Universitario: the Garra Crema reveal their new shirt for 2012
Football teams often talk about keeping their fans close at heart, but Peru’s finest team have gone one step further with their latest home shirt. Universitario de Deportes, based in the capital city of Lima, have stitched a special crest onto the inside of their new shirt, so that it will be close to the heart of both players and fans that wear it and show their support around the world.
The special internal crest has been created by Peruvian artist and Universitario fan Cherman, inspired by one of the team’s nicknames, ‘Garra Crema’ – the Cream Claws. While this is a literal translation of the team’s colours, ‘garra’ is also considered to be a local word for resilliance and strength, and is seen by the Universitario fans as a key characteristic of the team.
The new shirt, which the team will wear throughout the forthcoming 2012 season, has been Tailored by Umbro to reflect the culture and history of the team, who were the first Peruvian squad to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores. Alongside the internal crest, the shirt also features the supporter’s ‘garra crema’ logo on the hem. Crafted from a lightweight cotton/polyester fabric, the shirt also features the team’s iconic U logo embroidered on the chest.
We know how popular some of our overseas shirts are amongst football fans around the world, and if we find out any ways in which this new Universitario shirt will be available we’ll be sure to let you know! Check out more photos of the new shirt over on our Flickr stream.
On 30 Jan 2012, at 6:22 pm Arian wrote:
Please tell me where i can buy this shirt!
On 30 Jan 2012, at 6:42 pm CremayGuinda wrote:
Y DALE (U)!!! GARRA CREMA! Gracias Umbro
On 30 Jan 2012, at 8:25 pm Miller wrote:
Looks pretty.
On 30 Jan 2012, at 9:55 pm Waywardeffort wrote:
That is a stunning shirt!
On 30 Jan 2012, at 10:39 pm Ferdi Alva wrote:
The best team of PERU
On 1 Feb 2012, at 6:13 pm Joaquin wrote:
My favorite team, awesome! DALE U!
On 2 Feb 2012, at 2:06 pm ben wrote:
Where can you buy this?
On 3 Feb 2012, at 8:50 pm Carlo wrote:
This jacket is very elegant, I like it but I am waiting for something new, maybe more aggressive, anyways I love this team, Y DALE “U”!!!
On 15 Feb 2012, at 3:21 pm Umbro Blog – Sporting Cristal: another stylish shirt for our Peruvian teams Football Stories wrote:
[...] on from the new Universitario shirt that we revealed recently, another of Peru’s top teams have revealed the Tailored tops that [...]
On 16 Feb 2012, at 4:48 pm Umbro Blog – San Martín: more from Peru as they showcase home and away Football Shirts, Football Stories wrote:
[...] Umbro Peru, with three of their top teams all revealing their new kits for the 2012 season: after Universitario and Sporting Cristal, it’s the turn of Universidad de San Martín. Another team based in [...]
On 3 May 2012, at 4:14 pm Anonymous wrote:
Yes, please follow up on this- as an U fan in Portland (RCTID), I need this jersey!