Uruguayan soccer player gets teammate's face tattooed on arm

Nineteen-year-old soccer player Gaston Pereiro is currently on the roster of Uruguay's Nacional soccer team with 38-year-old Alvaro Recoba, a player he grew up idolizing. To show Recoba how big a fan he is, Pereiro decided to get his teammate's face tattooed on his arm.

19-year-old soccer player Gaston Pereiro is currently on the roster of Uruguay's Nacional soccer club with 38-year-old Alvaro Recoba, a player he grew up idolizing. To show Recoba how big a fan he is, Pereiro decided to get his teammate's face tattooed on his arm.

Gastón Pereiro has a tattoo of Nacional teammate Alvaro Recoba’s face on his arm! http://t.co/mSudni40BM pic.twitter.com/xmLRnTIqlo

— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) November 14, 2014

There are not words to express how creepy of a thing this is to do. Just try to imagine how any of your co-workers would react if you came in with their face tattooed on your body.

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The only way this is acceptable is if it was done as a joke, in which case it is hilarious, but probably going a little too far just for a laugh.

- Brendan Maloy