Forget about how ugly his body looks right now, the tattoos are temporary and are for a pleasant cause i. e to raise awareness of the United Nations relief work in impoverished countries.
Striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was booked yesterday for stripping his shirt after scoring in the game between PSG and Caen but unknown to many, he was showing off his new tattoos which had the names of 50 hungry people he helped by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
The former Barcelona player wrote
on PSG’s official website: “On Saturday evening against Caen, when I took off my shirt, everyone asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 temporary tattoos on my body. They were the names of real people who suffer from starvation in the world.
“Even if the tattoos are gone today, these people are still there. There are 805 million starving people in the world. I want you to see them, through me, to help the World Food Programme.”
Ibrahimovic added: “It’s the first time I have worked publicly with any charity. If we can reach the world’s leaders, I know that we can solve together the problem of hunger in the world.”
‘Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me, But there are names no one cares to remember. That no one cheers for: the 805m people suffering from hunger in the world today.
‘I have the supporters all over the world. From now on I want this support to go to the people who suffer from hunger, they are the real champions. So whenever you hear my name, you will think of their names.” The Swedish footballer concluded.
Some of the names include Carmen, Mariko, Antoine, Lida, Rahma and Yaae.
On why the prolific forward was the right man for the job, WFP director for France Marina Catena noted that he, “had this dream that someone would share this message in a simple way, beyond any barrier.
“We thought of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is often asked for autographs. Why should it not be Zlatan, this time, who wore the autographs on his skin?
“We are proud that he agreed to carry this message and that Paris Saint-Germain helped us to organise this project.”