Top 10 Soccer (Football) Players with a Bad Reputation
Players that were involved in scandals of different types, are just douche-bags, or were the center of controversies.
Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. As the president of UEFA in 2015 he was banned from involvement in football under FIFA's organisation, over ethics violations. The ban will last until 2023. Regarded as one of the greatest ...read more. Michael François Platini is a former French football player.
Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and came 6th in the FIFA Player of the Century vote.
He holds the record for most goals (9) scored in the European Championship despite only appearing in the victorious 1984 editor.
Nicknamed Le Roi (The King) for his mainly for his leadership. Despite primarily serving as an advanced midfield playmaker, he was a great scorer.
After retirement, he was coach for the French national team for 4 years.
P. S. The description of the top tens has nothing to do with the football legend Platini.I don't care for the officer, administrator or what else of Platini. I enjoyed his playing since the 1978 World Cup.
This list has a number 1 that has nothing to do with it.
Michael PLATINI WAS A LEGENDARY PLAYER, THE SECOND ONE WHO WAS AWARDED 3 BALLON D'OR AND FINISHED HIS CAREER AS A GENTLEMAN AGED 31.
The UEFA officer Michael Platini was corrupted. This is totaly different. The rest players of this top ten have reasons to be included in it, not Platini.
Diego Armando Maradona (October 30, 1960 - November 25, 2020) was an Argentine professional footballer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. Maradona was given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy"). He was known for the "Goal of the Century" and the "Hand of God" goal.
He died of cardiac arrest on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60 Unfortunatelly, the greatest Argentinian player ever wasn't one of the most 'nice' guys outside the court.
He was banned twice for cocaine use (early 90s) and he faced a scandal in Italy regarding an illegitimate son (late 80s). His behavior in the Copa del Ray final between Barcelona and Atl.Bilbao (1984) was the reason for a real fight between the players.
In any case, I remember his great times starting with the World Youth Championship (1979) and toped with the World Cup of 1986.
Heard he used cocaine when playing. Plus Hand of God goal.
This guy never decided which is most important : football or alcool.
In any case, I don't consider him a great player, so world football haven't lost so much...
Among others inappropriate moments of behavior within the matches, Cantona is responsible for a unique incident (1995).
As a player of Manchester United In an away match against Crystal Palace, Cantona was sent off by the referee for a kick on Palace defender Richard Shaw after Shaw had frustrated Cantona throughout the game by closely marking him. As he was walking towards the tunnel, Cantona launched a 'kung-fu' style kick into the crowd, directed at a Crystal Palace fan, who had run down 11 rows of stairs to confront and shout abuse at Cantona.
Cantona followed the kick with a series of punches.
This incident was spead around the world confirming the already known bad behavior of 'King Eric' within the courts.
I never liked Cantona. A lot of times I remember of dissapointing moments within the four lines.
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz, born on January 24, 1987, is an Uruguayan professional footballer. He plays as a striker for the American club, Inter Miami CF, and the Uruguay national team. His bites has made him a sort of a villain in sports
Described as "unmanageable". A football manager's nightmare.
He had many appearances in the media for foolish acts where he was doing something immoral, wrong or illegal.
Sergio Ramos García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Spain national football team. Great player but he's used to "dirty" ways in order to achieve what he wants.
Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish football assistant manager and former professional football player. He is the joint-most successful Irish footballer of all time, having won 19 major trophies, 17 of which came at Manchester United, in his club career.
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, born 5 February 1992, commonly known as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and the Brazil national team as a forward or winger, and is also the captain of the national team.
Neymar was born on 5th February 1992 in Sao Paulo of Brazil. He started playing international matches at the age of 17. Neymar salary is 9.18 million Euro. As a result, his net worth is about $75 million.
Ashley Cole is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.
Sergio Busquets Burgos (born July 16, 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona, where he is the club captain.
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, (born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo. He ...read more.