Top 10 Footballers Known For Biting!
Top 10 Footballers Known For Biting
Who are the Top 10 Footballers Known For Biting? Have you ever wondered who are the Top 10 Players Famous for Biting in Football? You may know a few off the top of your head, However, there is a few footballers that you will be surprised to find out that are very well know for taking a bite every now and then in frustration. Football is without doubt the most popular of sports in the world. And not only that Football is one of the sports that has the most controversial moments to happen.
It was not long ago we witnessed the Luis Suarez biting incidence at the 2014 World Cup but will Luis Suarez make this list? that is something you will soon find out below.
Top Ten Famous Bites In Soccer
We have published the 10 Footballers Who Are Only Famous For One Thing and Worst Fights In Football! if you have not seen them check them out after this list. But until then let’s find out the Top 10 Football Biters.
10. Oliver Kahn
Back in 1999, one of the best goalkeepers in the World was Oliver Kahn, the former German stopper was reported to have bitten his opponent a then Borussia Dortmund player Heiko Herrlich after snubbing his neck in a game he also did a Kung-Fu-style kick to the opponent’s striker though the Germany stopper later said he did all that just to cool pressure as his club Bayern Munchen were down by 2 goals which they later leveled.
9. Nobby Stiles
The former England and Manchester United midfielder Nobby Stiles, an incisor teeth-less player is believed to have bitten his opponents in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final when his nation England beat West Germany 4-2 to win their only World Cup title.England then became the third World Cup host to win the title after Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1934. Stiles gummed at least one player in the final.
8. Jermain Defoe
After forceful challenges from Javier Mascherano to the England and then Tottenham Hotspur striker Jermain Defoe did bite Javier’s left upper arm though he was not punished by the England Football Association for his cannibalism, this happened in a Premier League game between the Hammers and Tottenham in 2006
7. Dennis Wise
The former Chelsea Football Club midfielder is the other player who has ever bitten his opponent when he bit Real Mallorca defender Marcelino on the hand during the Cup Winner’s Cup semi-final at the Stamford Bridge.The UEFA tried to bring a charge on to him but later failed after find out that cannibalism was not covered in their disciplinary regulations.
6. Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones did bite Ted Oliver a Daily Mirror journalist in 1995, it was reported that Jones did clamp his teeth around the nose of Oliver and did shake his head. With blood beading up in the teeth marks, Jones then laughed and said ” I always do that to people ”
Oliver published the the full report with photos the next day, unfortunately the journalist Ted Oliver died in 2007 just twelve years after the incident.
5. Joss Labadie
Joss Labadie has two Football Association biting charges to his name the first was when he bit two Chesterfield players during a league two game between his then club Torquay and Chesterfield later getting fined and banned for 10 games. One of the victims Ollie Banks went on to exclaim on twitter ” I can’t believe another human has taken a chunk out of me!! ” His club Torquay released him immediately after the suspension.
4. Francisco Gallardo
Francisco Gallardo also did bit in a football game between his club Sevilla and Real Vallodolid in 2001 biting his team mate Antonio Reyes in a goal celebration, he did snub his giblets. The Spanish Football Federation fined and suspended Gallardo for violating the sporting dignity.
3. Gianmario Comi
Gianmario Comi AKA the Vampire of Serie B did bite De Luca his opponent after a fight between the pair in a defensive wall formation. Unfortunately the victim De Luca was red carded after his part in the incident leaving Comi on the field not punished. Later Comi went on to score the equaliser in his club Avellino win against De Luca’s Bari who later posted the photo of their player biceps bite wound on their official website.
2. Luis Suarez
The F.C Barcelona forward Luis Suarez is the most player to have bitten his opponents, so far he has bitten three of his opponents the first being Otmar Bakkal who he bit on the shoulder way back in 2010 when he was still playing for Ajax. He was banned for 7 game and later nicknamed the Cannibal of Ajax. Later he again bit the 31 year old Chelsea Football Club full back Branislav Ivanovic in a Premier League game between his then club Liverpool Football Club, when he scored a last minute goal to help his side snub a win against the blues.
He was banned by the England Football Association though he had apologised for his cannibal behaviour. The Uruguay striker also bit a third opponent in the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in his nation game with Italy. This time he bit Giorgio Chellini the Azzuri centre-back and he was banned for several games both at club level and 9 international games for Uruguay
1. The Swiss Super League pine marten
Finally the Swiss Super League Pine Marten is the top Football Biter so far. This incident happened a few minutes after the kick-off of the league game between F.C Thun and F.C Zurich in 2013 when the pine marten ran through the field and as players were trying to chase it away from the field, Zurich defender Loris Benito ran after it and grabbed it there after it bit him almost taking his finger off.