The Brazilian national team won the first place in their group, and now they will meet with Mexico in the 1/8 finals. It's hard to overestimate the contribution to the team's game of their leader, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, or simply Neymar. On June 27, the PSG striker gave a goal and distinguished himself with his feints. What else attracts the Brazilian is his tattoos. In total, he has about forty of them, so here we will talk about only some of them.
Neymar has no pity for his body. On his right arm he put a big portrait of his younger sister Rafael. A little later he added his father's eyes on the same hand. On Neymar's chest is a vow to his father. "I always pray before my matches - it's a tribute to my father. There is also an image on his body of his son Davi Luka, who appeared to the footballer when he was 19.
The tattoos portray the footballer as a sincere believer. On his forearm he depicts his hands folded in prayer and a brief inscription "Faith". The Brazilian says that without faith he would not have been able to become who he is today.
"Blessed," reads the tattoo on the player's back. "I literally grew up in church," the forward once admitted. And then there's the succinct tattoo: "Faithful to God." "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil," this quote from Ephesians is tattooed on Neymar's right forearm. There is also a quote from Corinthians.
He has the Portuguese words "Courage" and "Joy" stamped on both ankles. It's something to aspire to, they say.
On one of his calves is a picture of a little boy playing soccer barefoot in the Brazilian favelas. There is an allusion to Neymar himself. Apparently, the same childhood tattoo on Neymar's forearm with a fist and the inscription: "This is part of my history" refers back to his childhood. The forward has never known an easy life.
Life is a joke. Life is a joke. That's the motto the forward walks through life with. That's the message he put on his shoulder. And on his neck is the inscription Tudo Passa, "All things will pass." Both good and bad things will pass.
On his index finger he made a simple inscription. Shhh is something like, "Quiet." And it is addressed primarily to his critics.
Let's see if Neymar will lead his team to the championship in this mundial.
Barcelona striker Neymar revealed the stories behind his tattoos. He has several of them.
Barcelona striker Neymar told the stories behind his tattoos. He has several...
"LIFE is a Joke" (shoulder)
"I associate myself with this phrase. You shouldn't take life too seriously. You have to enjoy every moment," is what Neymar says about the phrase "Lifeisajoke" beaten out in English.
"SILENT..." (Finger)
Since moving to Barcelona, the forward has had problems not only with the Spanish tax authorities. The player was criticized for his lack of success in the national team and club. Iñeymar decided to copy the tattoo of singer Rihanna. "Shhh is a call to stay calm when there are problems," the Brazilian said.
MALE FAVEL (foot)
The latest tattoo, from December 7, tells of a boy dreaming of a special home, soccer and the Champions League. "It's a young Neymar, he reminisces about the favela where he grew up, about his roots. And how, over the years, it's left behind," said tattoo artist Miguel Boiguez.
PORTRAITSETS (shoulder)
Neimaro is very close to his sister Rafaella. One day he decided to surprise her. "I took a picture she posted on social media and got a tattoo from it. Rafaella had no idea. And when she saw it, she said, 'That's me. And I said, "That's it? Not even a thank you?" But then Rafaella understood and thanked me."
"EVERYTHING GOES." (neck)
One of the most meaningful tattoos for Neymar: "The good moments go away. And so do the bad ones. I always try to enjoy every joyful moment. It's a phrase that says a lot about me.
CORONAI BALL (foot).
At one point, the striker realized that he didn't have a single tattoo with a soccer theme. So he asked for a ball to be drawn on his body. And the master added a crown and a boy. "This boy is myself," Neymar confirmed. - This is how I usually celebrate goals."
Source: "Soviet Sport".
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Tattoos have become an integral part of the lives of many professional athletes: each achievement finds its place on their bodies and serves as a reminder of glorious moments of past days. In this article, let's look at famous tattoos of soccer players and their meaning.
Sergio Ramos tattoos
It's hard to find an area of Sergio Ramos' body that wasn't covered in tattoos. The soccer player has many drawings on different parts of his body: behind the ear, on his back, on his wrist, on his biceps, on his hip, and on his calf.
On his left arm there are pictures of the Mother Mary and Jesus Christ. On his forearm he has his parents' initials and the number 7, which he considers lucky. And that's not all: the middle finger of the left hand occupies the initials of his own name, as well as his brother and sister.
The inscription on his right bicep reads "Spirit of the Dead" and on his left, "Lies in the memory of the living." This phrase is inscribed on the Spanish soccer player's body in honor of loved ones who have passed away. On the right wrist there is a tattoo that looks like a portrait of Mirian's brother.
