Where Did I Get the Names?

Almost everyone in Can You Hear the Drums Fernando was named after someone. For your reading pleasure, I have attached a list of the characters, and who the inspiration was.

Fernando Torres- Well, it was Fernando Torres.

Ruud Vennegoor of Hesselink- Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Dutch legend, past Manchester United striker and currently at Real Madrid. He was my first favourite soccer player, and a big reason that I love the Dutch.

The name Vennegoor of Hesselink- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, the Dutch international (sometimes) and striker for the Celtics

Annie Cartwright, Amsterdam sex shop owner- Jill's main character in her novel

Wesley, Olga's cousin- Wesley Sneijder, Dutch international, current midfielder at Real Madrid, and scorer of this beaut (1:30) at Euro 2008 against Italy.

Uncle Dirk- Dirk Kuyt, Dutch international, midfielder at Liverpool, who often draws comparisons that that monster/person in the Goonies.

Rafael, a random high school boy that Olga met at a house party in Rotterdam- Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international (noticing a trend) and plays for Real Madrid (although probably not for long)

Edwin, another random boy she met at that same party- Edwin van der Sar, former Dutch international goalkeeper (just retired) and current goalkeeper for Manchester United

Cesc Torres, Fern Dawg's father- Cesc Fabregas, the spitter himself

Caleb Annerire, werewolf and literature student at Sorbonne- Caleb from the Covenant, played by Steven Strait

Tim O'Shea/Tim Higgins/Slim O'Flea- Tim Riggins, played by Taylor Kitsch. Okay, so I really like the character

Pogue Pierre, werewolf, also a student at Sorbonne, really attentive in class- Pogue Perry from the Covenant, also played by Taylor Kitsch... Okay, so I really like the actor

Bastian Schweinsteiger, German boy she gets stuck in the Bram Stoker Museum with- Bastian Schweinsteiger, German international and midfielder for Bayern Munich... I think I initially liked him just for his name, but now, he is the reason I want to get a heart rate monitor

Marco Camoranesi, creepy Italian- Mauro Camoranesi, Italian international and Juventus midfielder... I don't really care about him either way, I just think that his name is fantastic


So basically I watched Euro and then named every character after someone I liked there. Or, after Tim Riggins/Pogue Perry because Jill and I watched The Covenant every other weekend.