Top 5 Footballers With Most Red Cards In The Soccer History Till Now

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Sergio Ramos, Roy Keane & footballers with a rotten red card record.

Don’t mess with these hotheads. This is a countdown of the football players with the most red cards in soccer History.

Most players receive only a few red cards in the course of a career. Red cards can be a last-ditch effort for a referee to control a game after it becomes unhinged. Typically, the events that lead up to a red card are unintentional – almost humorous. (We can all thank Fellaini for this comical exchange with Sergio Aguero during the Manchester Derby.

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Some players, however, seem to have made a career of obtaining red cards. They are just plain good at it. For the five players on this list with the reddest cards in football history, a red card is a preventative action that gives every opposing player a sigh of relief.

Footballers With The Most Red Cards In Soccer History:

 1) – Gerardo Bedoya (46 career red cards)

 2) – Cyril Rool (27 career red cards)

3) – Sergio Ramos (24 career red cards)

 4) – Paolo Montero (21 career red cards)

 5) – Vinnie Jones (12 career red cards)

1) – Gerardo Bedoya

Arguably the dirtiest player ever to step onto a pitch is Gerardo Bedoya. The Colombian defensive midfielder accumulated a whopping 46 red cards during his spell as a footballer. Bedoya often seemed confused as to whether he was in the octagon or on a soccer field.

Gerardo Bedoya shown 43rd red card of career | Goal.com
Gerardo Bedoya shown 43rd red card of career.

Gerardo has since started his career has a manager for Colombian side Independiente Sante Fe and was sent off into the stands during his first game. Some people never change.

2) – Cryil Rool

Cyril Rool | The Busy Buddies
Joueur – CYRIL ROOL

Rool has been known to start brawls, go into tackles blindly and karate kicking opponents (video below). Receiving 27 red cards throughout his career, it is no surprise Cryil is second on the list.

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3) – Sergio Ramos

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It would be criminal to have a list of players with red cards and not include Sergio. The Spaniard has received 24 red cards and has the most in La Liga history (19). He also has the highest number of red cards in El Clasico with five dismissals.

4) – Paolo Montero

The Uruguayan holds the record for the most red cards in Serie A history and was sent off 21 times in his career. Montero was quoted saying: “Sometimes you have to do anything to win and this is my nature.”

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Paolo Montero on his battles with Manchester United. via( Getty)

According to the 7-minute long video below, our best guess is that Montero means not seeing the opposing players as people is “anything.”

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 5) – Vinnie Jones

Vinnie starts us off with 12 career red cards. The English midfielder has had to tame his temper after becoming an actor in 1998. Before this, he committed fouls early and often – even a mere five seconds into games.

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Vinnie Jones – The Dirtiest Player Ever.

Jones was a part of the Wimbledon Football Club nicknamed the “Crazy Gang” and helped them beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final. Vinnie has been named as one football’s hardest men.

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