How do you want to call you? During Cup semifinal match between Barcelona and Almeria, I looked on a fielder's attack on José Luis Oltra. Specifically, in one of their forwards, Henok Goitom, a Swedish national but of Eritrean origin. He could not see properly what was in his shirt, but smelled of extravagance on all four sides, like his teammate Modeste M'Bami, who proudly wears a simple
Mo "on his jersey.
In one of the corners in favor of Almería, I saw that was not written in western characters, which led me to inquire about the stormy stories that the players have put depending on what legends in their shirts. Here are the most attractive football that populate the planet today.
Starting Goitom himself, who has decided to put up his number 23 name in Tigrinya, the language spoken in Eritrea primarily center. Not all fans of Almeria have liked this decision (I think the commentators who do not usually cover the Andalusian either.) To his credit I must say that is a form of culturizar to soccer fans, always accused of uneducated and cockney. It never hurts to learn more from countries such as Eritrea forgotten in this case.
Spain has a wide freedom in putting the name on the jersey, so it is not unusual to see cases like Guti, who decided in his last three seasons at Real Madrid, skip to Country Legend "Guti.Haz." Hence the "Guti, do something" was only one step, and the humorous hobbies English (to own) do not hesitate to make up this expression. Genio today Besiktas player, who always asked in Spain a little more.
Moreover, there is the example of those players who choose to wear a particular legend on its dorsal and then people call them as they have been used ever since. The most obvious case is in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwhere Sergio Busquets few people in the media call him Sam, as he would like to be called, but Busquets. The surname one of the most charismatic goalkeeper and less indifferent has left Barcelona continues to weigh heavily, to the point that he has inherited his nickname (
Busi )
There are also those who have some consideration for others and avoid to reach our I hate country only by the name they have. Thus, Van Bronckhorst preferred to look "Gio
" from day one and forget about problems. With the Dutch team always wore his full name.
Traveling further south we met earlier in the season the complete immersion of new technologies in the world of football. Not the eye Falcon gives much allergy Joseph Blatter, but the language
sms, Sevilla's Julien Escude that used to be easier if the spelling of their name. Another example is a source of jokes in each retransmission of Seville. However, in the Champions League and in Europe playing with his usual name, possibly by virtue of UEFA. Sqd
will go down in history as one of the best center of Seville in the beginning of this century and also for being the most innovative.
travel now to Germany, land of unpronounceable names. They are used to, but that does not mean you have honorable exceptions
style Gio who want to make it easy to identify, especially for the Latino market. Thus, Jakub Blaszczykowski, talented polish inside right Dortmund, has preferred to play as
Kuba before with that name so glossy. Currently there is not doing well either him or his team, an outstanding leader and a half Bundesliga in his pocket.
If there is a place where the seriousness and rigor look heavily on football fields taught is England, the birthplace of the sport. Until recently, all players had to wear his name ... until they started to land Brazilian players. Gilberto was one of the pioneers on his arrival at Arsenal and quickly took note of those who came after him: Anderson, Jo, Robinho, etc. Fabregas, on arrival, said he parked Cesc nicknamed by the English tradition, but seeing as the players then
Chucho Benítez (ex Birmingham), may have repented.
Once standardized the use of nicknames, Javier Hernandez wanted to continue to keep alive the nickname that his father made famous in Mexican lands. Javier Hernandez
Chícharo should be proud every time I see your stem drilling targets and writing English clearly visible in case the diminutive of the nickname he got for his green eyes.
Perhaps more accepted in Mexico, where are the vagaries about what reads on the backs of the players. In fact, most play with their nicknames on their backs, but there are always cracks that lead to the extreme, as Adolfo Bautista, Bofo
, the Dennis Rodman of the Mexican league, that numerous changes and their
look hobby of playing in short sleeves and a single glove, joined being the first player in the history of football onto the field with three digits. The '100 'always sets tongues wagging, but today no longer carry.
We have always been particularly uncomfortable matches between teams from the Far East, over periods of World and Asia Cup. Since 2002, Korea eliminated the World Cup in Spain, has always had a grudge against this country, partly due to the low nominal range they had. It is not difficult to find several Lee and Kim in these selections, so that in recent years have chosen to use their first names, two syllables, uniting and forming a word, to "facilitate" the work to Western sports journalists . We have no problems differentiating Park at Manchester United, but if we see a party of
Taeguk Warriors, look to Jisung (well, all together). Lee, the side that became famous in the PSV, now known as Youngpyo.
FIFA wanted to arbitrate in these matters. As idle as usual, several players banned Argentina Team wear their nicknames on their jerseys, forcing lucieran their surnames. Thus, the
Kun Agüero was no more, as Tevez was allowed to
Apache at home. Not all complied with this rule. Jonas Gutierrez played his first name without problems, as it always has done since Xavi, and also sneaked the odd nickname. Do not forget that Kaka is neither the name nor the name of Ricardo Izecson dos Santos.
traditional football as I am, I lean more to the option of using the first name on the jerseys, though that involve risks as they accumulate three García (Espanyol are the David, Luis and Sergio), or that the shirt is small, as has happened throughout his career at Dutch Vennegoor of Hesselink. Do you know of other cases of names / nicknames extravagant?
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