The unpronounceable football players

two footballer players seen from behind, one is sitting down on the grass — *Photo by Piotr Drabik*

Time to learn how to pronounce some of the more complicated international football player names. Here are some of the most difficult to pronounce.

Jakub Błaszczykowski

Jakub Błaszczykowski was born in 1985 in Poland. In 2008 and 2010, he was awarded the best Polish footballer of the year. He has definitely one of the hardest names to pronounce. Click and listen to the correct pronunciation of Jakub Błaszczykowski

Nathaniel Chalobah

Nathaniel Chalobah was born in 1994 in Sierra Leone and moved to England with his family when he was only seven. He is a versatile player, and he can play either as a defender or as a midfielder. Click and listen to the proper pronunciation of Nathaniel Chalobah

Wesley Hoedt

Wesley Hoedt is a young Dutch defender, born in 1994. He is very tall for a football player: he is 6.2 ft. (1.92 cm.). Click and listen to the accurate pronunciation of Wesley Hoedt

Wojciech Szczęsny

Wojciech Szczęsny is certainly an unpronounceable name. The Polish footballer was born in Warsaw in 1990. He is a skilled goalkeeper for the Polish national team. Click and listen to the correct pronunciation of Wojciech Szczęsny

Aleksandar Trajkovski

Aleksandar Trajkovski is a Macedonian footballer, born in 1992. He plays for the Macedonian national football team and has played for the Italian club Palermo, in Sicilia (Sicily). He can play as a winger, attacking midfielder and striker. Click and listen to the perfect pronunciation of Aleksandar Trajkovski

Axel Witsel

Axel Witsel was born in 1989 in Belgium from a Martinican father and a Belgian mother. He has the ability to play in different positions: he is a centre midfield, but he can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a right-winger. Click and listen to the precise pronunciation of Axel Witsel