A Man Named Fred and his Dad
It happened while I was liveblogging the Brazil-Australia match in the first round. Late in the game Brazil substituted a player named Fred into the match and in less than two minutes he was celebrating his goal. With a name like Fred he instantly gained fans on the blog and around the world.
The one named wonder who plays for Lyon in France is not the only one to develop a following this World Cup. So has his father, Jua, who is writing a popular blog while following his son’s team in Germany.
When he is not blogging, Jua is keeping busy selling gems to Germans and impressing people with the ever popular magic trick that involves pulling eggs out of people’s hats.
Pretty much the same thing we are doing at World Cup Blog, except none of us have a relative named Fred.
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By SES | June 27th, 2006 at 3:51 am 
I like the name ‘Fred’ for a Brazilian player. It’s simple and unique. It also is easy to pronounce in multiple languages.
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By Euler | June 27th, 2006 at 3:54 am It is so hillarious that people find his nickname funny. Isn’t it obvious that it is short for Frederic?
Let’s have a blast meeting more people with that name:
• Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (aka just Chopin). His friends must have called him ‘Classy Fryd’, which I think it’s even funnier.
• Frédéric Boilet – French cartoonist: his friends can call him ‘Toilet Fred’, right? Sooo funnyyyyy!!!!
• Frédéric Bastiat – French economist: his friends could call him Freddy Bastiard. Lmao!!!
Willy and Joe must be having a great time up in the heavens!!! (Hannah and Barbera)
Humor is one of the best things on Earth!!! Keep it up!!! 
By Trent | June 27th, 2006 at 4:27 am Euler, is Fred, pronounced in Brazilian Portuguese “Fred” or “Fredjeh”? Or something else entirely? THanks!
By Claude | June 27th, 2006 at 5:05 am Euler – Since the world cup is in Germany and the final is in the old Prussian capital then what would be more appropriate then the most famous Fred of all? Frederick the Great, King of Prussia also known as Der alte Fritz. By the way Euler was also a very famous German mathematician and the logorithmic e was named after him. I believe that Euler was the one responsible for solving the Koenigsberg bridge problem which had baffled mathematicians for centuries.
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By SES | June 27th, 2006 at 7:58 am I think his full name is Fredinho..or something like that. 
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By Euler | June 27th, 2006 at 12:00 pm I believe Euler was Swiss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler
Its in Brazilian Portuguese: (simply) Fred.
His full name is Frederico Chaves Guedes.
http://www.sambafoot.com/en/players/995_Fred.html
By Zé | June 27th, 2006 at 3:16 pm Yeah, it’s funny people find it so distinct – it’s a common name around here, short for “Frederico”.
Not criticizing, just saying it’s such a common name that I never thought of it to be anything other than ordinary.
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By Euler | June 27th, 2006 at 3:32 pm Exactly!
By Wes | June 27th, 2006 at 3:58 pm What I find odd is the number of Brazillians who drop their surnames and only use their first names.
It’s rather unique, and to put only your first name on the back of your jersey – unheard of!
Is dropping your surname common in Brazillian culture as a whole?
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By Claude | June 27th, 2006 at 7:46 pm You are correct that Euler was born in Switzerland. He was born in Basil which is right on the border. So I was offside by a mile or less. My bad.
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By Euler | June 28th, 2006 at 8:48 pm Wes, it is very common here in Brazil not to use the surname in most cases. I worked for a while in the Gillette office here in Rio and we never called our boss ‘mister Carlos’ for an example. I always called him ‘Roberto’ just as anybody else. It doesn’t matter if you are wearing a suit or not. His friensd would call him Robertinho probably.
I wrote a whole post about it:
http://brazil.worldcupblog.org/group-f/a-great-selection-of-nicknames.html
By Death, Taxes, Lyon - The Offside - The Offside | August 3rd, 2006 at 10:39 am [...] This year’s Lyon squad is largely the same with a couple of additions in the midfield – Kim Kallstrom and Jeremy Toulalan. The team is still trying to pursue another forward or two to compliment everyone’s favorite Brazilian, the man named Fred. [...]
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