Why do Brazil soccer players only use one name, not both as the rest of the World Cup players?
544213
It is indeed because they have so many different names, for example, Pele's real name is Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. It just fits on the shirt better, and is often a nickname from the players Childhood. Pele doesn't even like his nickname! Ronaldinho is actually called Ronaldo Guacho, but changed it so he wouldn't be confused with the other Ronaldo. His name means "little Ronaldo". Some players such as Gilberto Silva, however, pretty much kept his name as original because it was already so short.
668084
he would be ronaldinho junior or senior not anything else .why wud there be any part of the name zidane in it
992260
Because that is not the point, it does't matter if u have loads of stars in ur team, it is how they play in a team. Netherlands, for example, all their players are professionals and famous, but they have never won anything, others team, like South Korea or Turkey on last World Cup, reached the semi-finals, though anyone could hardly name one player from South Korea. It is not the quantity of the stars it is the quality of the game. :)
527104
yes Brazil has a tremendous group of athletes that are capable of still being the first pick without ronaldinho. He sure is a magician with the ball, but believe there are alot more like him in brazil.
1093549
That World Cup was played in Chile and Brazil beat Czechoslovakia in the final, 3-1, with goals from Amarildo, Zito and Vavá. Josef Masopust scored for Czechoslovakia.\n\nBrazil set a record that year, being the World Cup winning team that used the least number of player - 12 (only used Amarildo after Pelé got injured).
1101712
David Beckham (Eng), Kaka (Brazil), Raul Gonzales (Spain), Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Morientes (Spain), Milan Baros (Czech Rep), Owen (Eng), Cech (Cxech Rep), Totti (Italy), Kewell (Aus)....\n\nWell had real trouble to name them, esp after the 6th one!
990418
It's possible. I think Brazil is just overrated. They literally just have Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos as their 'trademarks' but that's about it. However, they do have the spirit though, from winning world cup 4 years ago. It's some kind of a psychological effect.
606821
There were actually two.\n\nJairzinho of Brazil, who did this in the 1970 World Cup and Alcide Ghiggia of Uruguay in 1950. Ghiggia only played four games where as Jairzinho played six.
1148819
Ronaldo from Brazil and Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal and Ronaldinho's actual name is Ronaldo to
335498
I play soccer myself, and to Americans, football is more important (American football). Therefore, they are unwilling to change their name. This forced true football (Soccer) to be called soccer, in order to differentiate between the two. It's been a tradition and I doubt it will change anytime soon.
1008191
First because is the ONLY sport that is played in all the countries except the Vatican City and Some Overseas Possessions (French Guyana, and some other islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean). Is also the most played sport in Europe and South America.\n\nSecond because even tough Brazil have won more cup titles, is always a fair sport, because we have Italy and Germany with tree titles and other worth two or one. So really there is no best country, and the dispute is good (As some good teams were left behind in this cup: Uruguay, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Turkey, Nigeria, Cameron...)\n\n\nThird, is not like other sports as tennis and golf, where you need a whole lot of equipment, in soccer you only need a ball, and two rocks to make the goals, so poor countries in South America and Africa can afford their players to play and improve.\n\nFourth, is the only sport to be prove to unite countries, and to make their fans love their country and fell patriotic. If you see all the games, at the end they shake their hands and they exchange T-shirts, something that is not common, specially among nations from other continents and other cultures.\n\nFifth, Is fun to see your country playing with other teams, and to get this vision of how everyone enjoys goals more than Aces(tennis), and other things in sports.
264005
Look out for Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Adriano, Dida...how many names are you looking for.  Brazil is the best team in the Universe.  I'm not sure anyone can stop them.
502111
Maradonna.  The only thing that separates the two is their teams.  Pele for Brazil, is a factory and had amazing players around him, Maradonna didn't.  With Pele's world cup victories if he didn't play you could still say confidently that Brazil was a favorite.  Without Maradonna, Argentina may not have any silverware to their name.  I think that is the only thing that separates the two on the field.  Off, they are two separate peronalities and Pele has been taken advantage of financially and Maradonna has "other" problems.  On the field there is no comparison even Ronaldinho and Messi can't compare.  They played with creativity and vision to lead soccer to where it is today.  Like Thomas Edison invinted electricity, Pele and Maradonna invented the brand of soocer for todays stars to shine.
1069064
It does not happens so frequently to score an own goal in the world cup. This year we have already seen two (Gamarra for Paraguay and Zaccardo for Italy) but normally the best players of a national team should not score against their own  team !\nPlease find a source link where you can find an interesting thing : a player: Andrés Escobar, from Colombia ... was murdered after his own goal !
1167608
Brazil is going to.... one name          Ronaldinho
1170659
They have long names, first, midle and last name,  but they are known by they nick names, as it is tradition in Brazil to call someone by a nick name, and it is usually short or end in "inho", an afectionate way to call someone, like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, actually, they are both Ronaldo, the inho is only makes the name a nickname and thus also differenciates one Ronaldo from another.
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FIFA allows nationalized players to play for their "adoptive" country.  In cases of double nationalities, the players can choose which country to represent.\n\nThis happens very, very often and usually because of one of these two reasons:\n\na)  A player is very very good (e.g. Klose, Podolski) and would definitely make the team in either of its two nationality countries.  Commonly he would choose to play in the "bigger" team since that would allow him a better shot at say, winning the World Cup.\n\nb)  The player is good enough to make it to the national team of his adoptive country but not his country of birth. (e.g.  Guille Franco).  He was born in Argentina but there is no way on Earth he would be chosen for that team, he just wouldn't cut it.  After he nationalized Mexican, he was immediately chosen for the Mexican squad and he now can afford to play in the world cup and is actually one of the better players of that team.