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Greg Evans
Jan 31, 2021
ESPN NL
Footballers names trend quite a lot on Twitter, especially when there is a big game on television.
Names such as Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Rashford and Rapinoe have topped trending charts numerous but we don’t think we’ve ever seen a name like this get so much attention.
Jizz Hornkamp is a 22-year-old Dutch striker who plays for Den Bosch in the Netherlands. He is considered to be an exciting young prospect in Dutch football and its easy to see why. After all, he did score four goals for Den Bosch in their 4-4 draw with Excelsior in the Dutch second division on Saturday.
3-0 achter bij Excelsior. Uitzichtloze situatie. Maar dan is daar: ⚽️ 52' Jizz Hornkamp 3-1 ⚽️ 55' Jizz Hornkamp 3… https://t.co/Fk2WGLTxtD— ESPN NL (@ESPN NL) 1612019516
His incredible goal-scoring feat soon saw him gain widespread attention across the globe. Unfortunately for Hornkamp it wasn’t because he scored all four goals but because of his first name, which in English means something completely different which we can’t type here.
Hornkamp’s first name was soon trending on US Twitter and you can imagine the majority of some of the jokes that were on offer.
Excuse me https://t.co/wJgiShnhtd— Trill Withers (@Trill Withers) 1612024601
Jizz trending man, twitter really going downhill https://t.co/tX7YVPWNYb— Corna King (@Corna King) 1612026494
@edsbs OH BABY I HEAR THE BLUES A CALLIN TOSSED SALAD AND JIZZ HORNKAMP— Ryan Nanni (@Ryan Nanni) 1612024778
[clive tyldesley voice]: remember the name; jizz hornkamp https://t.co/0OQidy22wJ— Stan Account (@Stan Account) 1612025633
No clean sheets when Jizz Hornkamp gets going https://t.co/gQdNsaRoCC— Ryan Bailey (@Ryan Bailey) 1612029220
Your daughter come’s home from college “dad this is my boyfriend, Jizz”— PFT Commenter (@PFT Commenter) 1612033906
Football team Jizz’d on 4 times in half an hour... https://t.co/Hdk37NUC1J— 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 (@𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀) 1612021019
I'm not mature enough for this. https://t.co/8GpK20wUH6— Christopher Crawford (@Christopher Crawford) 1612028835
Some cheeky individual even updated Hornkamp’s Wikipedia page.
People having fun updating Jizz Hornkamp’s Wiki page https://t.co/p70r6RyRvv— ETK (@ETK) 1612071150
Really struggling to not make any jokes right now…
If you are new to this, then please allow us to introduce you to some other funny footballer names. Danny Invincible, Kevin Lasagna, Bernt Haas, Christian Fuchs, Nortei Nortey, Stefan Kuntz, Creedence Clearwater Couto are a few just to get you started. Yes, they are all real people.
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