Top 20 nicknames of footballers - Part 2 of 2

#13 Adebayo Akinfenwa – The Beast

Akinfenwa has been called the strongest man to have played football

“People said: ‘You’re too big to play football’, but I kept playing and it just happened that people have caught on to me and taken to me. The nicest thing I get from it is that I can be myself and people seem to like it.”

In Akinfenwa’s own words, he was discouraged from playing football, but he has gone on reasonably well – as he is in the 17^th year of his professional career. In those 17 years, he has played for 13 different clubs.

EA Sports didn’t ignore him either; the strength rating on the FIFA game series for Akinfenwa is 98, more than any other player in the world.

He is now back for a second spell at Wycombe Wanderers after helping AFC Wimbledon secure promotion to League One last season. He runs a clothing brand called ‘Beast Mode On’.