Eduardo Camavinga played an important role in helping Real Madrid win the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup to win their fifth trophy of the year. Coming back from injury, the Frenchman produced a tenacious shift in midfield to ensure Los Blancos dominated the game and went away with a formidable win.
At 22, Camavinga is one of the youngest players in the Real Madrid first-team squad and has already become a vital player thanks to his versatility and defensive qualities. His age, however, also works in his favor in the sense that he’s often being teased by some of his teammates at the club.
Aurelien Tchouameni, only two years older than Eduardo, decided to set his teammate up for some mockery with a funny post on his Instagram after the final. He posted a picture of Camavinga sitting in the airplane back to Madrid, but it was what the Frenchman is wearing on his head that catches the eye.
The 22-year-old defensive midfielder can be seen protecting his dreadlocks hairstyle with the help of a black hat. This is actually called a bonnet, which is mostly used by women to protect their hair from being damaged while sleeping. Considering that many footballers opt to doze off during flights from and to matches, Camavinga opted to buy a black bonnet to save his hair from being damaged.
A bonnet has many uses and can be worn by an individual when they’re involved in heavy work outdoors or when sleeping. The hair bonnet is usually a large fully head covering piece that is mostly made from silk or satin materials. Wearing a bonnet can help a person protect their hair from pollutants, friction, and potential environmental damage and ensure that the hairstyle stays the same rather than being all messed up.
There are actually quite a few benefits to wearing a bonnet, especially for people with lengthy hair like the French midfielder. The hair bonnet ensures moisture retention in a person’s hairline and acts as a barrier, which helps reduce friction or breakage of a hairstyle during sleep.
It is ideal for maintaining hairstyles like braids and curls, which is relevant for Camavinga considering that his hair is heavily braided. A bonnet can also reduce frizz and split ends in a person’s hairstyle, prevent hair from getting tangled up, and also create a healthy environment to allow a person’s health to grow longer and stronger.
Wearing a hair bonnet regularly has some cons, mostly because it can be really uncomfortable when wearing in a warm climate—but that doesn’t apply for an aeroplane where the room temperature is generally on the cooler side.
Even though some started claiming that Camavinga is wearing a hair cap – like chefs do when they are cooking – that is not the case. A hair cap is generally a smaller type of covering worn which also has less protection than a bonnet, which is a larger headgear that covers the entire shape of a person’s head.
The good thing about a hair bonnet is that it’s normally really cheap and affordable for anyone. A kind of black bonnet worn by Camavinga can be available for around £12 on Sleefs (extra charges on shipping might apply).
The 22-year-old Real Madrid midfielder has become a bit of a meme on social media for his funny headgear. One fan commented ‘Cama looking like a strong independent black women with his bonnet on lmfaooo,’ while another Madridista noted, ‘I thought this Bellingham’s mother (Denise) for a second.’
Camavinga, at the risk of looking foolish, is actually being smart wearing hair protective elements like a bonnet. Doing so will definitely help him avoid the risk of early balding or possibility of a receding hairline which players like Erling Haaland have suffered from.
The 22-year-old definitely gets the best advice in maintaining his hairline, because his older brother Sebastiao is an experienced barber with his own barbershop in Madrid and has even given haircuts to many Real Madrid players. Camavinga might be showing his ‘feminine’ side in this picture, but he’ll be the last one laughing if able to maintain his stylish hairstyle for another decade or so.
