The most creative Fifa World Cup football portraits

The style of official football portraits often shows players standing stoically, looking into the middle distance.

As the World Cup kicks off in Russia, we highlight some of the photographers and footballers who got a little creative in the studio when shooting their official portraits, expressing their individual personalities.

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Jose Giminez of Uruguay
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Mikel John Obi of Nigeria
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Thorgan Hazard of Belgium
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Victor Moses of Nigeria
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Olafur Skulason of Iceland
David Ramos / Getty Images
Ederson of Brazil
Ryan Pierse / Getty Images
William Troost-Ekong of Nigeria
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Cristian Ansaldi of Argentina
Adam Pretty / Getty Images
Yvon Mvogo of Switzerland
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Raul Jimenez of Mexico
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Marcelo Brozovic of Croatia
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Mats Hummels and Ilkay Guendogan of Germany
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James Rodriguez of Colombia
David Ramos / Getty Images
Adnan Januzaj of Belgium
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Pontus Jansson of Sweden
Adam Pretty / Getty Images
Shinji Kagawa of Japan
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Lasse Schoene of Denmark
Patrick Smith / Getty Images
Ronald Matarrita of Costa Rica
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Andreas Christensen of Denmark
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Randall Azofeifa of Costa Rica
Clive Rose / Getty Images
Nemanja Matic of Serbia
Maja Hitij / Getty Images
Radamel Falcao of Colombia
Adam Pretty / Getty Images
Juan Cuadrado, Yerry Mina and Miguel Borja of Colombia
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Kieran Trippier of England

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