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From ruthless tackles to brutal fouls and downright shocking behavior, these players didn’t just break the rules—they smashed them. In this video, we’re counting down the most aggressive, controversial, and feared footballers to ever set foot on the pitch. ⚽🔥
Whether it was a career full of red cards or one infamous moment that shocked the world, these are the players who defined the darker side of the beautiful game.
Whether it was a career full of red cards or one infamous moment that shocked the world, these are the players who defined the darker side of the beautiful game.
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00:00These are the 10 dirtiest players in football history.
00:04And first up, we gotta talk about Sergio Ramos.
00:07Because in 2018, Rowe's legacy was on the line.
00:12It was a Champions League final between Ramos' Real Madrid and Mo Salah's Liverpool.
00:16One victory between Real Madrid and Immortality.
00:20But Ramos wanted to win so badly that he was willing to snap another man's arm in half.
00:30This dude didn't care about anyone but himself.
00:39But his selfish behavior got the best of Liverpool.
00:41Because Real Madrid came out victorious.
00:44Yet, Sergio Ramos was missing one thing.
00:47Respect.
00:48See, Ramos got his victory.
00:50But that wasn't all.
00:51Shortly after the game, he was awarded the 2017-18 Champions League Best Defender.
00:56However, only one player wasn't so pleased.
01:00Safe to say, he lost Salah's respect for life.
01:04I'm sure that's far from the only respect he lost.
01:07Simply put, Rowe doesn't know when to quit.
01:09But neither does Marco Matarazzi.
01:11Because he once made Zidane lose his cool in the biggest of moments.
01:14What happened here?
01:17Oh, goodness me.
01:18Goodness me.
01:19Zinedine Zidane just plants one into the chest of Marco Matarazzi.
01:23The referee cannot have seen that.
01:26Not only was it the 2006 World Cup Final, but this decision would hunt Zidane for a lifetime.
01:32Without their star player, France lost control.
01:35Meanwhile, Italy was able to keep their control.
01:38It led to the unthinkable.
01:39Thinking about the job he has to do and that's all.
01:42And Grosso has done that job.
01:45The kink that means Italy win the World Cup in 2006.
01:52Wow.
01:53This act of rage just determined the fate of two countries.
01:57And none of it would have happened without Marco Matarazzi.
02:00And so this begs the million dollar question.
02:02What did he say to tick off Zidane?
02:04And nearly two decades later, he finally got our answer.
02:08What was the reason that Zidane did that?
02:10You live in America, right?
02:13Yeah.
02:13You know the NBA.
02:14Yeah.
02:14Threshold King.
02:15Yeah, of course.
02:16My Threshold King was a...
02:18Nothing.
02:18Very minimal.
02:18Nothing.
02:19Nothing.
02:20Compared to the Threshold King.
02:22They love that U.S. song.
02:23Yes.
02:24He offered me his jersey.
02:25Yeah.
02:25I said, no, I prefer your sister.
02:27But for number eight, Diego Costa literally throws a legend to the ground.
02:36Gerard having to dig in against him and gets the decision.
02:39And now Gerard reacts angrily.
02:42Is this the third incident involving Diego Costa?
02:46Come on, bro.
02:48Why you had to disrespect Steven Gerard like that?
02:50But this dude has a history of poking the bear.
02:52Because my man was about to take things to another level.
02:55Diego Costa wasn't happy with that challenge.
02:59And I think Barry was probably getting yellow card for that.
03:02And that kind of reaction.
03:04And sticking his face into Barry.
03:07I mean, I suppose the referee.
03:09It looks as if he might have even been going for a bite.
03:12But I'm not sure that ensued.
03:14I get a cheap shot.
03:16But biting another man's ear?
03:18This has gone too...
03:19Ben Foster has played with many different players over the years.
03:22But when asked who was the worst of all, his answer was simple.
03:26It's Diego Costa.
03:27Because he was just a filthy little rat.
03:30And he would just snarl and scratch.
03:32And he wouldn't leave you alone.
03:34And he wouldn't give you a second's breath.
