Zlatan scores against World Hunger

If you know Zlatan Ibrahimovic you know he prone to say some ridiculous things. He is also one of the few soccer players I've ever heard refer to themselves in the third person.

This past weekend after he scored PSG's opening goal against Caen he ripped off his jersey to show off what I thought was a new collection of tattoos. But I was very wrong.

It turns out that the Swedish striker partnered with the World Food Program to tattoo across his body (temporarily) the names of 50 individuals who were all suffering from hunger. A couple of days later a video starring Ibrahimovic surfaced on Youtube explaining the stunt.

"Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me. But there are names no one cares to remember. That no one cheers for," he said.

 "From now on I want this support to go to the people who really need it. So whenever you hear my name, you will think of their names. Wherever you see me, you will see them."

This is an incredible statement by the big Swed. Zlatan is using his platform as a popular celebrity to bring to raise awareness around world hunger. This is pretty unprecedented of a goal celebration. Usually when you see a player rip of their shirt its either because they are not really thinking or because they want to show you they have been hitting the gym lately.

 It is pretty routine for professional soccer players to volunteer at local fundraiser and youth soccer camps.

Soccer players have such an enormous platform because of the global reach soccer has and its reaching to someone take advantage of it - in a positive way. Because its pretty routine for professional soccer players to just volunteer at local fundraisers, youth soccer camps and sign some shirts. Cheer to Zlatan for raising the bar.

Check out the video below but MORE importantly check out the actual campaign.