In Griekenland wordt hij vaak "Koning Otto" (Grieks: βασιλιάς Ότο, "Basileus Oto") genoemd, waarschijnlijk verwijzend naar Koning Otto van Griekenland. ###>In Greece, he is occasionally called "King Otto (βασιλιάς Όθων)", probably in allusion to King Otto of Greece from Bavaria, however he already had this nickname during his coaching career in Germany.