From Cristiano Ronaldo to anime: Yeferson Soteldo’s curious tattoos :: Olé Ecuador

Just as the Eurocup threw a lot of color from the beginning; With goals, controversies, surprises and fun moments between fans, the Copa América 2024 does not want to be less. Argentina, current champion, kicked off with a 2-0 victory over Canada and The Ecuadorian team, which will go for its first star, will debut against Venezuela this Saturday.

One of the references and main figures of the Venezuelan team is Yeferson Soteldo, who will compete in his third continental competition (he was part of the 2019 and 2021 editions in Brazil) and, in addition to his colorful game, the offensive midfielder has the particularity of having a varied record of tattoos on his body.

The one born in Acarigua shows off an infinite number of references on his skin and last March he added two pieces that caught the attention of more than one fan: a combination of three of his great passions, which are music, football and anime.

Of the round, one that won a lot of praise among his followers was the drawing of Cristiano Ronaldo. Soteldo has a triple tattoo on his leg that shows a celebration of the Bug with the Real Madrid shirt and, in addition, the CR7 characteristic of him.

As for music, Yeferson portrayed Tirone José González Orama, better known by his stage name: Canserbero. The illustration is of his face, accompanied by the message that Tirone himself wore on his arm that says “All We Need Is Love” (all we need is love, translated).

The former Santos on his Instagram revealed another tattoo: the logo of Bad Bunny (a rabbit), one of the most acclaimed artists among fans of the urban genre and the most listened to of the year globally on the Spotify platform, added to the acronym from “I do what I want”, one of the latest and most popular albums by the Puerto Rican musician, which was released in February 2020.

The Ten of the Red Wine is also a fan of anime and has a tattoo with the eyes of four very representative characters from the Naruto Shippuden drawing (Itachi, Naruto, Kakashi and Sasuke). In addition, Soteldo sports several others from Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama’s historical work. On his back and very large, a lion that matches the sleeve formed on his right arm.

Against Ecuador, Venezuela would align with: Rafael Romo; Alexander González, Wilker Ángel, Nahuel Ferraresi, Miguel Navarro; Cristian Cásseres, José Martínez, Yangel Herrera; Yeferson Soteldo, Salomón Rondón, Jefferson Savarino.

Of the possible starting lineup for Vinotinto, two players who currently play for a LigaPro team stand out: Alexander González, who finished the semester as an important part of Emelec, and Rafael Romo, who is a figure in the Catholic University led by Jorge Célico.

Furthermore, if we take into account the team that tied against Ecuador in Maturín for the Qualifiers, nine of the eleven that took the field at 0-0 would be repeated. Only Christian Makoun and Samuel Sosa would be missing from the start.