The 'How Do I Pronounce That?' Thread sponsored by David Pleat

[mackemforever]

Just got one for you guys to help me with.

Lasha Salukvadze (Georgian)

[shaunjc]

i have a difficult one to say ive never even bothered saying it

Danijel Cmeljesevic hes serbian by the way

is it Dan-yell Smell-ja-sev-itch?

[iolodavanki]

Balazs Dzsudzsak

I don't actually know but after from hearing it (before they found their pronunciation) I pronounced it as:
Ba-laz Dzud-zshak
I can't explain the latter part of the name with letters but I pronounce it like "shack" but more z like. Kinda like a Spanish J on Jack sound. Lol.

dnt really have 1 for anyone else...

my bad, nevermind

[Mikal]

David Txurruka, my Spanish regen. How's the 'Tx' pronounced?

[heathxxx]

David Txurruka, my Spanish regen. How's the 'Tx' pronounced?

That looks like a Basque surname. No idea how to pronounce Basque, it's a language apart...

[Mikal]

Looks like i'll stick to calling him 'Eureka" then!

[Ninja Monkey]

David Txurruka, my Spanish regen. How's the 'Tx' pronounced?

I guess the "x" would be silent?

[SSGTroyer]

My guess would be Tshur-Uka, for what my guess would be worth...

[Peter G]

The rather deceptive; Thanasis Tsigas.

Is it See-gas? or Tshigas?

[El Zar]

David Txurruka, my Spanish regen. How's the 'Tx' pronounced?

Chu-ru-kah

[BrightLad5]

Was thinking of re-making this thread but thought I would just get this one up and running again

So the first name on FM11 I need help with is a Frenchman Benoît Boulanger

[scriba]

Boulanger : boo-lan-jay
with "an" like the "an" in dance, by the way boulanger means baker.

[BrightLad5]

Hey, that my name!! thanks mate! just signed him for Worcester in BSN, apparently he can play at a leading League 1 level

[DanielZvern]

I have this doubts

Cvitanic

Hoebke/Höbke

[Sheva Elite]

Inoncencio (Brazil)

In-non Sense See Oh

That's what I've been saying. In Brazil they call Mancini. Man-see-knee, right? As opposed to a proper Italian pronounciation of Man-Chi-Knee.

[begilsson]

Zhao Fuqiang - Dutch-speaking belgianborn Belgian\Chinese regen

[MarkTCfc]

Inoncencio (Brazil)

In-non Sense See Oh

That's what I've been saying. In Brazil they call Mancini. Man-see-knee, right? As opposed to a proper Italian pronounciation of Man-Chi-Knee.

Personally I would say "Inn-onn Thenf-fio" But see what you mean about different dialects

[kpain16]

I have this doubts

Cvitanic

Ts - Wee - Tahn - Ich

[Fabio MVP]

Personally I would say "Inn-onn Thenf-fio" But see what you mean about different dialects

He stands correct about Inoncencio. You should probably ask PMLF for a confirmation though.

[Pretended]

You got a Turkish here. Ask away if any bothers your...uh, tongue.

[samdiatmh]

got a Danish bloke called Kenneth Zohore?

is it like Za-whore?
or Zo-horr-ey? (horr like horror)

got an italian called Enrico Sgherri (Enrico i'm fine with) Sgherri however is the problem (Sug-herr-ee?)

[bigdanio]

S'gerri the gerri part should rhyme with very.

[Utdchamp]

If playing in Brazil you can pronounce english names like this:

[Gebe]

Well if my support of Speedway has taught me anything it's how to pronounce the Poles.

Balash ju-jak.

Approximately, except he's not a pole, but Hungarian.

Balázs Dzsudzsák does not equal Balazs Dzsudzsak, notice the little commas on the a's, the first a does not have one and it's pronounced more like the o in hot. The other a's are clear like in father.
Also the zs is pronounced like the ge in rouge
[ˈbɒlaːʒ ˈd͡ʒud͡ʒaːk]
so the end result is something like
Bolage Jujak

Not important, but also of note, Hungarian names follow the eastern name order, so this guy in Hungary is called Dzsudzsák Balázs.

[TheInvisibleMan]

Danny Szetela anyone? Always stumped me since the days of FM 2007 and I've gone and signed him again!

[scholes=legend]

Xavi Hernandeth, Antonio Valenthia

[Ein]

Danny Shetela, Shavi Ernandet.

