Richarlison's Underwear / Richarlison De Cueca

About

Richarlison's Underwear refers to a viral image of Brazilian footballer Richarlison showing his underwear during the Brazil X Uruguay match in October 2023. The picture became a trending topic on X, known as Richarlison De Cueca in Portuguese, inspiring jokes, ironic memes and Photoshop edits.

Origin

On October 17th, 2023, during the match between Brazil and Uruguay held in Montevideo, a cameraman captured Brazilian player Richarlison at the edge of the field pulling down his shorts while getting ready and his underwear was exposed. The moment was shared on YouTube^[1] by user @TR7MILGRAU, which amassed over 9,900 views and 127 likes in a day.

Spread

Richarlison's underwear caught on camera instantly became a still image on X, being the subject of jokes and memes. For example, on October 17th, 2023 X^[2] user @CentralDoBrega posted the picture paired with a caption in Portuguese saying "Richarlison in panties hahaha." The post (shown below, left) amassed more than 63,000 likes and 5,600 retweets in a day. x^[3] user @omarcocaja commented on the cameraman's decision to focus on the player just when he was changing his clothes (shown below, right), which garnered roughly 273 likes and 19 retweets in a day.

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