Made me think if we've ever had an 'een-yo' at LFC before? I rem Juninho was at Boro, Robinho at Shitty ...... you haven't lived if you're not signed an een-yo.
Not sure if you guys know, but words in Portuguese finishing with "inho" means "little". For example: a translation of Ronaldinho would be Little Ronaldo. The termination "ão", on the other hand, means "big" - that's why Felipão (the 2002 World Cup winning manager) is called Big Phil in England.
Lots of people have "inho" added to their names as nicknames, usually in affectioned manner. Most of those nicknames date from the person's childhood but stick to the rest of their lives. I have two cousins Marcio and Marcelo, for example, who are now nearing 40 years of age, yet for the family they're still called Marcinho and Marcelinho.
... which is not Philippe's case
Coutinho is just his surname, and it has nothing to do with the usual Brazilian "inho".
There's nothing to stop us from calling him Philippinho though
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