Yes, I am aware that David Beckham is retired from the pitch, although I think it was interesting to start this article with an image of one of the most iconic footballers in the modern history of this sport and that he has clearly shown his passion. for the art of tattooing. Like many others like Dani Alves or Zlatan Ibrahimović, to name a few. And it is that when talking about footballers and tattoosThere are some who are complete addicts to ink.
What is clear is that if we have to look for a group of citizens that has helped to remove that image associated with bad life and crime associated with tattoos, it is undoubtedly the soccer players' union. These elite athletes have helped, in part, to improve the vision of the rest of society by those of us who decide to leave any type of tattoo on our skin. That is why I would like to review some names of footballers (active) who have a large part of their body tattooed.
1. Arturo Vidal
The well-known Chilean player (currently belonging to Juventus) has both arms tattooed as well as part of the chest and abdomen as well as the neck. The face of his mother, a racehorse or the name of his son are some of the tattoos that we can see on this player.
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Perhaps he is the elite player with the highest number of tattoos. Recently the Paris Saint-Germain player made headlines because he has tattooed about 50 names of people included in the lists of the more than 80 million people who go hungry in the world. A gesture of solidarity that enhances the signature of this extravagant player that many of us remember from his time at Barcelona. In the rest of his body we can find tattoos of all kinds. From four aces from a deck of cards to different religious words (despite the fact that Zlatan has declared himself an atheist on several occasions).
3. Raúl Merieles
According to what Raul Merieles, a Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü player, has commented, he got his first tattoo when he was 18 years old. Since then and as it happens to the great majority of us, it has not been able to stop. It has been one after another. Like many other players, on his skin we find familiar references such as the face of his wife and daughter.
4.Daniel Agger
One of Liverpool's best center-backs and current Brøndby IF player has a large part of his body tattooed. Among others, it has a Viking cemetery, phrases in Latin or your date of birth. In one of its arms we will find different Japanese motifs.
5. Carlos Tevez
And we finish this particular compilation with another Juventus player. Without a doubt, one of the main tattoos that Tevez has on his skin is the one on his back. It completely covers all that area of the body. In this tattoo we find a reproduction of the fresco of "The Resurrection of the Dead." Said fresco is found on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.