Top 10 Famous Football Players Caught Smoking A Cigarette

Top 10 Famous Football Players Caught Smoking A Cigarette

Smoking is a habit that poses serious health risks and is discouraged by most sports professionals. However, there have been instances of footballers caught smoking cigarettes, despite the potential damage to their health and fitness levels.

Here are the list of the top popular footballers found smoking in public.

Marco Veratti

The small Italian midfielder isn’t consistently part of the starting lineup. Could his smoking behavior be a contributing factor? He enjoys smoking during the summer. Perhaps giving up smoking could positively impact his professional career.

Mesut Ozil

He’s known as the Black Raven, and it’s not hard to see why. His fondness for smoking suggests his lungs must be as black as tar. It’s challenging to compete and smoke simultaneously. Mesut, that must be tough.

Wesley Sneijder

Wesley likely wasn’t the most health-conscious athlete during his career. He enjoyed consuming a few drinks and was quite fond of smoking. Since retiring, he has put on a significant amount of weight and has increased his smoking habit to up to a pack per day. Oops.

Zinedine Zidane

The renowned Frenchman was not only skilled at headbutting his opponents, but he also knew how to unwind off the field. During his playing days, he kept his smoking habit to a minimum, but he indulged in it more after retiring.

Neymar Jr.

One of the most irritating soccer players in the world is undoubtedly Neymar Jr. It’s no surprise that his bothersome tendencies also continue off the field. At the beginning of his European career, he had a distasteful habit of smoking cigarettes. Although he has since quit, he remains just as vexing as before.

Lionel Messi

“Even goats smoke, apparently” was a saying that referred to La Pulga (Lionel Messi), who was known to occasionally smoke cigarettes during his early career summer breaks. Although he has since quit smoking, we can overlook this behavior for now.

Mario Balotelli

There are countless strange occurrences in Super Mario’s history that could fill the pages of a book. Thus, being spotted smoking a cigarette is likely the least concerning of his behaviors. Carry on, Mario.