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there's. only so yes they all have to choose 54 percent of the team same with english champions man city here you have a name. as lose but i'm not a. david silva can settle for the mentee all in all 60 percent are linked. footballers have far more of the tunes of an average citizen in germany 27 percent of young adults are tattooed in the u.k. 35 percent in the us 40 percent put footballers out to the average guy 75 percent of brazil's 2014 world cup squad have to to lose so it's a footballers thing why do they get in so much. is it only fashion or is there more to it and what is it they tattoo on their bodies are footballers the new

sailors with angel wings instead of anchors. i wonder what's behind the too high so hang on why did sailors get to 2 in the 1st place do you know this guy captain james cook he was a hell of a traveler explored the 7 seas and say look across uncharted areas cooke left a legacy of knowledge including yes about the tattoo he introduced the word to to to the western world. into haiti strangely painted locals cook ask them what do you call those things they told him to do and the damage was done. in the colonies or to choose where a right of passage they symbolize becoming members of society. is it the same with footballers today by as nicholas soulis to look like a good boy and oftentimes youth academy but then came the war paint. that this is making a full member of the. tribe

a professional footballer is. also the iceman was into art the world's oldest mummy had over 16 to choose scientists claimed ever used to relieve pain over 5000 years ago us to 2 researcher lars crew tech says 80 percent of them were in parts of the body chinese acupuncture also uses. so the players like zlatan turned their body into a canvas to alleviate the pain. not sure about that to choose from they cannot replace a good physician plus they really hurt right yes that's. very painful yeah i see this as. sports medicine doctors like. tools are a lot of pain and no gain. even worse he claims they decrease performance. according to him the injected in karmas deliver and kidneys it has

a negative effect on sweating recuperation takes longer back to cap and. many of his men came back from to haiti with tatoos and started a trend among sailors dragon symbolise trips to china anchors atlantic crossings to choose became status symbols at the end of the 1990 percent of sailors in the u.s. had to choose. chile's national football team woods golf 90 percent around 99.9 percent of them have to choose based on my personal estimate. their spirit tilted to leader out of the doubt and makes you think back to what to choose meant for a long time crime and outlaws but don't think that tattoos were a status symbols for lower class sailors only in the 19th century the upper class discovered that king edward the 7 3rd one like tsar nicholas the 2nd or princes mary of over the austrian empress elizabeth nicknamed sissy was in top 2 with an

anchor. trends come and go though in the biker culture tattoos for again part of a bad boy image. skulls. the grim reaper death on wheels as a symbol of rebellion to jews make them look and feel harder are footballers and relating the story to role models of their tattoos sports psychologists like decor from eyes to say yes at least partly to jews can help players feel less like being in boot camp. day after day footballers are forced into collectivity they have to wear the same jerseys. or they're being put into business suits and told what to say and how to behave. to choose. can give them identity and distinguish them from their bootcamp but. they are a means of self-expression. also that can give self-esteem which is beneficial for

performance. players don't just get tattooed some even tattoo their teammates and their families like austrian christopher can. then again look at footballers from other areas no 970 world champions brazil but i don't know is argentina from the eighty's. or west germany in 1900 where it's deemed nowhere to be found what happened since then in the ninety's tattoos became extremely popular even more popular than in the 19th century to jews entered the make history everybody and their mom got one. the time of tramp stamp set to go. and the 1st footballer to catch the

2 craze was david beckham he made the most fashion statement to jews are expensive especially if they cover most of your body. well let's start with the fact that. the same as painful that it is the to the extent that doesn't include everyone if everyone. didn't get that special that can get it. now footballers are certainly not short on cash that can you got 50 tattoos over the last 2 decades the angel on his back to bring in 2000 and brought to choose 2 football haven't to choose proved a great tool in establishing back him as a fashion brand. ambassador the fashion is not rebellion though philosopher is saying according to don't know for example it's almost the opposite he claims the culture industry gives you the illusion of choice trouble is it's

defrayed him to always choose the same thing truth as a uniform. oh well fair enough water is a no but it is our going through for footballers and there's had to beckons wings did not fly alone 2006 world champion made a comment that i was he took off too and many other players followed. even undiscovered talent justin bieber. so is it all just a trend. in a lot of cases yes says london but as to 2 artists led hardy he has inked stars like says club i guess and kevin principal at a. party says there is not a huge amount of diversity in styles football there is tattoos often don't step outside the comfort zone but what do footballers actually get tattooed on their bodies a classic started but that came as the names of family members. he has his wife's name written in sanskrit on his arm in misspelled sanskrit but happens. you

know missy has his son's name tattooed on his leg joan boateng has 21 family members engraved on his skin. can also go wrong both johnstone's ones think his girlfriend's face on his arm they broke up later. tend to lose act as a sort of confirmation yes we belong together. again cole so signifies milestones in players lives. leroy's a name has a huge tattoo on his back depicting himself scoring a goal in champions league. dog man star marco royce wears his birthday around the pitch so that he doesn't forget it. argentina has jesus thing down his chest and another religious classic the gun at

least next to a rosary. next liverpool star down the aisle go to death this certain but our is not on his back. his song by rap star 2 pac inspired another trending to 2 only god can judge me major new zealand rocky movie and jenn what tang have it. what's up with all lead drama psychologists have a simple tend to skew the meaning and bedspreads. it's not easy to find what you're looking for on set your romances but if you search hard enough though you'll find the slogan the spirit of the dead lies in the memory of those alive. each day i come closer to the home where i was born that's what tottenham player toby are that a fatalist biceps tells you one of his tatoos depicts the cathedral of his hometown and where references to the home already ancestral land are found on many

footballers skins best seen on the bow of tang's who sport and the berlin telephone area code. not all players on the planet can indulge in the 2 craze though in japan for example tattoos are frowned upon. there they have become associated over time with the equivalent of the country's mafia. despite japan's long tradition of thinking. too bad for tattooed english player j. boss roy currently under contract in japan at least you won't have to explain the connection between love guns and hand grenades. that's also not forget that there are also players who just do not have tattoos prominent examples are ronaldo carry

cane and mutts home it's. says he's a blood donor and cannot get a tooth fairy ken is still leading his dad's longstanding advice not to do it. calls himself not quite the 2 types. are they not the real football individualists of our time. we saw that footballers get to 2 and for me. any reasons of faith status identity fashion and self-expression among them every 10 to me is unique and so am i it seems to be the message still if everybody gets one and if many tutus are kind of the same is that not like a new kind of uniform what's next a revival of the good old mullet from the 80s. or well the most staunch come back to football pitches until then footballers will get to choose. like a 100 years back when the savior has reached the boards of the world of their arms inked players will continue sporting colorful imagery from their head down to their

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