Top 10 players with the coolest nicknames.

1. Albert ‘Ayashisa Amateki’ Mahlangu – the title of a hit pop song from the ’80s, by Mercy Pakela, during the heyday of Pantsula dance.

2. Andrew ‘Jaws of Life’ Rabutla – to call him a hard tackler would be an understatement.

3. Daniel ‘Mambush’ Mudau – a reference to his height, or lack of it.

5. Doctor ’16V’ Khumalo – because of his powerful engine.

6. Emmanuel ‘The Black Jesus’ Ngobese (famously known as ‘Scara’).

7. Jabu ‘Shuffle the Pack’ Mahlangu (Previously Pule. Also known as ‘Ngwana wa Tswenya’ and ‘Lost and found.

8. Lesley ‘Slow Poison’ Manyathela – a deadly striker known for his lazy, deceptive style. He had great potential, but passed away before his time in a car crash in 2003.

9. Steve ‘Kalamazoo’ Mokone – after the hit song, ‘I’ve got a girl in Kalamazoo’.

10. Thabo ‘Tsiki Tsiki’ Mooki – nickname invented at a time when Kwaito music was still new and setting places ablaze. ‘Tsiki Tsiki’ was a song by M’du Masilela, who was hot in the early ’90s.

By Jimmy Modise