“The Athletic” ranking places Ghana’s shirt in 1st place due to inspiration from traditional fabric
The North American website The Athletic this Monday (June 8, 2026) elected the Brazilian team member as the 2nd most beautiful in the world. The publication analyzed the models of the 48 teams and praised Brazil’s return to classic design. In the site’s opinion, the yellow jersey is only surpassed by Ghana’s. England (3rd), Germany (4th) and Morocco (5th) complete the top 5.
“It’s very good. It’s almost impossible to ruin the Brazil shirt, although Nike tried 4 years ago, but this is a tremendous return”, says the The Athletic.
For the reporting team, the 2026 jersey reminds designs different from Brazil, such as the 2004 Copa América uniform, “with the collar and green details on the arms”.
Regarding the cut, the publication also compares the Nike uniform to that of “wonderful 1986 version”.
The return to the classic in the development of Brazil’s new uniform included the participation of designer and Brazilian illustrator. Graduated from UnB (University of Brasília), Rachel lives in the United States.
TOP 10
Ghana’s shirt, which occupies 1st place, was praised for its inspiration in to the citytraditional handmade fabric. THE design seeks to replicate the patterns of a spider from local folklore called Anansi.
At the opposite end of the list, Croatia’s uniform came last. He received criticism for changes to the team’s traditional checkerboard pattern.
Here are the selections that occupy the top 10:
- Gana;
- Brazil;
- England;
- Germany;
- Morocco;
- Saudi Arabia;
- Spain;
- Australia;
- Belgium;
- Cape Verde.
The Argentina national team shirt appears in 13th position. France occupies 15th place.
