Brazilian footballers with the strangest names: John Lennon, Pikachu, Mahatma Gandhi, Lenin…

epa06489003 Vasco da Gama's Yago Pikachu celebrates a goal against Universidad Concepcion during their Copa Libertadores match at the Bicentenario Ester Roa stadium in Concepcion, Chile, 31 January 2018. EPA-EFE / JAVIER TORRES

Brazilian football is full of unusual names and nicknames.

Most of the football giants are known only by their names like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Zico, but there are also footballers who are remembered not because of their games, but because of their nicknames or names, writes Sport Club.
These are some of the players you may have never heard of, but their names are well known.

Mahatma Gandhi
This football player was named after the great Indian statesman, and his real name is Mahatma Gandhi Heberpio Matos Pires. His first professional club was Atletico Gojanense, but he played most of his career in the Brazilian lower leagues.

Jago Pikachu
This is another Brazilian footballer known for his nickname. His real name is Galibson Jago Souza, but since he was nine he has been best known by his nickname Pikachu.

John Lennon
In Brazil there is a footballer named after the famous Beatles member John Lennon. He plays for the team of Kaishash de Sul.

Tsunami
His real name is Wenderson de Freitas Soares, and he got the nickname Tsunami because of his penetrations on the left side.

Elvis Marley
What you get when you combine the name and surname of the king of rock and roll and the legend of reggae music, you get a Brazilian footballer.
Elvis Marley Aparecido Bittencourt is known as Elvinho and plays for the American team from Rio Grande to North.

Max Lenin
Another combination of historical figures "gives" Brazilian football. Max Lenin dos Santos Goncalves is a footballer who spent part of his career in Russia, where Vladimir Ilyich Lenin comes from.

Credence Clearwater
In this case, Credence Clearwater Couto was named after a music band.

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