skills, starting with France vs Romania on Friday night.

Here are some Romanian players who's names are pretty tough to say:

Romania

Ciprian Tatarusanu - Chip-ree-an Ta-ta-roo-sha-noo

Aleksandru Matel - Mat-sel

Cosmin Moti - Mot-see

Aleksandru Chipciu - Kip-chee-oo

Adrian Prepelita - Pre-pel-its-a

Nicolae Stanciu - Stan-chee-oo

Claudiu Keseru - Ke-share-oo

STANCU
STANCU

Here is the full list for all your pronouncing needs.

From A-Z:

Albania

Alban Hoxha - Hodge-ah

Orges Shehi - Shay-hee

Elseid Hysaj - Hoo-sigh

Mergim Mavraj - Mur-gim Mav-rai

Lorik Cana - Lo-reek Tsa-na

Ledian Memushaj - Led-yan Me-moo-shay

Sokol Cikalleshi - Sokol Chi-ka-lesh-ee

Shkelzen Gashi - Shkul-zen

Cana
Cana

Austria

Gyorgy Garics - Gior-jee Ga-ritch

Alessandro Schopf - Sherpf

Lukas Hinterseer - Hin-ter-say-er

Belgium

Michy Batshuayi - Bat-shoe-a-yi

Belgium
Belgium

Croatia

Domagoj Vida - Do-ma-goy

Sime Vrsaljko - Shi-may Ver-sal-ee-ko

Milan Badelj - Bad-el-ee

Duje Cop - Do-yey Chop

Marko Pjaca - Pea-at-sa

Czech Republic

Tomas Koubek - Tom-as Koe-beck

Tomas Vaclík - Vatz-leek

Marek Suchy - Sue-hee

Borek Dockal - Dotch-kal

Ladislav Krejcí - Kray-chee

Jaroslav Plasil - Jo-ro-slav Pla-shil

Germany

Benedikt Howedes - Hoe-ve-des

Joshua Kimmich - Kim-ikh

Kimmich
Kimmich

Hungary

Denes Dibusz - Day-nesh Di-boos

Barnabas Bese - Beh-sheh

Roland Juhasz - Yoo-hass

Balasz Dzsudzsak - Bol-azh Joo-jaack

Adam Nagy - Nah-dge

Gergo Lovrencsics - Ger-gur Lov-ren-chitch

Krisztian Nemeth - Nay-met

Iceland

Haukur Heidar Hauksson - How-koor Hey-thar Howk-son

Arnor Ingvi Traustason - Ar-nor Eeng-vee Troy-sta-son

Elmar and Birkir Bjarnason - Byard-na-son

Runar Mar Sigurjonsson - Roo-nar Maur Seeg-ur-yo-nson

Poland

Lukasz Fabianski - Woo-cash Fab-yan-ski

Artur Jedrzejczyk - Yen-jay-chick

Tomasz Jodlowiec - Yodd-wo-vetz

Kamil Grosicki - Gro-sich-ki

Krzysztof Mączynski - K-shish-toff Mon-chin-ski

Filip Starzynski - Sta-zynn-ski

Fabian
Fabian

Portugal

Bruno Alves - Alvsh

Raphael Guerreiro - Gur-ray-roh

Renato Sanches - Khrenato

Vieirinha - Vea-ay-rea-niah

Romania

Ciprian Tatarusanu - Chip-ree-an Ta-ta-roo-sha-noo

Aleksandru Matel - Mat-sel

Cosmin Moti - Mot-see

Aleksandru Chipciu - Kip-chee-oo

Adrian Prepelita - Pre-pel-its-a

Nicolae Stanciu - Stan-chee-oo

Claudiu Keseru - Ke-share-oo

Russia

Aleksandr Golovin - Gala-vin

Dmitri Kombarov - Kam-bar-ov

Dmitri Torbinski - Tar-bin-ski

Guilherme - Gi-li-erm-ay

Slovakia

Matus Kozacik - Ma-tush Koz-aa-chick

Jan Durica - Djoo-ritz-ah

Tomas Hubocan - Hoo-bo-chan

Milan Skriniar - Shkrin-ee-ar

Patrik Hrosovsky - Hro-shov-ski

Durika
Durika

Sweden

Victor Lindelof - Lin-de-love

Emil Forsberg - Fosh-berry

Emir Kujovic - Ku-yo-vitch

Switzerland

Fabian Schar - Share

Blerim Dzemaili - Je-my-lee

Shani Tarashaj - Ta-ra-shai

Turkey

Gokhan Gonul - Ger-kan Ger-nool

Sener Ozbayraklı - She-ner Erz-by-rak-ler

Oguzhan Ozyakup - O-hoo-zhan Erz-ya-kup

Selcuk İnan - Sel-chuk Ee-nan

Ukraine

Yevhen Khacheridi - Ha-che-ri-di

H/T: UEFA

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