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It's obviously a name from a different language, and not pronounced the way UK football fans will probably pronounce it, but I enjoy the prospect of Chelsea having a keeper called Kepa.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/07/chelsea-kepa-arrizabalaga-athletic-bilbao-record
My favourite football match ever, which I didn't even see, was when Mainz played Hamburg, and the goalkeepers were Wache (Mainz) and Hamburg's Wächter (both names mean 'guard' or 'sentinel' in German).
Gerry Queen used to play for a South London side. He once came off the subs bench to score the winner and provoke the headline in the Evening News:
"Queen Nips In to Save Palace"
cliveo
It's obviously a name from a different language, and not pronounced the way UK football fans will probably pronounce it, but I enjoy the prospect of Chelsea having a keeper called Kepa.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/07/chelsea-kepa-arrizabalaga-athletic-bilbao-record
My favourite football match ever, which I didn't even see, was when Mainz played Hamburg, and the goalkeepers were Wache (Mainz) and Hamburg's Wächter (both names mean 'guard' or 'sentinel' in German).