Beards have always been a massive tool in men’s fashion armory. The same holds true for football superstars. While beards are not everyone’s thing, there have been many footballers who have rocked some beautiful beards on the pitch.
For your inspiration, we’ve rounded up 20 most epic beards from the World of football. Let’s have a look at some best Footballing Beards
Gerard Pique
The Bearded defender of Barcelona is the first on our list of Bearded Footballers. One thing that complements his killer looks is his great facial hairstyle.
Lionel Messi
A Captain with a Beard! The Argentina & Barcelona superstar has caught minds & attention of every football lover with a super cool new blonde look with a super cool beard. When you’re the best player in football, your beard better be one of the best on the field and Messi doesn’t disappoint with both fullness and structure.
Wayne Rooney
The former Manchester United star is now sporting quite a beard. Rooney’s beard almost tops Messi’s beard. Actually Rooney’s beard is a bit thicker than Messi’s. Funny enough, Nike Soccer predicted Rooney sporting a long beard in the Write the Future ad.
Olivier Giroud
The Frenchman is a handsome man, with or without beard. However, a beard definitely increases his handsomeness by a notch. For obvious reasons, he was called Handsome French Bastard (HFB for short) by Arsenal fans. He currently plays for Chelsea and there are many Arsenal fans who misses his handsomeness in a red and white jersey. Undoubtedly, he is one of the most handsome football players to rock a beard.
Nicolas Otamendi
A beard that seems to defy physics, the Argentinian’s heavy brush is meticulously maintained with no hair out of place.
Alisson Becker
The Brazilian hasn’t been in Premier League for long, but he has already made a big impact on and off the pitch. On the pitch, he led Liverpool to another Champions League this year. At the same time, he has been sporting a devilishly full beard and winning lots of hearts off the pitch.
Neymar
Well, we all have seen him without beard and we all know how he is. Let him keep the beard maybe, just maybe he’ll have sense, haha.
Raul Meireles
The epitome of the alpha male beard is owned by none other than Raul Meireles. A true hipster, Meireles, has earned an undying respect for his facial hair.
Sergio Ramos
Spain’s most-capped player, Jagged, thick, but by no means straggly. Sergio Ramos really pulls off the look of a thick, bushy beard, but one groomed to perfection.
Isco
A sharply defined, pointy effort from the Real Madrid man. Somehow, Princely.
Mohamed Salah
Liverpool’s talisman has rightly earned plaudits for his goalscoring exploits since returning to the Premier League, but much of his facial hair isn’t too shabby. The Egyptian King’s iconic look relies on the beard. And that’s a great thing!
Jimmy Durmaz
Jimmy Durmaz rocks his trademark stache known as “mustache of hope” & his fans everywhere are being encouraged to grow one of their own in support of the entire team. An underrated & understated chin strap style sported by the Sweden front man is all done nicely.
Mile Jedinak
A real midfield scrapper, Mile Jedinak takes as much time preserving his stunning facial growth as he does chasing opponents around the pitch. He might not provide a bundle load of assists from midfield, but he might need some assistance in pruning his fabulous chin bush.
Juan Mata
Like the man himself, Mata’s beard is unassuming, effective and always around.
Adil Rami
A World Cup winner with France, he refers to his facial hair as the luckystache on social media. Not only does Rami have a well-tended garden of follicular delights on his face, but like an improve performer in any room, anywhere, he knows how to use it as a prop. This is the sort of hair game that would make Jonathan Van Ness weep with joy
Joe Ledley
The daddy of them all, Ledley’s facial furniture is dense and imposing, surely clinching the title as the best current beard in our list.
Stuart Sinclair
So we’ve had a fair share of elite-level players, so now we are delving into the lower leagues of English footie. Stuart Sinclair is adored at League One Bristol Rovers as he jostles around the Memorial Ground looking like Thor. He would fit right in at King Arthur’s Round Table – but his current job is to try and move Rovers up the league table.
Davide Moscardelli
Davide Moscardelli plays for Italian lower league club Pisa and as you can tell, his beard game is too strong. He might not have achieved a lot in football, but his biggest achievement is surely managing to eat all his chocolate croissant without getting it stuck in his big bush of a beard!
Adam Clayton
Speaking of beards that almost go down to the top of your chest, good Lord look at this beard. For those who have never heard of this bearded fellow, Adam Clayton is a Middlesborough midfielder & his beard sneaks ahead of Moscardelli by a whisker.
Matthias Holst
Holst would be the perfect cover model for the fictitious “Well Groomed Beards Weekly”. Ironically his beard has actually had a more successful career than his footballing career. People online can’t seem to get enough of his beautiful locks.
Let us know in the comment section below any magnificent bearded footballer we missed!