Jonathan Fairfield Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Brazilian man names son 'Zidane Thierry Henry Barthez' A seven-year-old Brazilian boy has been named after so many French football stars that he struggles to pronounce his own name. He is called Zinedine Yazid Zidane Thierry Henry Barthez Eric Felipe Silva Santos. The little Zidane, as he is simply known, can pronounce his first three names without a problem but stumbles afer that. "I don't know them yet. I never learned them," Zidane told the G1 news website. Even though France defeated Brazil in the 2006 World Cup, the boy's father said he decided to pay tribute to three of the team's stars: Barthez, Zidane and Henry. The name Eric is a tribute to French forward and Manchester United legend Eric Cantona while Felipe pays homage to Brazil's manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. Silva Santos is the last name of the family, which lives in a suburb of Maceio, the capital of the northeastern state of Alagoas, where his father flies the flags of Brazil and France together. His father, Petrucio Santos, said he became passionate about France when he visited two daughters who live in the European country a few years ago. "I was won over by the friendliness of French people and I decided to learn the language to be able to speak it without sounding ridiculous if I visit again," the shopkeeper said. But when Zidane was asked whether he liked his name, he said: "No. I would have loved to be named Luiz Gustavo," the Brazilian midfielder. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-07-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 at least it wasn't Sue.... Recall Arsenal-Man U game when Thierry somehow got ball from Barthez between drop from hands and kick from foot. Disallowed of course, but was one of those "how did he do that?" moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel2003 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Let's hope the kid likes football, or he will grow up hating his moron father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellydog Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Better than "Fred Fred Fred Fred". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Maybe a German will name his son Geoff Hurst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 If he wanted a simple footballer's name then the obvious one is Wayne. One second thoughts maybe not. Would you want to be named after a player who scores one World Cup goal every ten years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Zinedine Yazid Zidane Thierry Henry Barthez Eric Felipe Silva Santos Okay, does he have a middle name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I'm naming my very next cockapoo: Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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