Not sure about the th though.

[BathPalace]

It's definitely Dzu-dzak Bolage (it's not really the english j).

If in doubt guys I highly recommend Forvo as a point of call. If in doubt after that then here is the place to try.

[Gebe]

Forvo

You just killed the thread. Good job.

[Reffi]

got a Danish bloke called Kenneth Zohore?

is it like Za-whore?
or Zo-horr-ey? (horr like horror)

got an italian called Enrico Sgherri (Enrico i'm fine with) Sgherri however is the problem (Sug-herr-ee?)

Although it isn't a Danish surname the way it is pronounced in the Danish press is "Zo-whore" with some emphasis on the "e" almost making it "Zo-whoré"

[OG.L]

Manuel Campisi

Ted Bosch

Dauoda coulibaly

Ronald De Leeuw

[Kevin_M]

My mate calls Shevchenko, "Shevanenko". He's just strange though. He just can't seem to say Shevchenko.

I heard David Pleat call him 'Shevalenko' once. Genius.

And although off-topic, this is worth mentioning; I once worked with a guy who managed to pronounce Quentin Tarantino as 'Quarantine Tornado'. He was denser than a neutron star, though, bless him. I laughed so hard I nearly pulled a muscle!

[chelsea_____Rules]

Matej Delac?

Is it Matej Delac?
Or Matej Deyak?

[CaptainPlanet]

I have a few I've always wanted to know in my squad:

Carlos Monje (Spanish)
Deniz Kalayci (German)
Alfredo Huarte (Spanish)
Imanol Goikoetxea (Spanish)

[Kevin_M]

I have a few I've always wanted to know in my squad:

Carlos Monje (Spanish)
Deniz Kalayci (German)
Alfredo Huarte (Spanish)
Imanol Goikoetxea (Spanish)

Carlos Mon-yay or maybe Mon-yuh
Den-its Ka-lay-chee or Ka-ly-chee
Alfredo Hw-art-uh Or Hw-art-ay
Imanol Goy-kuh-chay-uh

All just wild stabs in the dark.

[Koki]

Hoebke/Höbke

With sounds of the English language, I think this is a quite accurate pronounciation: IPA [hɜpkɘ]
ɜ like the i in 'third' but shorter.
ɘ like the e in 'the'.

[RBKalle]

Carlos Monje (Spanish)

Carlos MON-cheh [like Scottish "ch" in loch, not like standard "ch"]

Deniz Kalayci (German)

In standard German should be Deniz Ka-LIE-tzee... Then again depending on the ethnicity it might change, but Germans do transliterate names and surnames to accomodate the actual pronounciation to German ortography...

Alfredo Huarte (Spanish)

Al-FREH-doh Hwu-AHR-teh ("te" like in tent but longer

Imanol Goikoetxea (Spanish)

Ee-ma-NOL Goy-koh-eh-CHE-ah ["che" like in chess]

[Riffraff]

Danny Szetela:

Danny Sche-te-la (pronounce e's as in the word 'error'). It's a Polish last name I think, although not very common.

[ommerson]

Manuel Campisi

Ted Bosch

Dauoda coulibaly

Ronald De Leeuw

I think Manuel is pronaounced Mánwell with the "w" being more of a slight "oo" sound. Campisi would be something like Come-pee-see, but i'm noit sure about the stresses.

Ted Bosch is pronounced the same as Ted (like in Teddy Roosevelt) Bos (as in Who's The Boss), the "ch" has no sound in this case. Just an old dutch word that meant forest. The word for forest nowadays is just bos, without the ch. Its only used in surnames and some town names, like " 's Herthogenbosch "(nowadays primarily known as Den Bosch, like in FC Den Bosch (say: èf cay (see below for correct sound) Dan ("an" like "then") Boss).

Daouda Coulibaly would be Da-ooh-da Coo-lee-ba-lee I think, probably a Malian name.

Ronald de Leeuw is Ronald, like in english, but with an "a" as in "are" and an "o" as in "boat". So Roanàld, and not the english Ronneld. De with the "e" like in "the" and Leeuw is something like Lay, but without the j-sound and finished like a cat's meaow, so Layw. Hard to explain. We dutch would write the english word Lay phonetically as Leej, so loose the j-sound and you have it, just add the ow part of "meaow". Means Ronald the Lion in dutch. The "d" is not a capital by the way, thats a silly rule: only when teh first name is in front of it it is a small d, without the first name, it's a capital D. So "Ronald de Leeuw scores!", and "And De Leeuw scores".

