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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I wrote about this fact after the Spain shutout Something beautiful to me about a guy watching the 1986 World Cup, deciding he HAS to name his son after the guy who just scored a big goal, and then, 40 long years later, that kid becoming a star at the World Cup sports.beehiiv.com/p/today-in-s...

Vozinha means “granny” in Cape Verdean Creole, a nickname he got because kids used to make fun of him for going home to his grandparents when he got upset. His birth name is Josimar José Évora Dias, the first name coming from Josimar, a player who broke out and scored two goals at the 1986 World Cup, during which Vozinha was born.

His dad apparently initially tried to name him after Jorge Valdano, who scored two goals for Argentina on June 2, 1986 — and Vozinha was born on June 3, 1986. But Cape Verdeans weren’t allowed to use non-Portuguese names, so it got rejected, and he replaced the name with a Brazilian who also shone at the 1986 World Cup.

And perhaps that’s the biggest way of explaining what Vozinha has just done. 40 years ago, a guy scored a goal in the World Cup, and it seemed so spectacular and important that the next day, a new father on a tiny island thousands of miles away proudly named his baby boy after the man from the TV. In 2026, Vozinha was that man doing something spectacular in the World Cup. Perhaps today, in maternity wards across the globe, there are little Vozinhas and Josimars being born as well.

yazikus@yazikus.bsky.social

This is amazing too: "Vozinha's parents wanted to name him Valdano after Argentina player Jorge Valdano, but it was not permitted by Cape Verde authorities."

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arkkamui.bsky.social @arkkamui.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Even funnier if you think about Messi bathing little Yamal and he ALSO becomes a Star at the same Word Cup

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Thanks for the link - I look forward to reading!

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