Yan Couto did not wear his characteristic pink hair in Brazil’s 3-2 victory over Mexico. The right-back, who was a starter in that preparatory match for the 2024 Copa América, revealed that it was at the request of someone from the national team, although he did not specify who made the request.
“For the national team, I’m going with black hair, I’m going to remove it (…) They told me that pink is a bit extravagant. I don’t think so, but I’ll respect it. They asked me to do it, and I will,” the defender told Brazilian journalist Yara Fantoni’s YouTube channel. The interview was conducted in Girona, before traveling to the United States, when he still had pink hair.
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In that recording, the player explained that at the time he decided to dye his hair because it was a very common fashion in that Spanish city, home to the team that was the revelation of the last season by reaching third place and qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in its history.
“The pink hair was more of a Girona thing, it was like a fashion. Here, with the national team, that cycle has ended,” the defender said in a press conference on June 4, when he was already based in Orlando, the city the five-time champions chose as the base for the next Copa América.
With Diniz yes, with Dorival no
Yan Couto made his debut for the Brazilian national team in the double date of the South American Qualifiers last October, called up by then-coach Fernando Diniz. In the two matches played then, the 1-1 draw against Venezuela and the 2-0 defeat against Uruguay, he wore his pink hair.
In the early matches of the Dorival Junior cycle, he was also called up to the Seleção. He did not play in the victory over England at Wembley and came on as a substitute in the 3-3 draw with Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu. His hair returned to its original color, without dye.
