11 most iconic T-shirt messages by football players

Football is a game of goals and emotions, and there is joy in seeing an attacking move fulfill its ultimate destiny when the ball hits the back of the net. But football players being the divas they are, they took it to a different level with messages on their t-shirts while they are celebrating the goal they just scored or when they just want to send a message to the fans, rivals or their loved ones.Knowing the cameras would be on them, some took the stage to make a political statement, while other have more poignant messages.Here is a list of some of the most iconic messages we have seen in football so far.

#1 Andres Iniesta

After scoring the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, Spain’s Andres Iniesta took the occasion of the grandest stage of them all to give his condolences for fellow footballer Dani Jarque. Jarque, who played for Espanyol, had died of a heart attack the year before at the young age of 26.

The message on his shirt read ‘Dani Jarque: Always with us’. Although Espanyol are Barcelona’s local derby rivals, the player was well respected by the Spanish football fraternity. Iniesta later presented the shirt to Espanyol since Jarque had spent his entire career there.

“It pains me a great deal to give this shirt away even though I think this is the best place for it,” Iniesta had said at the time.

“I scored the goal but Dani will also be remembered.”

Espanyol’s then-president Sanchez Llibre had praised Iniesta for his generosity and said: “Iniesta is a great player, but for sure he will also be remembered with great fondness by the Espanyol supporters and the world of football when he retires.”