The first phase of European Cup. With the eliminations, the parade of unusual hairstyles and haircuts typical of the football scene is reduced. From the Afro to the mohawk, footballers’ hairstyles are a declaration of intentions. They know it and for this reason, in addition to the strategy and objectives, there is also the European Championship a competition for likes on the networks and to establish a trend.
Style on the pitch has changed in recent decades, although you still see long hair fluttering in the wind like that of Cucurella -the Spanish 24- or Afro braids like the ones I wore 30 years ago David Beckham. The curls of Diego Maradonathe dyes of Griezmann or the extravagances in blue of Kylian Mbappe They are out of fashion. Now she takes the cut bowl but without the friar’s crown, like the good boy, in short Ronaldo OR Toni Kroos. The important thing is to run and be able to finish with a header without making mistakes. Nothing to do with Modricwho still wears the headband to keep her bangs at bay.
The networks have transformed the footballers into influencers of the hairstyle while sneakers and t-shirts are given away and tattoos are already discounted. His I the individual is in the head.
A few days ago, the defender of the Swiss national team, Manuel Akanji, he had a hairdresser take him to the concentration hotel to have a look at it and he enjoyed it. The same thing happened at the last European Championship, when he and his colleague Xhaka Granite They decided to dye themselves blonde while citizens couldn’t go to the hairdresser due to the coronavirus pandemic. They were fined for this.
Akanji isn’t the only one who wants to make a good impression on the pitch. “Everyone wants to be beautiful and so do we,” said the German international Emre Canwho, to help his friend, confessed that he goes to a professional every few days because «if I don’t, my haircut gets messy».
In this competition he has an easy life. To avoid discussions like those of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when some players took their stylists, the German Football Association (DFB) has appointed Mustafa ‘Musti’ Mostafa official hairdresser of the team. Musti is not just anyone. He cuts and styles Neuer, HolyTO Gndogan Already Havertz. Cristiano Ronaldo also sat on his chair.
For the DFB the hairdresser issue is not a problem. Players are free to choose. Only the days before matches is a beauty session taboo. Because «the focus is always on football,» says Can, who has a trendy haircut, very short around the ears and neck, and with a cape on top. How to say Ahmed Alsanawia «skin discoloration», a I wait very short, with sharp edges.
Alsanawi, with a salon in the UK, is the designer of Jude Bellingham, Foden, Rice and Mbappé. Now, while the Euro Cup lasts and they need him, to be in Germany, serving the customers who bring his barbering work to millions of people around the world on Instagram. “Football stars make certain styles instantly fashionable and that’s good for business,” boasts Alsanawi. By the way, Toni Kroos’s, with one side shaved higher than the other and a milled head of hair, is not a style, according to the gossip of this hairdresser. “It’s just a haircut and not a particularly good one, to be honest.”