03:35Imagine getting compared to a filthy little rat.
03:39That's how you know you're dirty.
03:41But it's one thing to have a history of crossing the line.
03:43And it's another to send a player off in a wheelchair.
03:46Yet, in 2016, one player did just that.
03:58And I didn't know it could get that much worse.
04:01Until I remembered this guy was straight out of Cobra Kai.
04:04He doesn't just strike first and strike hard.
04:06But his definition of no mercy is kicking another man in the face.
04:10He's lucky.
04:11That could have been a red card.
04:12Probably should have been.
04:12No attempt to play the ball at all.
04:14First, a player ends up in a wheelchair.
04:16And now, a player is getting karate kicked in the face.
04:20But if all that wasn't enough, he would also piss off all of America.
04:24Donovan's pass ahead to Holden.
04:26Stuart Holden.
04:27Oh, that hurts.
04:28Yeah, that's a bad challenge, actually.
04:30And it was a first foul you saw.
04:32Ben Bronkhorst comes in late.
04:34The number five left back.
04:35And he challenges Stuart Holden.
04:37There's a clip of the heels and puts him off balance.
04:40He's still on his feet.
04:41It's a last challenge.
04:43Yeah, late challenge there from Nigel Deshawn.
04:45Catches him just high above the ankle, it looks like.
04:47It's clear this dude doesn't have any regard for human life.
04:51Yet, it took years for Nigel De Jong to become the villain he is today.
04:54However, another player managed to become a villain in just a few minutes.
04:59And in 2011, Gennaro Gattuso put together one of the most rage-filling sequences
05:04the Champions League has ever seen.
05:06How do you not get a red card for that?
05:08But then what about, this is the bit that, look, then he gets up and he's giving it to
05:11the crowd like he's done well.
05:12He could have, he could have approached your Luka's leg.
05:13It's a disgrace.
05:14Absolute disgrace.
05:15Well, they should look at that, surely.
05:17That is a dangerous, dangerous tackle.
05:18There we go.
05:19But he's been at it all game, really, haven't he?
05:20Yeah.
05:22See, like him himself, sub-looking.
05:24Yeah.
05:24You know, if you raise your hands in an aggressive manner, you have to go.
05:28This man just shoved Tottenham's assistant coach only to run it back.
05:32And then this is full-time a clear headbutt.
05:34Are you serious?
05:37This dude's shirtless now?
05:39Bro thinks he's all tough when he's only embarrassing himself.
05:42But sooner or later, you'd have to imagine he'd learn his lesson and keep his temper under
05:47control.
05:47But you'll be wrong.
05:49Fast forward to now, and Bro is a team manager.
05:52And trust me, he's just as fired up as before.
05:55All right.
06:00This dude's crazy.
06:01But there's a difference between losing your mind and taking a shower.
06:05One requires you to be dirty.
06:07And at number five, Zlatan Ibrahimovic shows the world just how dirty he can be.
06:11And no one is safe.
06:13I mean, this dude is even kicking his teammates.
06:21Seriously, bro?
06:23You could have injured your teammate.
06:24But then again, this man has no boundaries.
06:27Even if he's standing right next to the refs.
06:29You'd think someone would put Zlatan in his place, but that only made things worse.
06:35Because in 2018, Montreal Impact's Michael Petrasso accidentally collided with Zlatan.
06:40And it became his worst nightmare.
06:42We see a Petrasso trying to get tight.
06:45Zlatan doesn't like it.
06:46Slaps out.
06:48Should be a red card.
06:49Wow.
06:50Bro took the instant rejection just to prove a point.
06:53But in 2019, his antics weren't just about proving a point.
06:57It almost got him banned.
06:58The LA Galaxy were coming off a 3-2 victory over rivals LAFC.
07:03And all was good for Zlatan.
07:05This man had a hat trick.
07:06So you know he was feeling himself.
07:08But the MLS wasn't feeling it.
07:10Because this man woke up and chose violence.
07:13An elbow goes up.
07:15Munir injured.
