--- title: British Soccer Star Loves That Fan Got a Tattoo of His Face description: A fan followed through on a bet and got English soccer star Harry Maguire's face on his chest canonical: https://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-10T14:39:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:45.092Z og:title: World Cup Soccer Star Loves That Fan Got a Tattoo of His Face og:description: A fan followed through on a bet and got Harry Maguire's face on his chest og:url: https://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e964dc8bd1d4a97/698934f7ab6d770c9a6b3228/gettyimages-994472910-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3810 og:image:height: 2143 og:image:alt: Sweden v England: Quarter Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World Cup Soccer Star Loves That Fan Got a Tattoo of His Face twitter:description: A fan followed through on a bet and got Harry Maguire's face on his chest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e964dc8bd1d4a97/698934f7ab6d770c9a6b3228/gettyimages-994472910-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # World Cup Player Loves That This Fan Got a Tattoo of His Face After Viral Promise > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) Harry Maguire of England during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Quarter Final match between Sweden and England at Samara Arena on July 7, 2018 in Samara, Russia. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) Jean Catuffe—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 10, 2018 2:39 PM UTC [Soccer](http://time.com/5329250/japanese-fans-thank-you-world-cup/) fan Matt Benton made a promise on Twitter—if Harry Maguire, the Leicester City defender who has earned legions of new fans for his performance with the English national team in the [World Cup](http://time.com/5333146/neymar-challenge/), scored a goal against Sweden, he would get his face tattooed on his chest. In [England](http://time.com/5333087/david-lammy-trump-uk-visit/)‘s quarter final game, Maguire delivered, helping his team seal their 2-1 victory over Sweden and move to the semi-final round of the competition. Benton is a man of his word, apparently, even when that “word” is shouted into the ether of Twitter. On July 9, Benton posted a photo of his brand-new tattoo, which was fresh both literally and figuratively. The tattoo was of Maguire’s face smack dab on Benton’s chest as a beacon of British pride, true soccer fandom, and a sign that Benton keeps his promises. > [](https://twitter.com/Matt%5FBenton/status/1016392617595211780) When he’s not training with his team in preparation for their upcoming match against Croatia, Maguire is active on Twitter and soon after Benton posted the portrait of his favorite soccer player, Maguire saw it. Although he couldn’t believe what it was that he was seeing, as he tweeted in response to the image, adding the self-deprecating comment to Benton that “#YouMustHaveABigChest.” So what do you get the man who just tattooed your face on his chest? Maguire tweeted that for Benton’s “great effort” he would “sort out a signed England shirt from the lads”. Guessing that Benton would prefer Maguire score another goal in his [next World Cup match](http://time.com/5332548/uk-soccer-its-coming-home/), though. > [](https://twitter.com/HarryMaguire93/status/1016404306147323905) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/"},"headline":"World Cup Player Loves That This Fan Got a Tattoo of His Face After Viral Promise","datePublished":"2018-07-10T14:39:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:45.092Z","description":"A fan followed through on a bet and got Harry Maguire's face on his chest","url":"https://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World Cup 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e964dc8bd1d4a97/698934f7ab6d770c9a6b3228/gettyimages-994472910-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e964dc8bd1d4a97/698934f7ab6d770c9a6b3228/gettyimages-994472910-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sweden v England: Quarter Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia","caption":"Sweden v England: Quarter Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia","creditText":"Jean Catuffe—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5334194/harry-maguire-tattoo/","name":"World Cup Player Loves That This Fan Got a Tattoo of His Face After Viral Promise"}}]}] ```