On the lower part of his back there are the names of his brother and sister (Mirian and Rene). Also on Ramos' body there are various symbols and images: a cross, a dream catcher, feathers, a bird, etc.
Do the math.
Someday the Spanish national team defender will be exhibited in a gallery in Madrid. There are dozens of drawings and inscriptions on his body. There are lions, all kinds of evil, as well as crosses, prayers... In general, everything is as usual with soccer players. Except for one detail: Ramos is crazy about numbers.
| Okay, he has a four - it's the number he goes out on the field, okay, seven - many people consider it a lucky number. But once Sergio Ramos has carved a few numbers on his hand. To this day, the Spaniard's fans are still wondering what exactly they mean. "32", "35", "90+", "19"... "All these numbers mean a lot to me," Sergio did not reveal the secrets. And his biographers got busy deciphering them. The easiest thing was with "90+" - that's how they refer to added time in soccer, and means never to give up. Ramos himself was faithful to this principle and scored quite a few goals just in added time. "32" and "35" were the numbers under which Sergio played at Sevilla when he had not yet moved to Real Madrid and was not one of the main stars of Spanish soccer. It's more complicated with "19". While the main version is this: that is how old Sergio Ramos was when he debuted in the Spanish national team. But if you have your own version, you can offer it too. For example, write to the address: Madrid, Avenida Concha Espina 1. In person to Sergio Ramos in tattooed hands. |
Neymar's tattoo
There are so many tattoos on the body of the Brazilian footballer that it is difficult to count them. Mostly, Neymar's tattoos show his love of religion. On the forearm of his left arm is a tattoo of two praying hands and the letter combination "Fe," meaning faith. He got this tattoo as a mascot for the 2014 World Cup. On the ring finger of his left hand is a crown.
On the wrist of his right hand is the name of his sister Raphaella and son, and on the left hand is the name of his mother. Before leaving Brazil for Spain, he added two more tattoos on his left and right ankle: the words "oousadia" and "alegria," meaning "courage" and "happiness. On his upper back is a tattoo of the word "blessed," meaning "blessed," and below that are Spider-Man and Batman.
Grandma sees it all.
The Argentinean is said to have invented all of his tattoos himself. If so, many of the drawings hint at Leo's exceptionalism. Jesus Christ in a crown of thorns - sort of a reference to the divine essence, the crown - so it is clear, the Sagrada Familia - the Temple of the Holy Family in Barcelona... Somewhere in Argentina there is a church of Maradona. If Messi goes on like this, there will be a sect dedicated to him.
But Messi has a couple of tattoos that give him away as an ordinary man. He has a drawing of his son's little hands on his leg and a portrait of his grandmother on his shoulder blade. It was she who brought him to soccer, and Leo continues to thank the woman even after her death. Do you remember how Lionel celebrates goals? He thumbs up to the sky and looks up. Messi once admitted that this is how he addresses his grandmother.
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Beckham's tattoo
Former Manchester United soccer star David Beckham has multiple tattoos all over his body. The tattoo on the footballer's leg is the inscription "Man of Sorrows", which he put on after the death of his grandfather. On his left collarbone you can see his daughter's name. On his right forearm is inscribed the number "VII," signifying his United jersey number.
On the back of the former England team captain are numerous drawings, including the names of his sons, Brooklyn and Romeo. In the middle of these two names is a sketch of the Guardian Angel, which was his first tattoo. Beckham's arms are filled with tattoos that represent a female figure, his wife Victoria's name in Sanskrit, and a number of other images.
Messi's tattoo
Finally, we dedicate a few lines to Leo Messi. The Argentinian wears on his body the image of his mother, the name of his son, inscriptions with religious themes and a tattoo of a T-shirt with the number 10.
And this is only a small part of the athletes with tattoos that we reviewed in the article. Tattoos of soccer players are so diverse that the list can go on forever.
Brazilian forward of the Barcelona club Neymar recently got two more new tattoos. The sportsman said that at a young age he was very fond of comics and soccer, so the latest masterpieces on his back are devoted to the heroes of comics - Spiderman and Batman.
The soccer player already has more than 30 unique drawings on his body, which he gets from the same master - Alao Rosa. All images show faith, devotion and love for loved ones, gratitude for all the benefits that Neymar has.
Athletes and soccer players quite often get tattoos on their bodies. But perhaps none of them visits a tattoo parlor as often as Brazilian striker Neymar does. More than 35 tattoos have their own history, they are symbolic and unique.