[Pretended]

Deniz Kalaycı (not "i", "ı" for it is Turkish) is obviously of Turkish origin and is pronounced as:

Dah-neez Kuh-lie-jı ("ı" as you would pronounce the "a" while you *quickly* would say "I was")

[ommerson]

So Kuijte is pronounced as Dirk Kuyt and adding an "uh"

True, but the "uy" (or "ui" in normal dutch words) is very hard to phonetically explain in english. English tend to make Cruijff sound like Croyf and Dirk Kuyt like Durk Koyt. But the ui (or uij/uy)-sound is a sound not known to the english language. I've tried to find an english word that resembles it, but I havent been able to find one. The same goes for the "ij" or "ei" sound, very common in dutch, but almost unpronouncable for foreigners. Try to explain to an englishman how to pronounce the city where football club Telstar resides, which is IJmuiden. And yes, with two capitals, IJ is seen as one letter and as such in names and at the start of a sentence are capital I and capital J, something that is often wrong in FM. So it's Jan IJzerman, and not Jan Ijzerman (that looks rediculous to a dutchman).

The i in Dirk is like the i in "it" by the way. And the r is a bit harder, more from the back of the throat.
And it's not Burgkamp, but Bergkamp (e like in "bear" and a as in "arm", g very raw, like a rasp in your throat).

Other typical dutch lettercombi's are "ou" or "au" (which are pronounced as in "now"), "oe" (pronounced as in "you) and "eu" (like "her"). So Jeroen Bouma is Ye (like the) roun (like you) Bow (like now) mah (like obama).

[kpain16]

Matej Delac?

Is it Matej Delac?
Or Matej Deyak?

Matej Delač

Math - eigh (as number 8 without the t)
Del - ach

[Lospe]

so i've got these French regens:
Amestoy, Raynaud

Portuguese:
Figueiredo

[robbert_o154]

Matej Delač

Math - eigh (as number 8 without the t)
Del - ach

kpain, don't you mean Del - atch? That's what I always thought the č sound was supposed to be like. It's not a soft ch as in 'loch', is it?

[Koki]

Ilian Micanski/Mitsanski - 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Ciprian Deac - FC Schalke
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (is it Hüntelaar or Huntelaar?) - FC Schalke
Grafite - VfL Wolfsburg (The German reporters use all varieties... Grafité, Grafitch, Grafit, Grafitɘ...)

[robbert_o154]

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (is it Hüntelaar or Huntelaar?) - FC Schalke

It's Huntelaar, no umlaut.

Klaas - long a, sounding like 'aah'
Jan - j sounding like the y in 'young'; short a sounding the the a in 'are'
Huntelaar - Hunt the same as in English, e sounding like 'eh', double a the same as in Klaas

[Koki]

It's Huntelaar, no umlaut.

Klaas - long a, sounding like 'aah'
Jan - j sounding like the y in 'young'; short a sounding the the a in 'are'
Huntelaar - Hunt the same as in English, e sounding like 'eh', double a the same as in Klaas

Thanks for the explanation of a native speaker. Wonder where the German reporters got the Hüntelaar from.
So IPA would be: [hʌntəla:r]

[Biscotti]

It amazes me that Dutch is such a hard language for non-Dutch to work out the pronunciation of stuff. I always presumed it was similar in terms of word sounds to German, but being an ignorant Englishman I guess I was pretty wrong

Anyways, I've got one that's confusing me:

Luis Solignac

Looking at his name I'd have thought it would have a similar pronunciation to cognac (the drink), but he's Argentine with no second nationality and no history at all in France as far as I can tell, so that doesn't make sense to me.

[kpain16]

kpain, don't you mean Del - atch? That's what I always thought the č sound was supposed to be like. It's not a soft ch as in 'loch', is it?

Yeah you're right, it's "atch". Sorry :S

[scriba]

so i've got these French regens:
Amestoy, Raynaud

Portuguese:
Figueiredo

Your Portuguese guy I don't know, but for the Frenchs :

Amestoy : ah mess to ah (to : the o like o in dog)
Raynaud : ray no

[Koki]

I always presumed it was similar in terms of word sounds to German.

My German lecturer once said that Dutch is closer to German than the bavarian dialect is

[robbert_o154]

So IPA would be: [hʌntəla:r]

From what I am able to cross-reference on the Wiki-page on IPA as to the sound of those symbols, that seems spot on, but tbh I've never really understood much of IPA. I wish I did though.

