1. GERARDO BEDOYA

He is in the top of our list and the only one from South America. Gerardo Bedoya is ex-Colombian defensive midfielder who is holding the the world’s most red card record with incredible 46 red cards during his 319 match career. He spent his career in South America clubs. He played in his country within majority of his career. In the Bogota derby between Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios in 2012, he was sent off for an elbow and subsequent kick to the head aimed at Millonarios player Jhonny Ramirez in below video. He was punished with 15 matches ban as a result of this tackle. He was started as assistant manager after his retirement in Santa Fe in 2016. He was dismissed after 15 minutes of the first match day. He has shown that he would continue his old habits during his managerial career.

2.PEPE

Brazilian origin Portuguese defender has created the most feared defence duo with Sergio Ramos. Retired ex-Real Madrid player isn’t afraid of making hard tackles. He was mostly remembered on notorious incident with Getafe captain Francisco Casquero. Pepe kicked Casquero after fouling him and received 10 match ban because of that. When you think Messi was created dominance with 26 goals in 47 matches over Real Madrid during Pepe and Sergio Ramos period, you have more respect on Messi. Interestingly, he only had 15 red cards during his 737 match career.

Here is the some of the highlights from his career

3. PAOLO MONTERO

Ex-Uruguayan international is the first of few names that comes to mind when a hard tackle is mentioned during Juventus matches. He was considered a very harsh defender to deal with in Seria A which was famus for aggressive defenders. Ryan Giggs once described him and Ciro Ferrara as the most tough defence I have ever played against. He had 21 red cards during his 425 match career.

Here is the some of the highlights from his career.

4.ROY KEANE

“The Mad Irish” is mostly known with his tackle against Alf Inge Haaland on Manchester Derby, he had so many hard tackles apart from that during his playing time. Rivalry between Patrick Vieira during Arsenal-Manchester United matches was the every football fans was looking forward to see.

He was the dynamo of Manchester United in his playing time. Also he was a figure and character in and out of the pitch. He wasn’t afraid of saying exactly what he thought. He had an interview with Irish broadcast RTE and claimed Ireland Manager Mick McCarthy doesn’t know anything about football and doesn’t deserve to be the manager of the team just before 2002 World Cup. He was dismissed from the squad. He returned to the squad after manager McCarthy’s dismissal. More details are in Wikipedia page. Here are the some highlights from his career.

5.CYRIL ROOL

Cyril Rool played as left back in Marseille, Bordeaux and Nice during 2000-2010 era. He was a brave defencer with no fear. Whenever there was a brawling in the pitch, you could be sure that

whether he started the fight or he was in the middle of incident. He gave 100% in every match and always played with his fighting spirit. Fans loved him in every team he played because of his courage and spirit. He had 27 red cards in 443 matches during his career. Here is the some of the highlights from his career.

Author: Zef Football

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