Your Brazilian Soccer Name

“Kaká. Cafu. Zico. Ronaldinho. Adriano. The names are the stuff of soccer genius, sporting legend, and Western confusion: Why do all Brazilian soccer players have only one name? It’s a good question. Another good question is, What would my name have been had I been born in a Brazilian favela, raised to kick a soccer ball down Rio de Janeiro’s dirt roads, and fallen into ill repute for allegedly having connections to a notorious drug lord?” (Vanity Fair)

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