Then, there are Brazilian stars Oscar and Hulk, Ivory Coast's Serey Die and Adrian Bone of Ecuador -- names that provide ample fodder for thought.
There are a few more surnames that are quite thought-provoking -- Daley Blind of the Netherlands, Cameroon's Alex Song and Nigeria's Victor Moses.
Apart from his abilities on the field, Indians can also relate to the name of Portugal winger Nani. Those with a religious bent of mind can just look upto Moses.
There are names that talk about human body and its parts like Hulk and Bone. But quite contrary to his 'macho' name, Hulk missed Brazil's second group match against Mexico, which ended scoreless, due to an injury.
Costly, however, managed to live up to his surname as he has found his name in record books is 31-year-old costly whose goal in Honduras' 1-2 loss to Equador was the first for his country in 32 years in the World Cup. His goal ended Honduras' run of 511 goalless World Cup minutes.
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