07:16He would have to come off.
07:19And it actually turns out that Munir is in pretty bad shape.
07:22Reports he could be facing surgery.
07:24Extended timeout with a fracture to his skull.
07:27Fans didn't realize it.
07:29This bad temper gave his opponent a fractured cheek.
07:32Yeah.
07:32This wasn't a good look for Zlatan.
07:34And here you see after the match going back and forth with the LAFC technical staff.
07:39But if you look up the word dirty.
07:41Zlatan's face is only the second thing to show up.
07:43That's because I almost forgot about Pepe.
07:45From headbutts to embarrassing dives.
07:48This guy never fails to entertain.
07:50Which isn't always a good thing.
07:52His hothead once turned a game that didn't even count into complete chaos.
07:57In August 2021.
07:58He slammed into Roma's Henry Kimigatarian.
08:01And it started a full-on brawl.
08:10Yet unlike the other players.
08:12Pepe is dangerous.
08:14See he knows how to get away with his dirty moves.
08:16And that cheap shot.
08:18He got away with it scot-free.
08:20But he wasn't always so lucky.
08:22And in the 2014 World Cup.
08:24He took a cheap shot that no referee could ignore.
08:27Oh Pepe.
08:29Gets into trouble.
08:30And Pepe is having a right go here.
08:32And Mola happy having touched him.
08:34How's Bro going to injure an all-time great.
08:37And then taste the blood?
08:39This dude's whack for real.
08:40Because while he's out here licking players.
08:42He's trying to act like the victim.
08:44But fortunately for us.
08:46We caught him slacking in 4k.
08:50It's clear this dude wants to win at any cost.
08:54Just like it's clear he's not winning any Oscars.
08:57And if you want to factor in his play against Barcelona over the years.
09:00It becomes more of but alright.
09:02We've reached the three dirtiest players in football history.
09:05And at number three.
09:06It's only right we talk about the one player I don't want to see at a bar.
09:10Roy Keane.
09:11Because imagine making a play so dirty.
09:13That fans called it the tackle.
09:16That's because there have been millions of tackles before.
09:19But this one was years in the making.
09:22See it all started back in 1997.
09:25Because when Keane fell to the ground.
09:27He instantly knew his season was over.
09:29But his opponents weren't very sympathetic.
09:32And Keane was on the ground crying out of pain.
09:34When a player called Cam.
09:36This same player moaned at the Irishman for faking an injury.
09:39When little did he know.
09:40He ruptured his ACL.
09:42That's when Roy Keane knew what needed to happen next.
09:46And in 2001.
09:47Keane tried to return the favor.
09:51Roy Keane on Holland.
09:54It's a red card.
09:56Issued by David Ellery.
09:57To Manchester United's captain.
09:59For the fourth time.
10:00Safe to say.
10:01Bro got his revenge.
10:02Only there might be such a thing as too much revenge.
10:06Keane had only meant to hurt Holland.
10:08But it turns out.
10:09He was injured.
10:10And because of it.
10:11It resulted in a $5,000 fine.
10:14But Keane wishes it only costed him 5 G's.
10:17Because once he opened his mouth.
10:18There was no going back.
10:20A year later.
10:21Keane revealed in his autobiography.
10:22How he really felt.
10:24Going as far to say.
10:25I've waited long enough.
10:27I f***ing hit him hard.
10:29The ball was there.
10:30Take that you f***.
10:31And don't you ever stand over me sneering about fake injuries.
10:35And at this moment.
10:36It became blatantly obvious.
10:38This dude had zero remorse for his actions.
10:41So what did the league do?
10:42They conversed amongst each other.
10:44And handed the bro a 150 G fine.
10:48And not just that.
10:49But they also gave him a 5 match ban.
10:52Not gonna lie.
10:53I think Keane's attempt at revenge.
10:55Only made things worse.
10:57But at number 2.
10:58Luis Suarez isn't one to seek revenge.
11:0010.
11:00The lights were brighter than ever.
11:02And bro simply did not care.
11:05Uruguay was trying to qualify.
