PES United

**PES United** is one of the two original PES clubs that appeared on Pro Evolution Soccer 3, the other being WE United.

## PES United

* Old
* New

## Info

### Colours

PES 3 - PES 2008: Yellow and Navy
PES 2009 - PES 2021: Red and White

## History

### PES 3 to PES 2010

From PES 3 to PES 2010, PES United appeared as one of the clubs in the "Other Leagues" section. Between PES 5 and PES 6, PES United appeared in "Other Leagues B" with South American teams (São Paulo FC in PES 5, the same Brazilian club alongside CA Boca Juniors and CA River Plate in PES 6). The team continued to appear in "Other Leagues B", alongside not only South American clubs, but also other European clubs (order determined alphabetically by country of origin).

### PES 2011 to PES 2014

Between PES 2011 and PES 2014, PES United appeared as a fictional 2nd division team. That division was called "D2 League" in PES 2011 and PES 2012, "WE League" in PES 2013, and "PDII League" in PES 2014.

### PES 2015 to PES 2021

After that, PES United was promoted to the newly introduced "PEU League", a fictional league with fictional European clubs, where it remained until the end of the Pro Evolution Soccer series.

## Crest and colours

### PES 3 to PES 2008

The original colours of PES United were Yellow and Navy.

### PES 2009 to PES 2021

The PES 2009 rebranding of PES United brought the then current design policy of PES to its original clubs. Therefore, PES United now had a winged and crowned triangle as its logo, featuring the newly introduced PES acronym logo. The club's colours were changed to Red and White.

## Rivalries

The natural rivals of PES United are WE United, a fictional team introduced simultaneously in Pro Evolution Soccer 3. Although the two teams followed different paths through the course of the PES series, the rivalry between the two sides never ceased to exist; even when they weren't based on the same continent anymore.

## Players

### PES 3 to PES 2012

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### PES 2013 to PES 2015

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### PES 2016 to PES 2021

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(\*) Note: In PES 2019, R. Sampaio and M. Amo were replaced by a German named "D. Hulkenberg" and an Argentinian named "Q. Medem", respectively.

## Theories and facts

### First squad

* **Como** was named after the lake of Como in Italy.
* The name of **Nzom Gole** is a corruption of *Ngom Kome*, the surname of Daniel N'Gom Kome, a Cameroonian former footballer who spent all of his professional career in Spain.
* The name of **Heycory** is a corruption of *Hendry*. This fake name was later used for the Unlockable player Colin Hendry, a Scot Premier League winner with Blackburn Rovers.
* The name of **Virota** is a corruption of *Viduka*. This fake name was later used for the Unlockable player Mark Viduka, an Australian-Croat former forward, who played for the likes of Dinamo Zagreb, Celtic FC, Leeds United FC, and Newcastle United FC.
	+ Therefore, we can assume that PES United's Virota is also of Croatian descent. This is not uncommon, as many Austrian players are of Croatian descent. Most notably, Otto Barić, Damir Canadi, Andreas Ivanschitz, Ivica Vastić, and many more.
	+ Furthermore, there could also be another possible link, as wordplays involving "Austria" and "Australia" are not uncommon.
* **Ciurmira** was named after Marko Ciurlizza, a Peruvian defensive midfielder who played in his native Peru, as well as Brazil, namely Botafogo.
* **Agata** could be a corruption of *Ayala*.
* **Romaldinho** was named after Ronaldinho, a world-class midfielder and winger from Brazil.
* **Rodiguez** is a corruption of the Spanish surname *Rodríguez*.
* **Boyano** could be a corruption of *Bolaño*.
* The name of **Razetow** is probably a corruption of *Ramelow*, the surname of Carsten Ramelow, a German former footballer who played most of his career for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
* **Robeuto Acuna** is a corruption of *Roberto Acuña*.
* **Sarto** could be a corruption of *Sand*. For this, we need to take into account the Japanese origin of the game and how the sound /t/ cannot be standalone. As a result, it is rendered as "to". Therefore, "Sarto" should be "Sart", a much clearer possible corruption of "Sand". A notorious footballer with this surname is Ebbe Sand, a Danish former forward who spent most of his career playing for FC Schalke 04.
* *Sariw'* could be a corruption of *Şerif*.
* The French word *dogue*, a loan from the English word *dog*, means *mastiff*, a dog breed. This is also the nickname of Lille OSC: "Les Dogues". This is probably the source for **Dogue's** name.
* The name of **Otam** is probably a corruption of *Okan*, the name of Okan Buruk, a Turkish former footballer who played for the likes of Galatasaray SK, Internazionale, and Beşiktaş JK. This is further supported by the fact that Okan's fake name in PES is "Otamu", which becomes "Otam", if we take into account the fact that PES was primarily developed in Japanese and then translated for the rest of the world. As a result, the sound /m/ cannot be standalone in Japanese, therefore rendered as "mu".
	+ Fun fact: Okan Buruk was one of the few Turkish footballers to have their faces digitally scanned for PES, before Turkish teams were licensed.
* The name of **Metelger** is a fan-favourite Easter egg: Konami, the publisher of the Pro Evolution Soccer series, is also the publisher of another famous franchise: Metal Gear. The popular theory is that "Metelger" sounds like "Metal Gear", thus providing a fun Easter egg for the fans of Konami's games.
	+ It could also be a corruption of **Metzelder**. Christoph Metzelder's fake name in PES was "Messenger".

