I read that in Western countries, people prefer their first name over their family name, that is why they put their first name first, in form first name + family name For example Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, ...

This is contradicts with Eastern countries, where people full name is of form family name + first name

But in Football (or Soccer in America), you can see in the uniform that they use their family name only. For example Rooney, Gerrard, ...

Why is that?


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