Top 20 nicknames of footballers - Part 1 of 2

#2 Fernando Torres - El Nino

Torres flourished at Premier League side Liverpool before his fall from grace

One of a kind and extraordinarily talented, Torres broke into the Atletico Madrid first team at the tender age of 16. And without much surprise, he was called El Nino, which essentially means ‘the kid’. Although the senior players didn’t exactly know his name and called him that, he would go on to captain the team just three years later, and famously, ahead of his current manager, Diego Simeone.

While Aguero on one hand liked his nickname, Torres wasn’t quite the same. He has stated more than once that he hated the fact that he was stuck with that nickname. He thought that the players should have taken the little effort to remember his own name rather than resorting to El Nino, but one could guess that over time, he has gotten used to it. Especially, as it does sound good to call him that.