Friday, May 2, 2008

PET NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS.

1 PELE,The great Brazilan footballer whose real name was EDISON Arantes Do Nasscimento,got his first name after Thomas Edison. But Pele comes from his school days as he could not pronounce the nane of his favourite footballer the goalkeeper of the VASCO DA GAMA club who was called BILE ,Edison called him PILE and the classmates teased him and the name has always stuck.

2 DUNGA . The Brazilian footballer and coach of the natinol team is of ITALIAN and GERMAN decent. The name DUNGA was given by his own uncle,it a portugeese word meaning DOPPE, from the fairytale SNOWWHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. The uncle thought that his nephew CARLOS CAETANO BLEDRON VERRI would never ever grow up in size and would remain a dwarf ,and named him DOPPE. The name has stuck to him for ever.

3 The Spanish footballer FERNANDO TORRES gets his pet name THE ELNINO, meaning THE KID during his early years at the Spanish club
Atlético Madrid. Because of his babby face.

4 The great Hungarian footballer FERNC PUSKAS was always called the cannon. By structure he was short and stout and had a powerful kick which went like a cannon ball. Along with the great Argentinan ALBERTO STEFANO who both played for REAL MADRID were a fantastic pear.

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