Re: Nene Hilario changes name to Nene?

"igor eduardo küpfer" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:31:22 GMT, Gary Collard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> >Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
> >>
> >> One day, s_knight8 wrote:
> >>
> >> > Commenting on Nuggets forward Nene Hilario, who has legally changed
> >> > his name to Nene, Barkley said, "Nene is going to be a great player,
> >> > but you can't give yourself one name until you've accomplished
> >> > something."
> >>
> >> His name was Maybiner, not Nene'.
> >> Nene' is a nickname and it means "little boy".
> >> BTW you don't need to be Pele or Ronaldo to be known only for your
> >> nickname in Brazil, EVERY player has only one name.
> >
> >Brazil's greatest player Oscar Schmidt must be surprised to hear that :)
> 
> Not at all -- Brazilians knew his as Oscar. Only gringos used his full name.

Learn something new every day.  I always heard Pele and Renaldo and Tatu,
but never Oscar.

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Gary Collard
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