Neymar likes to show journalists the images on his body and does not refuse to interpret these compositions. All but one of the drawings are in black and white. Recently, Neymar decided to please his fans again and got new tattoos depicting Batman and Spiderman on his shoulder blades. The work process took place during a poker game.
Rifle nearly kicked out of the national team
On the leg of one of the most talented players in the England national team Raheem Sterling recently appeared the image of a rifle M16. When Mothers Against Guns activists saw the drawing, they demanded that the player be kicked out of the national team!
But these people are clearly not familiar with Sterling and his history. He was born in a suburb of the capital of Jamaica, in a criminal neighborhood where the chances of survival were sometimes equal to the number of guys who were in the same gang as you. Raheem didn't have time to feel it - his mother had taken him to England when he was very young. But when Sterling was only two years old, his father was killed in Jamaica. He was shot in the back.
Raheem later vowed never to touch a gun - he only shoots balls. "I shoot with my right foot, so the tattoo has a deeper meaning," Sterling explained his tattoo and promised that the image would be added soon.
Neymar's leg tattoos
The left leg of the footballer is marked with a drawing of a little boy with a soccer ball and a flag. The boy dreams of a career as a soccer player, of becoming a champion.
Neymar once decided to get a tattoo of a soccer ball and asked his master to do so. Alao Rosa tattooed the ball and thought up all the other details himself. The tattoo symbolizes Neymar's childhood dreams, which came true as an adult.
On his legs there are two tattoos with the words "Joy" and "Courage" ("Alegria" and "Ousadia").
These words Neymar engraved on his body when he moved to the soccer club "Barcelona".
All the family on the body
The Brazilian national team forward is very fond of his sister Rafaella. They have always been very close. As proof - on one shoulder Neymar has her portrait, on the other - a diamond with the word "sister". By the way, his sister has a tattoo of the exact same diamond, but with the word "brother".
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Neymar in general has quite a few reminders of family on his body. There is an image of a fist symbolizing friendship (the footballer's brother has the same tattoo). On his chest - lines dedicated to his father. On his hands are a heart, the sign of infinity and the name Nadine - that's his mother's name. On the forearm of his right hand there is the name of his son Davi Lucca and the date of his birth... Almost the whole family is there.
Neymar has many other tattoos - a cross, a soccer ball and a crown, a tiger... But, perhaps, separately we should mention a drawing on his leg - a little boy surrounded by slums dreaming of victories. Of course, this is Neymar himself - so to speak, a tattoo autobiography.
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Neymar's tattoos on his arms
Neymar adopted one tattoo from the famous singer Rihanna. He depicted the inscription "Shhh..." on the finger of his left hand. This tattoo reminds the soccer player to stay calm in stressful situations, even when the team loses a match or various kinds of problems arise. Looking at the tattoo, Neymar keeps his cool.
A large portrait of a cute girl is painted on the promising soccer player's arm. But the fans know - it is the image of his beloved sister Rafaella, with whom Neymar has a friendly relationship.
"Life is a joke" is the phrase emblazoned on the forward's left forearm. It reminds him that life is not as serious as most people think. Life is one and you should not take everything personally and take everything very seriously. Neymar advises to live life with the people he loves.
The symbol of confidence and stable life is depicted on the athlete's left hand in the form of an anchor. And on the ring finger of the left hand there is a crown for the one who will become Neymar's spouse. On one of the fingers of his right hand, the striker has a peace sign.
Rio 2021 and the Olympic rings are on the wrist of the player's left hand. In the final match against Germany, Neymar sent the ball into the gates of the opponent in the first half and in a series of eleven kicks. That's how Barcelona came out on top.
A fist with the inscription "Become part of my history" is painted on the left hand of the soccer player. This tattoo is dedicated to Neymar's three best friends. They have the same ones, but with different phrases.
Neymar has a son with Carolina Dantas. As soon as he was born, the athlete got a tattoo with the date of birth and his son David Lucca's name on his right arm. Neymar was only 19 when he became a dad.
The tattoo depicting the Champions League Cup was done in 2015 after he won the Champions League.
It was one of the most important days in Neymar's life.
Why Neymar is not afraid to cry and does not hide his emotions
It's hard to say when in a man's life comes the "prime of his life," which, as you know, is always Carlson, but in the soccer world the peak of the parameters is defined quite clearly - it is 25-30 years. By this time, physical capabilities strike a delicate balance with playing intelligence and experience, the speed of movement is complemented by the speed of thought, and the transfer value reaches its maximum.
