Sacre Bleu! Euro 2016 mascot 'Super Victor' shares name with sex toy

Super Victor: The Euro 2016 mascot, not the sex toy
LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images
James Benge10 June 2016

Super Victor may be the face of Euro 2016 but parents have been in for an unfortunate shock if they’ve been searching online to find a toy of the tournament’s mascot.

Type ‘Super Victor toy’ into Google and you could be in for an unfortunate shock, with a host of websites selling a sex toy, not a plush version of the mascot.

In a statement European football’s governing body said: “All we can say is that [the sex aids] are not produced by Uefa.”

The name of the toy had been chosen in a online poll with over 100,000 votes, Super Victor taking 48 per cent of the ballot to beat Goalix and Driblou.

Super Victor is described as a small boy whose cape contains superpowers that enable him to “fly up high into the sky and travel all around the globe at super-fast speeds”.

The mascot also has his own Twitter account (@supervictor) but is yet to address the controversy around his name.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in