Ramos, Marquez or Melo or Players with the most red cards in history

In addition to goals, wins and losses, red cards are also inherent to football. Some players have had major problems with discipline during their careers, who has collected the most red cards in history?

10. Gary Medel – 18

Gary Medel is one of the biggest tough guys on football fields. The Chilean defensive bulldog doesn’t go far for a sharp tackle, plus his South American temperament often gets him into trouble. He has already racked up 18 red cards and is likely to add more.

9. Fernando Amorebieta – 19

Fernando Amorebieta has been known to be very undisciplined. The Venezuelan stopper has racked up 19 red cards in his career.

He played for the likes of Athletic Bilbao, Fulham and Middlesbrough. He is currently working as a sporting director at Portugalete.

8. Matteo Contini – 20

Italy is renowned for its solid defensive play and its defenders have mostly been very disciplined. Unless their name was Matteo Contini. The former stopper played for AC Milan, Napoli, Parma and Real Zaragoza in Spain.

Although he changed teams quite often, there was one aspect of the game he carried with him everywhere he went, and that was red cards. In his career, he collected 20 of them.

7. Felipe Melo – 20

This name probably won’t surprise you too much. The Brazilian pit bull didn’t go far for sharp tackles and scuffles with opponents, racking up 20 red cards in the process.

Despite his undisciplined record, he has played for the likes of Juventus, Inter Milan and Galatasaray. The 39-year-old defensive midfielder is still playing and performing for Fluminense in Brazil.

6. Rafael Marquez – 21

Rafael Marquez is an absolute legend of Mexican football. Many even consider him the best footballer in the country’s history. But he was no saint either, racking up 21 red cards.

But he also had a very successful career, winning the Champions League twice and La Liga four times with Barcelona.

5. Paolo Montero – 21

Paolo Montero is most famous for playing for Juventus. He was a real grinder on the pitch and racked up 21 red cards. Currently at 50, he is coaching Juventus’ U19s, hopefully he won’t be teaching the youngsters how to pick up sending offs.

4. Alexis Ruano Delgado – 22

Alexis Delgado has 321 starts in La Liga and has played for Valencia, Getafe, Malaga, Sevilla and Alaves. The Spanish stopper has collected 22 red cards in his career, making him the fourth player with the most sending offs in football history.

3. Cyril Rool – 27

Cyril Rool was a typical player who was able to shout down the referee for two periods and argue over every whistle. Even in his tackles he was quite indiscriminate and sometimes overwhelmed by emotion.

Not surprisingly, the French defender picked up 27 red cards and made it to the bottom of our ranking.

2. Sergio Ramos – 28

Sergio Ramos is popular for many things, his leadership on the pitch, his great defensive skills or his excellent headers and he is considered one of the best stoppers of all time. But at the same time, he is famous for his temperament, which often overpowers him.

During his career, he has picked up 28 red cards of all kinds. For fouls, provoking the other team, rude behaviour, arguing with referees. He collected most of them under Jose Mourinho, back then matches with Barcelona turned into a war and rarely did Ramos come out of it without a red.

1. Gerardo Bedoya – 46

Our absolute record holder, who will probably never be caught, is called Gerardo Bedoya. In his footballing career, he racked up 46 red cards, no footballer in history has done that.

The Colombian defender played for Racing Club or Boca Juniors in Argentina and other clubs in Colombia. When he embarked on a coaching career, he was sent off after 21 minutes on his debut.

Source: Transfermarkt