Parents name Brazilian baby 'Haaland' born on the day Norway was eliminated from the World Cup

Parents name 'Haaland' Brazilian baby born on the day Norway was eliminated from the World Cup Getty Images via BBC While Norwegian player Erling Haaland said goodbye to the 2026 World Cup in the 2-1 defeat to England in the quarter-finals, on Saturday (11), in Timbó, a city in Santa Catarina, a Brazilian Haaland was born. According to Arpen Brasil - Civil Registry Offices, the baby from Santa Catarina, who was registered on Tuesday (14), was the third with the name this year. The city of Timbó is known as the "National Capital of Cycle Tourism" and "The Pearl of the Valley". ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp The other two namesake babies were born on May 28 in Mossoró, in Rio Grande do Norte, and São Paulo de Olivença, in Amazonas. Records indicate that the name began to appear in 2020. Since then, there have been 89 children with the name. Haaland was the highlight of Norway's campaign, which had the country's best participation in the history of World Cups. The player scored seven goals, both in the victory over Brazil in the round of 16. Executioner of Brazil, Haaland barely touches the ball For Devanir Garcia, president of Arpen-Brasil, civil records show that names of football players tend to gain strength in periods of great sporting prominence. "Just like soap operas, music and other popular manifestations, football is part of the daily lives of Brazilians and also ends up influencing important family choices, such as the name of their children. The registry offices record these movements over time, showing how great sporting idols leave marks that go beyond the pitch and become part of the very identity of a generation. One of the years with the most birth records was 2024, the period in which the greatest scorer in the history of Norway beat the number of goals that belonged to Jörgen Juve, which had been intact since 1937. Brazilian haalands 2020: 4 2021: 6 2022: 7 2023: 41 2024: 20 2025: 8 2026: 3 Player names Striker Neymar laughs during Brazilian team training in Morristown, in the state of New Jersey, in the United States, on June 17 2026 Caean Couto/Reuters/Reuters On June 22, 2011, Santos beat Peñarol, from Uruguay, 2-1, at Pacaembu, and won the Libertadores. Neymar was the big name of the campaign, top scorer of the tournament and protagonist of the first major international victory of his career, added to the striker's projection in the Brazilian national team and in world football, helped transform the name Neymar into a name. a phenomenon that went beyond the pitch. "That's what happened with [the name] Neymar, especially after the most prominent years of his career, when he started to be chosen by Brazilian families", he added. A survey of civil records in the state of São Paulo carried out by TV Globo shows that the name Neymar appears in different cities and decades, with a strong concentration from the 2010s onwards, especially in the period of the player's rise with Santos and the Brazilian national team. the largest volumes in the capital appear in 2011. Then, the name remained present throughout the decade, with gradual but still recurring declines. VIDEOS: most watched g1 SC in the last 7 days