The 13 Instagram Accounts You Need To Follow During The World Cup

Warning: Football players don't quite get modesty.

Posted on June 02, 2014, 09:26 GMT

Richard James

BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK

Starting off with the obvious, you should definitely be following Italy's Mario Balotelli.

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Topless selfies are the order of the day for the Italian striker.

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And brilliant dog pictures.

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Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba is also a must follow.

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Alert: Obligatory footballer in pants picture.

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Everyone loves fancy dress.

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England's Daniel Sturridge loves his hats.

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Usain Bolt looks very impressed.

And cheesecake.

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He also appears to enjoy wrestling great The Undertaker's fashion sense.

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Brazil's David Luiz seems like great fun.

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Bizarre facial expressions feature heavily on his account.

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Remember: With great hair comes great responsibility.

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Spain's Juan Mata is quite the photographer.

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Hopefully he'll be taking similarly impressive shots in Brazil.

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Wonderful.

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Brazilian superstar Neymar has over five million followers on Instagram.

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Posing with members of One Direction always helps.

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And obviously taking his shirt off.

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Talking of which... no one has mastered the art of continually uploading pictures of themselves in pants quite like Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.

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The world's best player never seems truly happy unless he's got almost all of his clothes off.

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It's amazing he finds the time to play football.

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Belgium's Eden Hazard enjoys a good selfie.

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Animals feature quite heavily in his profile. Real ones...

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And fake.

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Uruguay's Edinson Cavani likes the arty pics.

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And the ones showing off his massive watch and Ferrari.

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Cavani is expected to start against England on 19 June.

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Germany's Lucas Podolski is always good value.

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Some of these kids looked thrilled to have met him recently.

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Even dinosaurs love him.

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Spain's Fernando Torres is quite the romantic.

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That's him on the right by the way.

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He just loves cake.

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Argentina's Lionel Messi is as great as you thought he would be on Instagram.

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Totally charming.

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The man with the golden boots.

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Spain's Gerard Piqué has almost a million followers, perhaps in part due to the fact his girlfriend is one of the most popular singers in the world.

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Shakira regularly appears in his pictures.

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A man of many talents.

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