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, who celebrated his 28th birthday on February 5, is in the middle of his golden era. However, there have been enough ups and downs along the way. And in the truest sense of the word.
Some players are haunted by scandals, others by defeats. The tenth Brazilian national team number ten has its own enemy - injuries. In 2021, the forward became the most expensive athlete in history - his move from Barcelona cost Paris Saint-Germain a record €222 million, but just one year later at the World Cup the Brazilian became the object of jokes.
Even after seemingly easy contact with his opponent, he flew onto the lawn with a contorted face. A viral video appeared on social networks: children in the soccer academy on the team: "Neymar" falling down and rolling around the field with shouts. It was funny for everyone, except for those who, just like the PSG leader, went through a series of injuries, when, barely recovered, you are out of action again and have to start all over again.
Silk pants, Dolce & Gabbana; leather and textile sneakers, Nike; here and below: jewelry, property of the hero
Over the past five years, Neymar Júnior's medical records have been updated with nineteen new diagnoses, costing the player nearly ninety missed games. It was his right leg that hurt the most. In 2011, the goal it scored brought the Brazilian his first international recognition (the Pushkash Award for the best goal of the year), but suddenly it turned from gold to glass. The metatarsal bone alone had two fractures, before and after the World Cup.
"The first of these injuries I would call the most difficult moment in my career," the player says in an interview with Russian GQ. - The pain, the surgery, not being able to help the guys in the Champions League games, the critical shortage of time before the start of the World Cup... It was a really bad time, but I used it to think it over and weigh it all up.
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Neymar Júnior, limping into a room and unable to hold back tears, is a fragment of a Brazilian TV show in which the characters find themselves in the recreated in detail houses of their childhood. In February 2018, a few months before the trip to Russia, his character was a forward undergoing rehabilitation after a fracture. One could really cry at the sight of his room, because in addition to Neymar Júnior, it served as a bedroom for three other members of the family: the ex-footballer father, who worked as a handyman, his mother and his younger sister. In the middle of the cramped room, taking up almost all the space, there is a bed, along the walls there is a corner cabinet with a TV set, a table with a sewing machine and a refrigerator, and on the floor there are balls. When I was a kid, I didn't have posters of soccer players on my walls, simply because there was no room for them," remembers our interviewee today. - But the house was full of balls of different colors and sizes, which my mother bought me... For a long time, I had no other toys.
Neymar: silk jacket, Dolce & Gabbana, wool pants, Hermès; Natalia Barulich: wool jacket, Dior; leather belt, Giorgio Armani; earrings, heroine's property
São Paulo's 12 million people have long been fused with its slum-filled suburbs. In these favelas with their web of narrow streets and makeshift shacks, tourists are taken only with armed guards, but it is from such places that the soccer nuggets headed by Pele and the hero of this issue originate.
A boy with a ball, wearing a baseball cap with a Brazilian flag, looks out over the favelas, the same tattoo that adorns the left leg of today's PSG leader. On his right foot the star has another soccer symbol - the Champions League trophy, one of the main trophies in his career.
As a child, Neymar Júnior staged championships between his right and left feet, taking turns chasing the ball and performing other exercises. At first the left one was losing, but gradually he stopped losing to his opponent.
Left in 2021 at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he will score the fastest goal in the history of the Games (in the semifinal against Honduras team opened the scoring at the 16 th second), the right will put a spectacular point in the penalty shootout the main game of the tournament. The athlete will call the way from the center of the field to the goal the most intense moment of his career. When he saw the ball scored, he would want to scream, cry and laugh at the same time. In front of the eyes of the world, the boy from the slums did not just bring his country the gold, he took revenge on the offender - the German team, which two years earlier had humiliated the whole Brazilian soccer.
Metallized sheepskin coat, Collini Milano 1937
Neymar Júnior watched from his hospital bed as his collision with Colombian Camilo Zúñiga in the tournament's quarterfinals ended in a broken vertebra for the Brazilian. "A couple more centimeters and you wouldn't have been able to walk," the doctor would tell him.
A tattoo with Olympic rings and the number 2021 adorns the athlete's left wrist next to another design - hands folded in prayer, thanking God.
By the tattoos of the main star of modern Brazilian soccer, you can learn a lot about what he holds dear.
