In my area the nicknames are usually given based on the name on the jersey you wear, usually only those who wear other footballers name on their jerseys get called after the player. But almost the all the time the nickname only continues being used if the player plays in the same position as the real life footballer he's named after.

When i played the U-18 MSSD against a Kota Damansara school, they were district champions, they had nicknames like 'Ah Long', 'Ular' and a few more I can't recall, lol.

Anyone here knows well about Indian culture? Cause I notice the nick 'Ular' is always given by Indians to their pacey Indian friends.