There is a lot in a name and from Italy's Ciro Immobile to Carlo Costly of Honduras, the ongoing FIFA World Cup has thrown up some hilarious ones, which can provide instant comic relief to football fans irrespective of their performance on the field.
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.
Think of Immobile and one might be reminded of words such as physically challenged or lubricant. Serie A club Torino striker Immobile was a late substitute for Mario Balotelli in Italy's campaign opener against England on June 14.
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.
Prior to Costly, the last man to score for Honduras at the global showpiece was Eduardo Laing, who netted against Northern Ireland on 21 June 1982 in Spain.
