The nicknames come out

Vincent Gérard: "LVII (in Roman numerals) is a reference to my original department, Moselle, of which I have been very proud since I was a child. It was a way to make a collector's jersey, with a collector's number."

Luka Karabatic: "The choice was made on its own, I didn't have to think. That's what they've called me since I was a kid. My family and friends all end up calling me that. I never had another nickname, so it was natural to choose Loulou."

Kim Ekdahl du Rietz: "BH. These are the initials of my best friend, when I was a child. It was to pay tribute to him that I made this choice. He was close to my heart and it brings back memories."

Viran Morros: "DeArgila is my mother's last name. It allows me to give her a nice wink. I think it will make her happy."

Dylan Nahi: "My nickname since I was a child is Dydy. It seemed logical to me to choose that for this occasion."

Édouard Kempf: "Everyone in the team calls me Edu. It's a nickname I like. Outside handball, they also call me Edes, but I wanted to wink at my teammates."

Gudjon Sigurdsson: "This is my Icelandic nickname but it disappeared when I went to play in Germany, because my teammates from other countries were unable to pronounce Gaui."

Kamil Syprzak: "Sypa is a diminutive from my family name. People have called me that since childhood. I thought it would be nice to have a jersey with that name printed on the back."

Nikola Karabatic: "By choosing Zivic, I wanted to pay tribute to my mother and family in Serbia. I think it will be a nice surprise for her. At birth, you keep your father's name but you end up with two names, so it's also a reference to women in general."

Benoît Kounkoud: "Beni is one of my nicknames. They call me either Benoît, Ben, Benito or Benileven, but Beni is probably the one I get the most."

Nedim Remili: "Why Ned? Simply because my name is Nedim and that's my only nickname. That's what the people closest to me call me: my father, my mother, my friends... I like it when people call me that. It is short, simple and efficient."

Henrik Toft Hansen: "I chose Toffie because it was the name I was given when I was younger, at school. It's pretty close to my last name and it came to mind right away when I thought about it."

Adama Keita: "Apart from my relatives, not many people know it, but Jaya is my first name. That's what my relatives call me, not Adama."

Luc Abalo: "Kanny is my middle name. That's my Togolese name. I chose it because when I was younger, my friends and I had a group of artists and that was my nickname. Growing up, when I discovered Kanye West, I found it funny that we had this similarity. But I think for him, it's his artist name, while for me, it says so on my ID card [laughs]."

Sander Sagosen: "Only my family and best friend in Norway call me Sander. But here, everyone uses the nickname Sagi."

Mikkel Hansen: "There are people who sometimes have trouble pronouncing 'Mikkel' and say 'Mikael', so I prefer to be called Mikki, it's easier."

Rodrigo Corrales: "Cangas City allows me to pay tribute to my hometown of Cangas, in Galicia. I added City to give the impression that it's a big city when it's not really the case [laughs]. And it's also my nickname in the NFL Fantasy League, which we play among players on the team."

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