Prev: Quiz of the Day
Next: MU - Chelsea [R]
From: Insane Ranter on 2 Apr 2010 05:25 They are going to be replaced by the flair of the Vuvuzela!!
From: jvazquez on 5 Apr 2010 15:39 On 1 abr, 13:34, Google Beta User <wanyik...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Anyway, I mean the typical entertainers like Abedi, Yeboah, Finidi, > Okocha, Roger Milla, et. al. > > Eto'o is closes I guess. 'cause they have been taught to play à la Européenne. :-/ Juan Vázquez
From: Mark V. on 5 Apr 2010 19:28 On Apr 5, 3:52 pm, Gabbage <gabb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 2, 9:11 am, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > One who I've only seen a couple of times but seems to have a nice > > little bundle of tricks in his pack is Gervinho of Cote d'Ivoire and > > Lille. He was linked with Arsenal awhile back. I guess he doesn't > > quite rate with the top African players, though. > > I actually read about him on NYT's Goal blog a few days ago: > > http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/ivorian-with-a-game-to-match... > > Sounds like an interesting player. Who are the other non-Brazilians > known primarily by their Brazilian nicknames? Oddly, that posted that same day I posted this. I swear up and down I hadn't read the blog! I don't know of any other non-Lusophones who have Brazilianized nicknames. That is a good question.
From: Jesper Lauridsen on 7 Apr 2010 13:25 On 2010-04-05, Mark V. <markvanderv1(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 5, 3:52�pm, Gabbage <gabb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Sounds like an interesting player. Who are the other non-Brazilians >> known primarily by their Brazilian nicknames? > > Oddly, that posted that same day I posted this. I swear up and down I > hadn't read the blog! > > I don't know of any other non-Lusophones who have Brazilianized > nicknames. That is a good question. Well, there's Bonaldo and "R�de Romario", but I'm not sure they count.
From: Jim Goloboy on 7 Apr 2010 23:23 On Apr 5, 7:28 pm, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 5, 3:52 pm, Gabbage <gabb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 2, 9:11 am, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > One who I've only seen a couple of times but seems to have a nice > > > little bundle of tricks in his pack isGervinhoof Cote d'Ivoire and > > > Lille. He was linked with Arsenal awhile back. I guess he doesn't > > > quite rate with the top African players, though. > > > I actually read about him on NYT's Goal blog a few days ago: > > >http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/ivorian-with-a-game-to-match... > > > Sounds like an interesting player. Who are the other non-Brazilians > > known primarily by their Brazilian nicknames? > > Oddly, that posted that same day I posted this. I swear up and down I > hadn't read the blog! > > I don't know of any other non-Lusophones who have Brazilianized > nicknames. That is a good question. Radamel Garcia (Colombia/Porto) goes by "Falcao" but that is also his middle name. Do foreign players in the Brazilian league pick up nicknames?
|
Pages: 1 Prev: Quiz of the Day Next: MU - Chelsea [R] |