11:06For their first FIFA World Cup semi-final.
11:08Since 1970.
11:10And for Suarez.
11:11The objective was simple.
11:12Win at all costs.
11:14So when Uruguay found themselves with their back against the wall.
11:17You knew things were going to get dicey.
11:19It's gonna get the flick in.
11:21And Bozlera.
11:22Oh.
11:23Clearing on the line.
11:24The second.
11:25The referee's assistant is bragging.
11:28But here's the deal.
11:29Most players will play dirty if it means helping their country in the World Cup.
11:32I couldn't hit it.
11:34I did like that.
11:35Yet Suarez's questionable behavior goes a step further.
11:38See.
11:38This man might have the weirdest fetish.
11:41Period.
11:41That.
11:43Yeah.
11:43He bites.
11:44But go alone.
11:45Wow.
11:46Bro really took a page out of Mike Tyson's book.
11:49And fans thought this would be the last time.
11:51He wasn't being musty.
11:52He was just being.
11:53And that was it.
11:54Until Suarez shocked everyone.
11:56Towards him Suarez.
11:57I thought what's he doing because he sunk his teeth in there has he.
12:02At this point he's a full-on vampire.
12:05Yet he still had one more trick up his sleeve.
12:07Only this time millions would be watching.
12:10However that still didn't stop him from doing the unthinkable.
12:13Here he is again.
12:15Running to the box.
12:16There's the first challenge.
12:17Oh dear.
12:18Oh.
12:18Surely not again.
12:19Hating another player in the World Cup?
12:22That takes some serious cojones.
12:24Not as much cojones as the dirtiest player in football history.
12:29Joey Barton.
12:30For reference.
12:31This is the same guy who once lashed out at a 15-year-old Everton fan.
12:35And then when his own captain tried to intervene.
12:37Barton turned against him.
12:39Simply put.
12:40There was no taming this dude.
12:42And a year later.
12:43He took things a step further.
12:45This time dropping his shorts in front of Everton supporters.
12:49That's all fun and games compared to what happened in 2007.
12:53That's when Barton's behavior took a shockingly violent turn.
12:56Because the next thing fans knew.
12:58Barton had finally attacked one of his teammates.
13:01And neither one of them would make it out lucky.
13:03See.
13:03This so-called teammate aka Usman Dabu.
13:06Well.
13:06It ended up costing him big time.
13:08He ended up sustaining multiple head injuries.
13:11Including a detached retina.
13:13And this left Barton no choice.
13:15But the fess up would plead guilty.
13:16Meaning he would serve a four-month jail sentence.
13:19To go along with 200 hours of community service.
13:22But believe it or not.
13:23Joey Barton's career was far from over.
13:25And he would play another 10 years of football.
13:28Including a day many fans will never forget.
13:31Because in 2012.
13:32Barton solidified himself as the most hated footballer of all time.
13:36He was going up against his old club in Manchester City.
13:39And instead of taking it easy on his former pals.
13:41Road took things to a level of savage.
13:43You didn't even know was possible.
13:45Take it in the edge of the boxer on the right.
13:47Difficult to say.
13:48But it looks as if there was some kind of attempt to strike out.
13:53And now it's getting over.
13:58Oh, now he's kicked.
13:59This dude elbowed Carlos Tevez.
14:01Kicked Sergio Aguero.
14:03And then tried to headbutt another player.
14:05If he was going down.
14:07He wanted to make sure everyone came down with him.
14:10However, in the end.
14:11Fans got the last laugh.
14:13Because in 2017.
14:14They realized this dude was full of BS his entire career.
14:17Over 10 years.
14:19This man had placed a staggering 1260 bets on football matches.
14:23And this meant one thing.
14:25Joey Barton's career was officially over.
14:28But would you expect the dirtiest player to go out any other way?
14:31Because honestly.
14:31I certainly wouldn't.
14:32Which leaves you with a choice.
14:34You can either go out like Barton and end the video.
14:36Or keep the fun going.
14:38And watch the video on screen.
14:39I'll see you there.
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