Vinicius Jr. wears the Nike Mercurial Vapor. It’s one, if not the most popular speed boot, mainly known for its secure, tight fit. Over the years, Nike has introduced innovative features on top of its trademark snug sensation to further enhance its speed boot reputation. With the Vapor, Vinicius Jr. has a boot that jives well with his pace and acceleration. And, with Vinicius, the Swoosh brand’s silo has a player at the top of his game, can only mean good things for its continued dominance in the speed boot category.
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 Mercurial Vapor Elite |  Gripknit+AtomKnit upper |  |  >> Get Elite Mercurial Vapor 16 at Nike |
 Mercurial Vapor Pro |  Full Flyknit upper |  |  >> Get Mercurial Vapor 16 Pro at Nike |
 Mercurial Vapor Academy |  Nikeskin upper |  |  >> Get Mercurial Vapor 16 Academy at Nike |
 Mercurial Vapor Pro Nike Jr | Full Flyknit upper | |  >> Get Mercurial Vapor 16 Pro Kids at Nike |
Vinicius Jr. Vapor Boots
Mad Ambition Vapor 16
The Real Madrid foward joined the rest of the Nike Mercurial gang when he wore the predominantly blue Mad Ambition Vapor boots. It was his first pair for the Vapor 16, which in this case had a cool light shade for the base and a contrasting dark one for the logos. The same colour play applied between the soleplate and the studs and Air Zoom window. Vapor 16 at Mad Ambition was made available across all takedown models and across a variety of soleplate types.
Mad Brilliance
As a player for Brazil in the 2024 Copa America, Vini wore the mostly pink Mad Brilliance Vapor 15. Displaying no graphical design, Mad Brilliance effectively elevated the pink base. It also allowed the black accents on the branding to shine through. It was the last Vapor 15 he wore before switching to the next generation of the Mercurial.
Pimento Tn
Things had to be great for your sponsor to keep on asking you wear a variety of colourway releases. This was the case for Vini Jr around the early part of 2024. He just wore both the MDS007 and MDS008 a few month ago, but then he was tapped to unveil the second Air Mercurial x Air Max Plus, which was had an official colourway of Pimento with black.
MDS 008
The winger went from red to green as far as being part of the Mercurial Dream Speed series. The fastest player in La Liga (per November 2023 league report) definitely fit the bill to suit up the Green Strike MDS 008, which had a streaking visual on the forefoot and the lateral Swoosh to demonstrate speed and quickness.
Mad Ready Vapor
Vinicius, as any other Nike player, had a participation in getting the Mad Ready light yellow (Lemonade) Vapor on match days. It didn’t take long though though for the Madrid star to move on to his next boot.
MDS 007
With MDS now including an exclusive group to join Mbappe and CR7 in wearing the special series release, Vinicius regularly got the chance to be part of that limited selection of players to wear MDS boots. In the MDS 007, Vinicius stuck with the Vapor model, which obviously still had the red-orange colourway and bespoke Xs and Os graphical pattern.
Peak Ready boots
During Real Madrid’s time in Europe’s group stages in the 2023/24 season, Nike players involved in the tournament got in with Hyper Turquoise Peak Ready boots. Vinicius obliged and wore the Vapor 15s that had the thematic colour all over the upper. The boot filled the quarter with purple and speckled graphic that made the cutout AIR branding visible.
Vinicius Jr. Career and Boot Choices
Vinicius Jr. is known as a left-sided winger. As expected from a flank player, it’s his speed, strength, and dribbling qualities that carries on his game. Prior to his switch to Real Madrid in 2018, he already had a first team experience with Flamengo. But this didn’t necessary translate to Vinicius going straight to Madrid’s starting XI. He had to go through substitute appearances and a few starts before eventually becoming the starter he is at the moment. He had the privilege of being able to link-up well with Karim Benzema before the striker moved on to Saudi Arabia. His young career had already earned him multiple titles in multiple fronts-domestic league, knockout competition and regional tournament.
He started out with the Nike Hypervenom Phantom 3 before switching to the Mercurials during his starting years with Real Madrid. And with him preferring the low-cut Phantoms, his shift to the Vapor rather than the Superfly was just natural. His stint with the Vapor started with the Vapor 12s. Along the way, he was included with the prospect-dedicated Nuovo White Vapor 13s as well as the exclusive group of stars for the MDS beginning with the third boot of the series. After settling some legal discussions in 2023, Vinicius has committed again to the Swoosh brand, and, boot-wise, to the Nike Mercurial Vapor.
