Football(Soccer) Players with Poor Discipline

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This Uruguayan player has been suspended on three separate occasions for biting an opponent. The most infamous of which was when he bit Georgio Chiellini in the 2014 World Cup, resulting in a 4 month ban from FIFA.

This gifted Frenchman is sent off in the 2006 World Cup Final after headbutting Italy's Marco Materazzi. He also managed to be sent off 12 times in his club career as well.

Starts an all in brawl in the 1984 Copa del Rey final, where he headbutts, kicks and punches opponents. In the 1986 World Cup Quarter Final against England he scores a goal with his hand. Is sent home from the 1994 World Cup after testing positive to ephidrine. He spend many years of his professional career addicted to cocaine.

In the 2004 European Championships this Italian player is given a 3 match ban for spitting on Denmark's Christian Poulsen. He also receives 15 red cards during his club career.

This Colombian defensive midfielder, who played 49 times for his national team from 2001-'09, played most of his club football with Deportivo Cali and Milionarios. He holds the world record for red cards: a whopping 46 in his career.

This Scottish player who spent most of his professional career at Everton, picked up nine red cards in his career, including one for head-butting an opponent, and a three-month prison sentence following an on-field assault of Raith Rovers' John McStay in 1994. He also has three other assault convictions for off-field incidents.

This French midfielder played 366 Ligue 1 games from 1993 to 2010, playing mostly for Bastia and Nice. He holds the record for red cards in Ligue 1 with 25, with 27 career red cards in total. He also amassed 187 Yellow cards.

This current Spanish national team and Real Madrid defender has 25 career red cards. He holds the record for the most dismissals in La Liga with 20.

This Portugal and ex-Real Madrid defender has choked and slapped Cesc Fabregas and stomped on Lionel Messi. In 2009 he receives a 10 match ban after a La Liga game against Getafe after kicking and stamping on an opponent who was on the ground, before punching another opponent. He then abuses the fourth official after being sent off.

This Brazilian born Spanish strike received multiple violent conduct charges from the English FA. In 2015 he received a 3 match ban for stamping on two players in a match against Liverpool. In 2019 he receives an 8 match ban and 6,000 Euro fine for insulting and grabbing the referee in a La Liga match against Barcelona.

This French midfielder who played for Arsenal from 1996-2005 holds the joint top record for the most red cards in the Premier League with 8.

This footballer turned actor, who spent most of his career at Wimbledon, received 12 red cards in his career. He holds the joint top record for red cards in the Premier League with 8.

This Uruguayan defender who played for Atalanta and Juventus from 1992-2006 is resposible for some of the most violent tackles you will ever see on a football pitch. He holds the Serie A record for red cards and was sent off 21 times in his career.

This Irish Manchester United midfielder was given a 3 match ban and 5,000 pound fine for a knee high challenge on Alf-Inge Håland in 2001. He later brags about it in his autobiography released in 2002. He receives a further 150,000 pound fine from the English FA and a five match ban.

In the 2002 World Cup, this Brazilian player commits one of the worst acts of simulation, falling to the ground clutching his face after the ball is kicked at him and hits him in the thigh, getting Turkish player Unsal sent off. FIFA review the incident and fine him $7,350.

In the 1982 World Cup semi-final, this German goalkeeper deliberately jumps up and collides with France's Patrick Battiston with a brutal hip and elbow, which leaves him unconscious, knocks out two of his teeth and cracks three ribs. The fallout from the incident is so bad that German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt sends an open letter of condolence to President Francois Mitterand to apologize.

In 1998 this Australian/Wolves defender ends the career of Charlton's Matt Holmes with a vicious tackle. Holmes wins 250,000 pounds in damages. In 2001, in a friendly against France, he commits a brutal foul which causes Christophe Dugarry to miss 3 months with knee ligament damage. In 2011, he ends the season of Adrian Zahra, causing knee ligament damage and psychological trauma. He is red carded and suspended for 8 weeks. Labeled by many as the "dirtiest player ever".

In the 1982 World Cup he manages to foul Maradona 23 times in one match. In a 1977 World Cup qualifier against England he grabbed Steve Coppell by the testicles, and spat in Peter Barnes' face and called him an "English pig!".

Nicknamed the "Butcher of Bilbao". in 1981 he tackles Barcelona's Bernd Schuster so bad that he never properly recovers. In 1983, he breaks Diego Maradona's ankle in what was described as "one of the most brutal fouls ever delivered in the history of Spanish football". Also takes part in the infamous Copa Del Rey Final brawl of 1984.

Spanish defender who has played at Malaga, Getafe and Valencia, and is now as Racing Santander. Has managed to be sent off 22 times in his career.

This English player was given a 4 month suspended sentence after assaulting one of his own team mates in 2007. Sentenced to 74 days in prison for violent assault in 2008. Has been charged with violent conduct on 3 separate occasions by the English FA. Spent most of his career at Manchester City and QPR.