FOR the record, it’s pronounced “foo-kee”.

But it’s spelt the right way. And that’s really all that matters.

Meet Guilherme Carabagiale Fuck, the real life Gaylord Focker, with the most unfortunate name in sport.

Fuck hails from Brazil, but his name is of German heritage. Currently he is playing basketball in Canada, where he is rising to prominence — but it isn’t a foul four-letter word that is emblazoned across the back of his singlet.

Until now, his college had opted to use his first-last name, Carabagiale, instead, as you can see on his Medicine Hat Rattlers’ roster photo below.

media_camera Where the f*** is his last name?

But things are about to change.

You see, Fuck is proud of his name. He wants to embrace it.

So before he attempts to make his mark on a larger stage, at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championships, he will be officially referred to as Fuck.

“It doesn’t mean what people think it means,” Fuck told the Medicine Hat News. “In German it means fox.”

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Rattlers coach Craig Price agreed it was time to start referring to their towering 1.98m forward by his real name.

“In a lot of ways, at the beginning we were just going to avoid any confusion or any potential issues, whereas now we’re at the point of, this is the guy’s name, he’s an all-Canadian,” Price said.

“We shouldn’t be avoiding it, he’s proud of being a Rattler and we want to support him.

“He takes great pride in his heritage, in where he comes from, and technically in what his name is.”

media_camera Whatever his name is, he can f***ing play.

The Medicine Hat News, too, will now use his real name after initially being asked by the school’s sports department to use his first and first-last name prior to the season.

Fuck explained: “When they asked my opinion I said I want to have my last-last name, I’m not ashamed of it.

“I would rather always use my last-last name. Back in Brazil that’s what I use, I don’t use my first-last name.”

But just to make things a little more confusing, Fuck refers to himself as Guilherme Carabagiale Fuki on Facebook.

What’s in a name, hey?

media_camera Confused? So are we.

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Originally published as My life with the surname ‘F***’