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unusual facts about Red card



Andreas Augustsson

In a match against one of Sandefjord's challengers for promotion in 2004, Aalesund, Augustsson got a red card, towards the end of the first half, for biting the opponent goalkeeper Kim Deinoff in the arm.

Chris Boyle

During the game he awarded three penalties (two to Melbourne, one to North Queensland), and handed out two red cards to North Queensland players Chris Grossman and Eric Akoto.

Jim Finney

Later he was selected as one of the English referees at the 1966 World Cup, gaining some notoriety there for his handling of the Uruguay versus West Germany quarter-final in which he sent off Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.

Jumpei Iida

He broke the world record for the fastest red card decision in a professional league match on 15 April 2009, when he sent off Tokyo Verdy midfielder Tomo Sugawara 9 seconds into the match between Tokyo Verdy and Sagan Tosu.

Neale Barry

Neale Barry's last Premiership game as man-in-the-middle was the 3-2 win for Bolton Wanderers at home to Everton on 15 May 2005, when he was unfortunately required to send off Bolton's Bruno N'Gotty for violent conduct.

Norbert Meier

Referee Manuel Gräfe sent Streit off with a red card.

Patrick Ax

NEC lost to Wisła Kraków in the first round of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup, with Ax making substitute appearances in both legs of the tie and receiving a red card in the second.

Patrick Mtiliga

Ronaldo was shown a red card and it was reported that Mtiliga would be out of the game for three weeks.

Sidy Koné

In the match, Koné received his first professional red card.

Winston Bogarde

He was also included in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where was due to start the semi-final match against Brazil, as the first choice left-back starter Arthur Numan was serving a suspension for receiving a red card in the previous encounter against Argentina.


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2002 Meath Senior Football Championship

In their Quarter-Final Playoff tie with Ballinlough, Blackhall Gaels had Anthony Moyles sent off controversially with a straight red card.

Allan McGregor

After Barry Ferguson's second goal, Italian referee Matteo Trefoloni gave a straight red card to McGregor for allegedly headbutting Hapoel substitute Luciano De Bruno.

American Express Red

The American Express Red card is mentioned in the songs "The Way I Are" by Timbaland and "She Mine" by Bow Wow.

Antony Sweeney

He received his first red card against Milton Keynes Dons after a tussle with Izale McLeod but he more than made up for it when he scored his first hattrick against Chesterfield in his next appearance.

Asmir Begović

He was shown a straight red card, and midfielder Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault was forced to play in goal, as Canada had used up its three substitutes.

Bangkok 12th district

On June 20, 2012 the Electoral Commission decided by a majority to red-card Karun Hosakul after finding him guilty of making false accusations defaming rival candidate Tankhun Jitt-itsara and the Democrat Party at campaign rallies in Don Mueang area at Boon-Anant market on June 3, 2011 and Kosum Ruamjai market on June 12, 2011 during the lead-up to the July 2, 2011 general election.

Bastian Schweinsteiger

In the second match against Croatia, he was shown a straight red card for reacting to a challenge from Jerko Leko as Germany succumbed to a 2–1 shock defeat.

Bobo Baldé

His fifth season and first season under new manager Gordon Strachan started with a red card in a pre-season match against Leicester City, for a challenge on 17-year-old James Wesolowski described as "..was disgraceful, it was disgusting, it was malicious and it was intentional" by then Leicester manager Craig Levein.

Carlos Eduardo Marques

On 11 April 2009, Carlos Eduardo was given a red card after elbowing Philipp Bönig in a 3–0 loss and as a result of violent conduct, he was given a five match ban.

Coffi Codjia

After the game, CAF decided to ban Coffi for failing to give out a red card for Algerian goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi, when he head-butted the referee.

Danko Lazović

Lazović scored a goal and set up a goal for Anduele Pryor in a 2–2 draw but he was received a straight red-card, just minutes before half-time against Excelsior on 28 October 2006.

East Midlands derby

On 2 November 2008, refree Stuart Attwell became the centre of attention when he disallowed two Derby goals in the final few minutes and booked eight players and issued a straight red card to Forest midfielder Lewis McGugan.

Enrique Osses

During a 2005 match that faced San Felipe against Unión Española, the latter's goalkeeper Ignacio González received his second yellow card, and consequently a red card.

Fabian Schär

In the first leg of the qualification play-offs on 12 October 2012 against the German U-21 team Schär was shown the red card after he fouled Sebastian Polter as last man.

Francis Coquelin

Coquelin received his first red card at under-21 level in the 2–1 defeat to Slovakia; he was shown a straight red card after a challenge on Filip Kiss.

Frank Sinclair

On 6 October 2007, he received his second red card of his short career at the Galpharm Stadium, in Town's 4–0 drubbing at the hands of Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

Ignacio Carlos González

During a 2005 match that featured San Felipe against Unión Española, Ignacio González received his second yellow card, and consequently a red card from referee Enrique Osses.

Mamadou Diallo

He played for Senegal at the 2007 Beach Soccer World Cup, scoring one goal and receiving one red card.

Pablo Pozo

In the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup he handed out a controversial red card to Ricardo Clark of the United States vs. Italy, causing the United States side to play a man down for an hour against the World Champions.

Pedro Monzón

Monzón became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, when referee Edgardo Codesal gave him a straight red card for a high tackle on Jürgen Klinsmann of Germany 65 minutes into the game, 20 minutes after he replaced fellow defender Oscar Ruggeri.

Poul Hübertz

After a 0–2 loss to Port Vale on 24 March 2007, Port Vale chairman Bill Bratt accused Hübertz of playing a part in the melee leading to the red card given to Vale's left back Jason Talbot.

Rasmus Festersen

Following the red card Festersen was often referred as 'Zorro' in the Danish media, suggesting that the mask he wore was an imitation of the fictional character "Zorro".

Ross Worner

On 5 November 2011, Worner received a straight red card in a 2–0 defeat to Rotherham United after a challenge on Alex Revell on a 55th minutes and after coming of the pitch, was replaced by Jamie Collins who is not a goalkeeper.

Saulius Mikoliūnas

On 2 March 2005, during a match against Rangers at Tynecastle Stadium, Mikoliūnas received a double red card from referee Hugh Dallas.

Sead Muratović

He was punched by Michael Owen during an U-18 match against England in 1998, resulting in Owen's first and only red card so far.

Todor Batkov

On 30 March 2006, Batkov caused controversy when in the post-match interview following Levski Sofia's 1-3 home defeat against German side FC Schalke 04, he said that English people referee Mike Riley was a "British homosexual who broke the game!" (Bulgarian: "Този британски педераст развали мача!"), referring to the red card Riley gave to Sofia midfielder Cédric Bardon.

Vardan Minasyan

Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky was given a red card a few minutes after the game began for touching the ball, even though he didn't and Ireland striker Simon Cox in fact did, as he would later admit.