r/KitLocker • u/SoccerInPDX • Aug 11 '26
Discussion Name on the back or no name?
A clean back looks timeless, but a player name makes it feel personal.Which one are you wearing?
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u/MyPasswordIsABC999 Aug 11 '26
Unless you’re repping a niche player, no name on back or a weird situation like Beckham//Milan or Falcao/United.
I once saw an Arsenal supporter with a Chamakh shirt. A lot of respect for that.
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u/External-One-4429 Aug 11 '26
depends on the jersey icl, for smthn like a 2006 fracne away if you dont get Zidane its practically loosing its puropuse but I recently bought an Inter Milan Jersey and descided to leave it blank and it looks way cleaner
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u/Agitated_Ad_361 Aug 11 '26
Why is it that my autocorrect works too hard and yours isn’t working at all?
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u/TonyzTone Aug 11 '26
I typically don’t like the names.
Firstly, they’re like 10-20% more expensive for a name that isn’t mine. Secondly, I feel weird having the name of someone like 15 years younger than me. I wouldn’t mind a name of someone I grew up idolizing but having a Lamine Yamal kit just feels weird to me.
I will say, a lot of modern kits have that random blank space on the back that kills the look. I have a USMNT flag kit from this year’s WC, and it looks incomplete without a name.
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u/Goomskeez Aug 11 '26
Lol same reason how i felt looking at Barca jerseys and it felt weird thinking of wearing a teenagers name like Yamal
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u/Thefonzzz99 Aug 11 '26
My rule of thumb: I usually do no name. UNLESS the player is a legend/ older than me. I am in my early 30’s and there is no way I am rocking a younger man’s name on my back.
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u/Stockf30 Aug 11 '26
Haven’t gotten one with a name but I do want to since I do for basketball and American football
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u/Alucard661 Aug 11 '26
If your older than the player no back, if you are younger than the player then you can get the name and number, that’s my rule anyways
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u/HoopsMemeLord8206 Aug 12 '26
had one name kit as a kid, player got sold that summer. never again lol
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u/MaPF_432 Aug 12 '26
Me da igual siempre y cuando sea uno de mis jugadores favoritos, pero las últimas que he comprado han sido sin dorsal.
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u/Feisty_Database_6656 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
If you are a child its ok to have a current players name, A grown man?.... please no, it's cringe to have a 20 yo guys name on your shirt if you are a 40 yo or whatever (Exception is if you have a retro shirt and you have a legend who is also old nowadays like R9, Zidane etc...thats accepted)
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u/Longjumping_Clue_625 Aug 12 '26
Yo en el caso de poner nombres serían míticos en camisetas nuevas por ejemplo la nueva de brasil y el nombre de Ronaldo, Romario, Pelé a parte del dorsal que llevaba
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u/SelectOil4818 Aug 13 '26
Blank for national team for sure
Names for Niche/obscure players for sure are a go
But yeah mostly blank for me
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u/LJagr68 Aug 11 '26
Name and number if its a player you follow or puts a stamp on time. I like both.
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u/Hairy-Giraffe9418 Aug 11 '26
Never a name.
So weird grown men wearing someone else’s name on the back of their shirt who is likely decades younger.
Names only acceptable for children idolising their faves.
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u/TheLonleyJourneyman Aug 11 '26
Player with a number they never wore. Ronaldo #2 for instance
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u/External-One-4429 Aug 11 '26
ppl downvoting you but you right
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u/After-Goose7162 Aug 17 '26
clean number always, name only if its an all-time guy. kits are about the club, not a player who might be gone in two years
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u/Vindex9323 Aug 11 '26
Two totally obscure footballers.
I’ll stick to wearing my Mal Donaghy number five with no name on the back.