It amazes me that Dutch is such a hard language for non-Dutch to work out the pronunciation of stuff. I always presumed it was similar in terms of word sounds to German, but being an ignorant Englishman I guess I was pretty wrong

Oh no, German and Dutch pronunciation are quite different. German has the stereotype of being guttural attached to it, but Dutch is in fact much harsher. German people struggle as much to get some of the Dutch sounds as the English do. Whilst on the other hand, German manages to have words in which already difficult sounds are repeated two or even three times, and Dutch people have problems pronouncing those. The German word for ice skating, schlittschuhlaufen, is a real tongue-twister, I don't think I ever pulled that off correctly at the first go.

[robbert_o154]

My German lecturer once said that Dutch is closer to German than the bavarian dialect is

But then again, Swahili is closer to German than the bavarian dialect is

[Koki]

But then again, Swahili is closer to German than the bavarian dialect is

How true, how true. What's the Dutch word for ice skating, out of interest. Oh, this is getting off topic. PM me

[ommerson]

What's the Dutch word for ice skating, out of interest.

Schaatsen. Pronounce as Schaat-sen. Ch like a hard G (not sj, not a g as in give, not a K-sound, but sG), aa like the a's in Aait! (Ali-G), e like in the.

I, as a dutchman, did realise that dutch is a language hard to grasp by foreigners, but that certain sounds were so hard to explain did surprise me a little.
Very common sounds to us, like ei, ij, ui and aa are just not used in english. And nor in German or french as far as I know.

[Koki]

Schaatsen. Pronounce as Schaat-sen. Ch like a hard G (not sj, not a g as in give, not a K-sound, but sG), aa like the a's in Aait! (Ali-G), e like in the.

I, as a dutchman, did realise that dutch is a language hard to grasp by foreigners, but that certain sounds were so hard to explain did surprise me a little.
Very common sounds to us, like ei, ij, ui and aa are just not used in english. And nor in German or french as far as I know.

I think we have to distinguish between sounds and sequence of letters.
The sequence 'ei' is also commonly used in German (e.g. Geist, Brei, Zeit..). The sound (IPA) for the German 'ei' would be [aI] like the 'i' in time. But is it the same sound in Dutch?
I can only think of a city with 'ui' in German (Duisburg) and it's pronounced [y]. French uses both the sequence 'ui' (I can only think of 'parapluie' atm) and the sound [y] ('bien sûr').

[robbert_o154]

The sequence 'ei' is also commonly used in German (e.g. Geist, Brei, Zeit..). The sound (IPA) for the German 'ei' would be [aI] like the 'i' in time. But is it the same sound in Dutch?

No, it isn't. The Dutch 'ei' would be [ɛi]. The sound of the German 'ei' would be transcribed in Dutch as 'ai'. Similarly, the 'ui' isn't the same either; the Dutch is [œy].

Anyway, as you said before, we're going off topic here.

[Biscotti]

I have an Argentine called García. How would the pronunciation of this name be different from Garcia?

[ommerson]

I guess there's more stress on the i, with the ee-sound, while without the accent one might understress the i and pronounce the name as Garsja.

[Thandui]

A regen of mine that I've had for a while, always wondered how to pronounce his name: Duarte Barroso, French but Portuguese 2nd nationality

[Ailelya]

In Portuguese you don't pronounce e's at the end of words, so he'd be "dwart barroso"

I'll send some a difficult ones:

Davit Pirtskhalava of Georgia
Ebrahim Zaraei of Iran
Josu Aurtenetxe of Spain
Mael Casenave of Reunion

[gullo]

Pablo Batalla

Argentinian

?

[RBKalle]

Pablo Batalla

Argentinian

?

IIRC the sound "ll" in Argentinian is pronounced like a "dg+dg" (like in "badge", so I'd probably go for something like

Ba-TADG-ja (with "ja" as in "jar")

[Kezman9]

IIRC the sound "ll" in Argentinian is pronounced like a "dg+dg" (like in "badge", so I'd probably go for something like

Ba-TADG-ja (with "ja" as in "jar")

I though to LL's in spanish was pronounced like a SH so it would be Ba-Tash-Ha

[ManUTactician247]

I though to LL's in spanish was pronounced like a SH so it would be Ba-Tash-Ha

I can't imagine Fernando Jorente or Fernando Shorente ;D

[Koki]

So Paella would be Pa-edg-a? OMG I've been wrong all these years..

