UEFA.com presents a guide to pronouncing the names of all the players at the 2016 UEFA European Championship finals The official site of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) published the guide Tuesday to getting the players' names right for all the 24 teams participating in the prestigious tournament Germany An umlaut on 'ä', 'ö' or 'ü' is comparable to 'ae', 'oe', 'ue' in English. Note: Joshua Kimmich – 'ich' as in "ich bin ein Berliner" rather than Baby You're A Rich Man. Manuel Neuer – Noy-ah Jérôme Boateng – Je-rom Bow-a-teng Benedikt Höwedes – Hoe-ve-des Joshua Kimmich – Kim-ikh Antonio Rüdiger – Roo-digger Emre Can – Kan Mario Götze – Gert-suh Italy The commonly-made mistake is to pronounce a 'ch' like an English 'ch' – it is more like a 'k'. Lorenzo Insigne is a tough one to get spot on – linguists may note that his 'gn' works like a Spanish 'ñ'. Gianluigi Buffon – Jan-loo-ee-jee Boo-fon Federico Marchetti – Mar-kett-ee Andrea Barzagli – Bar-zal-yee Giorgio Chiellini – Jor-joh Key-eh-lean-ee Mattea De Sceglio – Deh Shil-yo Federico Bernardeschi – Ber-nar-desk-ee Emmanuele Giaccherini – Em-an-well-eh Ja-ker-ee-nee Eder – Eh-dair Stephan El Shaarawy – El Sha-rah-wee Lorenzo Insigne – In-sin-yuh Graziano Pellè – Grat-zee-ah-no Peh-leh Spain Getting it exactly right is tough for the uninitiated, but the following pronunciations may get you a bit closer. César Azpilicueta's Chelsea team-mates famously nicknamed him 'Dave' to avoid the difficulty of pronouncing his surname. Iker Casillas – Ee-ker Ca-see-yas David de Gea – De-hay-er César Azpilicueta – Ath-pili-coo-et-a Héctor Bellerín – Bay-yer-reen Juanfran – Hoo-an-fran Gerard Piqué – Pee-kay Mikel San José – San-ho-say Sergio Busquets – Boo-skets Cesc Fàbregas – Sesk Koke – Ko-kay England One that may pose a challenge to the uninitiated – Tottenham's 22-year-old midfielder is a 'Dier', like someone who 'dies'. Eric Dier – Die-er France Basic school French should help. Dimitri Payet's surname sounds like 'pie-ette' – equivalent to the sound of Liam Gallagher from Oasis saying "I ate". Benoît Costil – Ben-wah Cos-teal Hugo Lloris – Lyo-reece Steve Mandanda – Stev Mon-don-dah Lucas Digne – Loo-cah Dee-nyuh Christophe Jallet – Ja-lay Laurent Koscielny – Lo-ron Koss-sea-ell-nee Eliaquim Mangala – El-ee-a-keam Mon-ga-la Bacary Sagna – Ba-ka-ree San-ya N'Golo Kanté – N-go-lo Kon-tay Dimitri Payet – Di-mi-tree Pie-ette Morgan Schneiderlin – Shnay-der-lan André-Pierre Gignac – Andre-pee-air Jin-yack Olivier Giroud – Ol-iv-ee-eh Ji-roo Antoine Griezmann – On-twan Gree-ez-man Anthony Martial – On-ton-ee Mar-sea-al Austria Basic German-language rules apply – note that an umlauted 'ä', 'ö' or 'ü' sound something similar to 'ae', 'oe', 'ue' in English. Sebastian Prödl – Prur-dul György Garics – Gior-jee Ga-ritch Aleksandar Dragovic – Dra-go-vitch Zlatko Junuzovic – Ju-nu-zo-vitch Alessandro Schöpf – Sherpf Marko Arnautovic – Ar-now-toe-vitch Lukas Hinterseer – Hin-ter-say-er Mark Janko – Yan-ko Portugal Contrary to what most English speakers imagine, Portuguese sounds very different to Spanish. The 'r' at the start of Rui or Renato is a little bit like a rolled 'r' in French. The second vowel in 'Alves' and 'Gomes' gets squashed down into a 'sh' – e.g. Alvsh, Gomsh. Anthony Lopes – Lop-us Rui Patrício – Khoo-wee Pah-tree-see-oh Bruno Alves – Alvsh Pepe – Pep Raphael Geirreiro – Gur-ray-roh André Gomes – Gomsh João Mario – Joo-ow Renato Sanches – Khrenato Vieirinha – Vea-ay-rea-niah Ricardo Quaresma – Khri-car-do Qua-re-sh-ma Sweden Swedish players in the Premier League have clearly become accustomed to having their names mispronounced. Andreas Isaksson – Ee-sak-son Victor Lindelöf – Lin-de-love Martin Olsson – Ool-son Albin Ekdal – Ee-ek-dal Emil Forsberg – Fosh-berry Kim Källström – Shell-strome Marcus Berg – Berry Emir Kujovic – Ku-yo-vitch Full list of Euro teams ishere (For more sportsnews andupdates, followAhramOnlineSportson Twitter at@AO_Sportsand onFacebookatAhramOnlineSports.) http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/222550.aspx
