Daniele De Rossi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera Division. He began as a footballer in his young age as a striker at Ostia Mare before joining the AS Roma academy in 2000. De Rossi is Italy’s top scorer in the Confederations Cup, with the record of two goals. With 21 goals, he is the highest-scoring midfielder for Italy post.

Footballers and tattoos are not uncommon in the modern game but De Rossi’s every other ink on his body is magnificent and really iconic. Let us scrutinize their meanings.

1. ‘Psychedelic Surrealism’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The front side of the footballer’s right leg has a psychedelic artwork piece of his own face done by the tattoo artist David cote on February 4, 2016, at Fronte del Porto tattoo studio.

Meaning: This Surrealism tattoo positioned on his leg is a philosophy, manifesting itself as art and described as the complex combination of life and reality to create the purported super-reality. It’s the liberation from the human mind, a revolution of social views and principles and moving on the path of realism.

2. ‘Beware of Being Tackled’ Tattoo

Tattoo: De Rossi’s calf of the right leg contains a warning sign inked on it.

Meaning: The Italian midfielder is well known for his tough tackling and plays up his own tough approach, and thus this forced him to get a tattoo to immortalize his reputation forever by inking up a triangular “hazard” sign of a tackle being performed. The tattoo clearly shows the football’s warning to an opponent sign which depicts the opponent’s leg is hacked away.

3. ‘Teletubbies’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The footballer’s right bicep contains an illustration of Teletubbies.

Meaning: The beautiful artwork of Teletubbies with word ‘Gaia’ positioned in between them is very meaningful to De Rossi and her daughter. He even considers this ink as a lucky charm for himselfi. The child inks are adorable according TO Daniele onsidered that the children’s cartoons looked funny and at the same time reminded himself of his beloved child. The Greek word ‘gaia’, meaning “earth” whereas Gaia in Greek mythology was the mother goddess who presided over the earth.