Shocking: Messi's third child name Ciro when transliterated in Mandarin means Cristiano Ronaldo

•  Shocking: Messi's third child name Ciro when transliterated in Mandarin means Cristiano Ronaldo

Despite Famous Argentina cum Barcelona football star, Lionel Messi being an arch rival to Portugal cum Real Madrid Super player, the former has shocked the football world especially his Chinese fans as he  disclosed via an announcement the name his third child  which when transliterated in Mandarin means the same thing as Cristiano Ronaldo.

The world best player who had earlier confirmed the arrival of his third child in October, via his Instagram handle during the week disclosed that he and his wife named Antonella Roccuzzo have made a decision to name the child Ciro.

Amazingly going by the rules of transliteration based on the phonetic translation of words, the name Ciro carries the same Mandarin Chinese adaptation as Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Chinese language will read the name Cristiano Ronaldo as ‘Kelisidiyanuo Luonaerduo’ in Mandarin, duo to the lenght of the name it was shorten to

However, going by the Italian pronunciation of the name Ciro has brought up the phonetic translation of Qiluo.

For now we do not know which pronunciation of the name will be used, If it is the Spanish version Ciro and Cristiano Ronaldo will share the same name to the Chinese fans.

C-Luo.