Offside Soundoff: Nominate Your Favorite Footballer Tattoos

By: chris | October 22nd, 2009

Who’s got the freshest ink?
Footballers love their ink. We love looking at the ink of footballers. Some of us more than others. Much of this has to do with a delve into the mind of an athlete, a demographic not to be confused with a Nobel recipient roll call.

For example, which footballer needs a permanent reminder of his name? Amauri, of course. And which footballer loves him some dweebish sci-fi goblins? That’s the very much missed Fernando Torres. What’s that saying? Their brains aren’t connected to their feet?

So what are some favorite tats?

I’m partial to Naldo’s Jesus Has Moobs purely for comedic effect. I’d also love Jamie Carragher’s Everton tattoo were somebody to prove its existence – and keep the methods of discovery to their person. David Beckham wins applause for tatting the location he conceived his child on his back, with bonus points for spelling it correctly this time.

And of course there’s this clown:

As for artistic merit, Deco’s geisha looks quite cool. And isn’t that what tattoos are all about – looking cool?

Now feel free to nominate some of your own.

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• Corbin |  October 22nd, 2009 at 6:20 am

  
  
  

  Dani Alves has his name tattooed across his chest

  http://habs.theoffside.com/files/2009/05/dani-050709.jpg

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• Gordon |  October 22nd, 2009 at 7:01 am

  
  
  

  That’s his son’s name. Dani Alves Jr. A small technicality.

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• gomez |  October 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 am

  
  
  

  This video show some nice ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnXhdT7u7I

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• Jnice |  October 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 am

  
  
  

  Yeah, it’s Dani’s son’s name on his chest, then his daughters name by his waist. He also has a portrait of his wife on his arm.

  http://diepresse.com/images/uploads/a/6/2/105058/SBBarcaTattoo20090512101303.jpg

  http://www.soccer-training-info.com/images/alves_tattoo.jpg

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• Laurie |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm

  
  
  

  I always love Djibril Cisse’s old tattoos. Before he ruined them with the NEW tattoos.

  http://fussball.kaywa.ch/files/images/2005/9/mob4226_1127416687.jpg

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• Diane |  October 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 am

  
  
  

  Nando? Goblins? I follow La Liga faithfully, LFC even more faithfully and read kickette daily — how can I have missed they? And where are they? (Be specific).

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• Giuseppe |  October 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm

  
  
  

  Fabrizo Miccoli’s got a Che Guevarra Tattoo’d on his calf…pretty ill

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• Vinod |  October 24th, 2009 at 11:04 am

  
  
  

  Ibrahimovic is one multi-lingual beast. He has his name tattooed on his arm in Arabic, and one on his side in English, saying “Only God can judge me”.

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• Abby |  October 24th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

  
  
  

  Diane- he’s got a tattoo in one of the Elvish languages from Lord of the Rings on his arm. According to Wikipedia it spells his name? But I can’t verify that.

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• Abby |  October 24th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

  
  
  

  Oh, and my favorites are totally Freddie Ljungberg’s panther tattoos.

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• Gail Honeyman |  November 7th, 2009 at 3:36 am

  
  
  

  Great blog. Do you know of any relevant forums or discussion groups?

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