[michaelthestrange]

No it's Pa-eh-ya. "Y" like in "you". In some regions it might also be Pa-el-ya. In Spain at least. Don't know about Argentina and other countries.

[Koki]

No it's Pa-eh-ya. "Y" like in "you". In some regions it might also be Pa-el-ya. In Spain at least. Don't know about Argentina and other countries.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[RBKalle]

So Paella would be Pa-edg-a? OMG I've been wrong all these years..

Nah, "paella" is Spain-Spanish, so it's ok with the "l-ya" or "ya" pronounciation...

The "dg" bit is just a regional variation for Argentina, at least according to what I've heard.

[Strawberry Fields]

Mike Hock...

[SnakeXe]

In Portuguese you don't pronounce e's at the end of words, so he'd be "dwart barroso"

I'll send some a difficult ones:

Davit Pirtskhalava of Georgia
Ebrahim Zaraei of Iran
Josu Aurtenetxe of Spain
Mael Casenave of Reunion

Dah-vit Peert-skah-lavah
Eh-brah-heem Zah-ray-ee
Ho-sue Hour-ten-et-chay
My-el Cah-sen-arr-vay

[pret]

An English regen, 'Corbett'

I pronounce it Corbit, as corbet sounds weird

Cor-bit?
Cor-bet?

[Biscotti]

An English regen, 'Corbett'

I pronounce it Corbit, as corbet sounds weird

Cor-bit?
Cor-bet?

Depends slightly on regional dialects. Either of your possible pronunciations is legitimate, as would "Cor-but" be. I would recommend you go with whichever way feels most comfortable to you

Pretty sure for most of the country, though, "Cor-bit" would be the expected pronunciation.

[Charlesbeams]

I've been using this to help me with pronouncing players names. I know it doesnt have all languages, but it helps with most.

Example of one of my players names - http://translate.google.com/#en|cs|hrdlicka

[Koki]

http://translate.google.com/#en|cs|hrdlicka

Isn't 100% accurate but a very nice tool. Thanks for sharing

[stevie_G_32201]

try this one, i cant for the life of me even begin to work it out.

[Suggy33]

Sez Gin (g as in the start of girl) Chetinkaya

[lucas95]

I'm from Argentina, sorry for my bad english, I will try to help.

I have an Argentine called García. How would the pronunciation of this name be different from Garcia?

The accent falls in the "i", that's all the diference.

In Portuguese you don't pronounce e's at the end of words, so he'd be "dwart barroso"

I'll send some a difficult ones:

Davit Pirtskhalava of Georgia
Ebrahim Zaraei of Iran
Josu Aurtenetxe of Spain
Mael Casenave of Reunion

That's Basque, in Basque "tx" sounds like "ch" (chat, for example).

I though to LL's in spanish was pronounced like a SH so it would be Ba-Tash-Ha

LL sounds similar to Li (like Lionel Messi) but often it is bad pronounced as SH ("Y" sounds like SH when it isn't used as a "I")

Nah, "paella" is Spain-Spanish, so it's ok with the "l-ya" or "ya" pronounciation...

The "dg" bit is just a regional variation for Argentina, at least according to what I've heard.

I'm from argentina and it is Pa-eh-sha

[Biscotti]

Thanks lucas, that's excellent help

Posts like that are the reason this thread is far more informative than google could ever be

[Ailelya]

Anyone noticed Cetinkaya's eyebrows?

[Biscotti]

is clearly a younger version of:

[lucas95]

is clearly a younger version of:

LOL!!!

Like I said before: I'm from Argentina, sorry for my bad english, and will try to help.

I have this doubts

Cvitanic

Hoebke/Höbke

See-bee-tahn-ich (ch like munich), at least that's how it's called here xD

He's a excelent striker too

Manuel Campisi

In google translator, translate english>spanish "Campisi manuel" and listen it, it's perfectly pronounced there. It's something like Man-oo-el cam(like webcam)-pee-see

I have a few I've always wanted to know in my squad:

Carlos Monje (Spanish)
Deniz Kalayci (German)
Alfredo Huarte (Spanish)
Imanol Goikoetxea (Spanish)

Car-los (like "lost" but without T) -mon (like money) and the last part it's very hard to translate... it's like he inHer
Alfred-oh War-teh
Eem-an-ol- and the surname its like Goicochea in this video, 0:05 . Tx in Basque it's like CH (in chat)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563mhgsxBjc

[lucas95]

Thanks lucas, that's excellent help

Posts like that are the reason this thread is far more informative than google could ever be

I like to help in this things

[flamedude]

Algerian Left Back - Lamine Cherif El Ouazzani?