### Second squad

* **Ashmez** could be a corruption of *Ahmet*.
* The name of **Federic** is a corruption of *Federici*, the surname of Adam Federici, an Australian-Italian former footballer who played for 10 years for Reading FC in England.
* In Portuguese, the word **carinho** means "fondness, affection; endearment; caress".
* **Oritzbahn** sounds rather German than Scottish, because the word "Bahn" means "route, trail; railway", among other things.
* Although far-fetched, there is a possibility that **Beckhold** is a corruption of **Bechkam**.
* The suffix -zade in Turkish surnames means "born". It comes from Persian زاده "zâde", which means "offspring". As a result, the surname of **Tormozade** can be loosely translated (given it is fake) as "Tormo's son".
* The name of **Txerico** probably comes from "txerriki", the Basque word for "pork".
* **Quintaca** is a corruption of the Spanish surname **Quintana**.

### Third squad

* The German surname **Schinner** means "skinner".
* In Turkish, the word **çiçek** means "flower".
* The surname of **P. Lucienbonnet** is actually composed of the French name "Lucien" and the French surname "Bonnet".
* The surname of **Zarandona** is a corruption of **Maradona**, the surname of one of the best footballers in history, Diego Armando Maradona.
* **van Vliet** is an actual Dutch surname.
* **E. Hitzfeld** was named after Ottmar Hitzfeld, a famous German former footballer and manager.
* The name of **Strjom** looks like the Russian word "стрём" (strjom), a slang noun meaning "fear, anxiety, dread; guard, alert; danger, threat". It comes from a Proto-Slavic root meaning "steep".
* The name of **Peiffer** is missing an "f"; its actual source is the German surname *Pfeiffer*, meaning "pipe player".
* The Turkish surname **Bayram** comes from Proto-Turkic, with original meanings "feast" and "horse race". It also has a semantic connection to a Proto-Mongolic root meaning "joy". Today, it is primarily the name of *Eid*, a muslim religious festival.
* **Disraeli** is a Jewish surname.
* The Spanish word **carpintero** means both "carpenter" and "woodpecker".
* The surname of **F. Aduritz** is probably a corruption of the Basque surname *Aduriz*. A notorious footballer with this surname is Aritz Aduriz, a Basque retired striker who played for several clubs in Spain, including Athletic Club Bilbao, Real Valladolid, RCD Mallorca, and València CF.
* According to the website "House of Names": "The surname **Utz** was first discovered in the region of Füssen, where "Utz" Ulricher lived in 1398, and is most likely a nickname derived from the given name *Ulrich* or *Udelrich*.".
* **Uranga** is a Spanish surname, of Basque origin. Garikoitz "Gari" Uranga played as a winger for Real Sociedad, between 2002 and 2008.