The 10 Worst Footballer Tattoos In The World: With Italians Including Mario Balotelli Dominating The List

Which players have the worst body art in world football?

Footballers are know for their great love of body art, especially bad body art, but which players have the worst ink in the game? Here are our nominations for the ten worst.

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10) Andre Santos

Santos’ funk leg tattoo looks like an advert for lipstick in Teen Vogue.

9) Jay Bothroyd

A handgun, a grenade, a flick-knife and an AK. Great work Jay. Caused predictable, and understandable, outrage.

8) Raul Meireles

The former Chelsea midfielder has a body covered with tattoos, but the dragon on his back is pretty… full-on. 7) Antonio Nocerino

An unexpected ‘tramp stamp’ from the forward, who had so much space to work with.

6) Daniele De Rossi

It would be so much better if it hadn’t been shaded in yellow. Poor effort from the Italian enforcer.

5) Nile Ranger

It’s actually quite a nicely done tattoo, execpt 1) it’s of his own name 2) IT’S ON HIS FACE.

4) Wayne Rooney

A crushingly uncool quote from the Stereophonics, but at least it wasn’t the Lost Prophets.

3) Alessandro Diamanti

Diamanti has copied De Rossi’s placement, with even worse execution.

2) Mario Balotelli

A quote from Genghis Kahn, who conquered the known world. Mario can’t even conquer the six-yard box at the moment.


1) Artur Boruc

The undisputed number one. A tattoo that’s bad, nauseating, and nauseatingly bad.