[Suggy33]

Waat-zani is how I'd say it

[auberius]

Mika Ääritalo

[Mooki3]

Ok, do this one for me: my all time favourite FM player; Kennedy Bakircioglü

[auberius]

If I might attempt to resurrect this thread with an example a little closer to home, how about Jimmy Keohane?

[RBKalle]

I'm from argentina and it is Pa-eh-sha

I won't go to disagree with a native speaker...

However to me that "ll" sound still rings harder than regular "sh" (as in "she")... "zh" perhaps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBOUx7wick

@ 0.22 "Medina Bello..."

[Gebe]

Ciprian Deac - FC Schalke

Ciprian:
Click play to hear

Deac:
e like in rest, clear a like in Mars
Deak
doesn't matter how you accentuate it, I've heard the name all over Romania and Hungary, it's fine in any fashion.

[lucas95]

I won't go to disagree with a native speaker...

However to me that "ll" sound still rings harder than regular "sh" (as in "she")... "zh" perhaps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBOUx7wick

@ 0.22 "Medina Bello..."

I'm not sure about the exact pronunciation of "sh" in english

In theory, it pretty similar to "LI", like Lionel messi, with a bit of "SH", but in the practice almost always it's said like in the video. "Y" Should sound like the vid.

[Harper]

Daniel Vazquez - Daniel Vaskehs

Sometimes Z is sounds like a S in Spanish. Atleast that is what my American Spanish professors told me.

I don't remember starting this thread.

[dragonheat]

botond antal? hungarian keeper

[kerching]

I haven,t trawled through the whole thread but has this fella had a mention yet.

[DavtheMan]

accroding to Clive Tyldesley on FIFA 07 Dirk Kuyt is pronounced kw-ee-ch

[Opacus]

I haven,t trawled through the whole thread but has this fella had a mention yet.

Thor-ir Aw-dal-steinsson

[forster]

I pronounce Hugo Lloris - Hew-go Lo-ris, but please correct me if i'm wrong.

Actually, you don't say the S in the final.

It's something like: Oo-go Lo-hee. The double L at the begining also is almost mute.

[forster]

In Portuguese you don't pronounce e's at the end of words, so he'd be "dwart barroso"

I'll send some a difficult ones:

Davit Pirtskhalava of Georgia
Ebrahim Zaraei of Iran
Josu Aurtenetxe of Spain
Mael Casenave of Reunion

What you forgot to mention is how to say Barroso. Most english people would say: Bah-Ro-Sso. But, in Portuguese, when u see a single S in the middle of a word, in almost every case, you pronounce it like a mute Z. And the double R, it's like the H of Harbor. So it's Ba-ho-zo.

In some regions of Brazil and Portugal, people says the double R with the tongue vibrating in the front teeth. Imagine yourself trying to say some T's repeatedly and very fast paced. t-t-t
Kinda like the sound of a machine gun.

[forster]

Oh yeah, almost forgot some names I have in my game and still don't know how to pronounce them:

Remy Beukers - Holland
Robin Mijnheer - Holland
Freek Busscher - Holland
Erjon Osmani - Germany/Albania (Osmani I think is Os-mah-nee, but Erjon I don't have a clue! Eh-rdj-on, maybe?)
Abdallah Yaisien - France/Egipt

[nyandoro]

Oh yeah, almost forgot some names I have in my game and still don't know how to pronounce them:

Remy Beukers - Holland
Robin Mijnheer - Holland
Freek Busscher - Holland
Erjon Osmani - Germany/Albania (Osmani I think is Os-mah-nee, but Erjon I don't have a clue! Eh-rdj-on, maybe?)
Abdallah Yaisien - France/Egipt

I believe it's:

Reh-mee Beh-oh-kers

Roh-been Min-hehr

Frehk Buhs-hehr

Er-ee-on Os-mah-nee

Ya-ee-see-ahn (Abdallah it's easy to read)

At the non-Dutch names i'm 100% sure. At Dutch names, I believe I'm right but I'm waiting for a native to state that.