a little poser,most of us know who Edson Arantes do Nascimento is,but do you know who Richardo izecson dos santos Leite is?.no wonder they Shorten their Names.No prizes Given.
Why are other countries allowed to use nicknames? I've always wondered that. In this case surely his last name Leite is enough, its not like its everyones surname in Brazil. I just can't see Wazza being allowed for Rooney for example. Did anyone see the fiasco over Richard Dunnes shirt in the week, had to change it, and the new one had no name and number, so had to be handwritten in pen! Would have been quicker to just write donkey and say he was Brazilian...job done!
I love it when footballers give nicknames to one another that are actually longer than the original name. This is usually accomplished by simply putting a "y" on the end of the original surname. As in "Coley" (for Joe Cole, as I once heard him referred to by John Terry).
Crouchy is another. Another 'clever' thing footballers do is use the initials instead of the name e.g. JD & JT.
Indeed, it is! And it is strangely in keeping with that gentleman's height that his fellows should seek to lengthen his surname. See, I don't mind that (although I do agree with your implication that perhaps to do this is not quite as clever as the footballers concerned might believe). The use of "azzer" is another one I find comical. There's Gazza, of course; but we also have Azza (Aaron Lennon), Wazza (for Rooney), and I've even heard mention of a Lazza, but I forget who that was meant to be. Perhaps footballers should be encouraged to take this one further. In which case, we could have: Bazza, for any player called Barry Cazza, for any player called Colin Dazza, for all players called David or Darren Fazza, for any player called Frank Hazza, for any player called Henry Jazza, for any player who loves soft porn mags Kazza, for any player called Keith Mazza = Michael Nazza = Samir Nasri etc
The best nickname in football, infact one of the best nicknames around is Fitz Hall's - One Size. His shop was called One Size too. For anyone who's off the pace today - One Size Fitz Hall - (one size fits all)
It's either that or Kiki Musampa, who was nicknamed Chris. I thought that they'd just Anglocised his unusual first name (Kizito) at first, but when you say it together it becomes one of these: please log in to view this image
I know a couple of Gooners who have nicknames for him... On the subject of shirt naming, has anyone noticed South Korean players have different names for club and country? For example, Lee Young-Pyo's Spurs shirt read Y.P Lee, but for South Korea it was Young P.L
I loved the song we came up with about Paolo Wanchope when he went to the Spanners: "I'd rather have two Bergers than Wanchope!" Mind you, who nicknamed Keane "notso" deserves a mention in the Queen's honours list, as far as I am concerned.
