In the land of Pele, legal names are often dispensable for Brazilians

AP Worldstream | February 3, 2005| | Copyright

HAROLD OLMOS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-03-2005
Dateline: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
Brazilians seem to have trouble holding on to their official names. Sports stars, politicians and other celebrities in this vibrant, freewheeling country are mostly known by nicknames. Legal names become practically irrelevant.

Take Ronaldo de Assis Moreira and Carlos Alberto Libanio Christo. Both play important roles in Brazilian society, but few here would know them by those names.

Ask about Ronaldinho Gaucho, as Moreira is called, and eyes will light up. He's a soccer superstar who was named the ...

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