Raul Jose Trindade Meireles known as Raul Meireles is a Portuguese former footballer who used to play as a midfielder. Meireles has represented the country in two World Cups and as many European Championships, earning a total of 73 caps and scoring ten goals. Meireles is a huge fan of tattoos since he was 18 years old. Meireles has long been noted for his extravagant style. During an interview with Liverpool’s official website, Meireles jokingly said that he wanted to win the “Ink championship” against teammates Daniel Agger and Martin Škrtel, due to their shared affection for tattoos. Let us take a sturdy look at all of his inks and study about their meanings.

1. ‘Dragon’ Tattoo

Tattoo: On November 25, 2015, Former Chelsea and Liverpool midfielder got a huge tattoo of a dragon covering all of his back. Meaning: A huge illustration of a dragon in red green and blue ink on footballer’s back is associated with the mascot of the FC Porto football club.

2. ’03-03-04? Tattoo

Tattoo: The back of Raul Meireles neck features a tattoo of a banner and a chain that reads a date “03-03-04”.

Meaning: A chain with a banner reading a number 03-03-04 is the date when he signed up with The Porto Club.

3. ‘Stars’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Raul Meireles’s back of the neck has a tattoo of three stars and addition of AL and 14 in the beginning and at the end of the stars.

Meaning: The inclusion of alphabets AL and 14 symbolize his rating of 80 and a potential of 80 In FIFA 14.

4. ‘Skulls’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Across Raul Meireles’s chest there is a tattoo of two skull heads facing each other and designed in a floral and tribal way.

Meaning: On his previous ink of two skull heads a transformation was performed by Raul Meireles on June 1, 2014, before going to the World Cup.

5. ‘Rosary Beads Skull Locket’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Raul Meireles has a locket and a rosary beads chain inked around his neck reaching all the way down his stomach. The locket has a skull. He got this ink to mark his twenty-eighth birthday.