14. Gerardo Bedoya
With a total of 46 red cards in his career, Gerardo Bedoya is often called “the world’s dirtiest football player.” Now retired, the Colombian star played as a defender and defensive midfielder and he earned the dubious distinction of garnering the most red cards of any player in the history of the game. The journeyman player went through more than 10 different clubs in a career that lasted over 20 years, leaving his mark everywhere he went with a playing style that routinely included elbowing, kicking, punching, and headbutting. He was banned for 15 matches in 2012 for elbowing and then kicking Yhonny Ramírez of the Millonarios in the head as he lay on the ground. After retiring as a player, in 2016, he continued his own tradition, this time in his debut as senior coaching staff for Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia. He was sent to the stands 20 minutes into his first match after blowing up at a referee and his assistant for several minutes when the opposing team evened up the score.
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