The Roman numeral IV around his neck symbolizes his family, and although the four of them no longer need to huddle in the same room, it is important for Neymar Junior (he asks to be called by that name, stressing that there is another soccer player, Neymar, his father) to feel their closeness. Today, portraits of his mother and sister decorate his right hand and their names on his left. A tribute to his father - a tattoo on his chest with the admonition that he made to his son before matches, which can be translated as follows: "Like any weapon, your tongue and your ball must belong only to you and no one else". Naturally, the soccer player found room on his body for tattoos dedicated to his son David: a portrait of the boy and his date of birth - August 24, 2011. "That day was the happiest day of my life," smiles the star forward. In addition to the names of relatives and soccer and religious symbols, two of Neymar Junior's tattoos at once feature the word "love," the key to the most important thing in his life.
Polyester and cotton sweater, Nike; jeans, Replay
"Everyone knows how incredibly talented you are, but if they only knew what a sincere and beautiful person you are," his girlfriend, model and DJ Natalia Barulich wrote about the footballer on her Instagram.
In April, it will become known that Neymar Júnior has already donated about a million dollars to fight COVID-19 and help the residents of the favelas of São Paulo who lost their jobs. "Solidarity should be more contagious than a virus," the footballer will appeal to his subscribers.
"I always say that I treat social media the same way I treat a live conversation with a person - with you, when you interview me, or with the reader who reads it," the footballer states. - Of course, as a person who has many subscribers, I am aware of my responsibility for what I publish, but I try to share my experiences and happy moments. Neymar Júnior never hid his emotions.
The three-minute video "Goals that made Neymar cry" has already gathered 1.2 million views on YouTube, but only those close to him know that the Paris Saint-Germain forward feels even more acutely what is happening off the field. Alas, there has been an abundance of sad events in the world recently, and many of them have touched him directly. Last April, smoke from a burning Notre Dame engulfed the city where the Brazilian has lived for three years. Earlier this year, the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant robbed him of a friend.
Cotton shirt, Armata Di Mare; cotton pants, leather and textile sneakers, all Nike
Increasingly, the stadium from a field of triumph becomes a place for Neymar Júnior to share his pain, stepping out in a T-shirt depicting a burnt-out cathedral or saying goodbye to a comrade and an idol.
News of the crash of Bryant's helicopter, in which the basketball player was flying with his daughter, caught the PSG forward in the middle of a match against Lille. From that moment on, he was no longer interested in the game, but how could one great athlete honor another? After scoring a goal, instead of the usual celebration, Paris Saint-Germain's number 10 silently showed the numbers 2 and 4 to the camera, the game number permanently assigned to the NBA legend by the Los Angeles Lakers.
When Pele found himself in the hospital during a trip to Paris a year ago, Neymar Júnior immediately rushed over to check on him. "The first time I met the King was in 2009 during his unexpected visit to the Santos Football Club base," the player recalled. - I had seen Pele before, but we usually didn't have time to talk. This time in the hospital, we had a long talk and laughed a lot."
On Neymar: leather jacket, Neymar Jr × Replay; acetate sunglasses, Dolce & Gabbana; on Natalia Barulich: leather dress, Hermès
Brazil's number ten players of the 20th and 21st centuries have a lot in common. Both came from the slums, both help those who live in the favelas today, both had fathers who were soccer players, both became legends first of Santos and then of world soccer, changing it with their play. "I started playing at a high level at a time when most teams in the world were much more concerned with defense and the destruction of attacks than with offense and the beauty of the game," Neymar Júnior reasoned. - There were exceptions, like Santos and Barcelona, but over time more and more clubs began to favor striking, and that's very good. There was a time when I was accused of trying to humiliate opponents, but I just always wanted to show beautiful dribbling."
The beauty of the game, the beauty of relationships, the beauty of the human being are all defining concepts in Neymar Júnior's universe. His style is self-expression through everything he does, whether it's dribbling, another tattoo, or his choice of clothing. One can argue about what the Brazilian striker's move to Paris gave him in terms of soccer, but it certainly broadened his range of interests and sharpened his style, making him one of the brightest athletes of our time not only in the game, but also in life. "Today I have many idols, people who inspire me not only in sports but in many other areas, but I don't want to name names so as not to offend anyone," says the forward.
Wool and silk suit, Alexander McQueen
Attention to fashion is another area that unites the footballer with Natalia Barulich. And although at the moment there is only a tattoo of a crown on his ring finger, that may soon change. When? In response to this question, the Paris Saint-Germain star raises his index finger with a copy of Rihanna's "Shh..." tattoo. "Everything will pass," the inscription on the athlete's neck echoes. And in his case, I somehow believe that these words refer only to the bad times that happened more than once or twice in the life of Neymar Júnior: "I went through many situations that forced me to go beyond my abilities," smiles the forward, who did not give up either in the game or in life. And he's not going to.
