The biggest fear of a footballer is to get injured while
doing what he loves, playing football. An injury at any time could potentially
be the end of a promising career. A slide tackle too early or too late, a
misjudged volley, a collision of heads while going for a header, anything could
lead to some serious damage. Here are 6 of the worst injuries suffered by
footballers.
In 2008 Arsenal Striker Eduardo Da Silva suffered a horrendous leg injury that
kept him out of competitive football for almost 10 months. The injury happened
with not less than 3 minutes on the clock the 23rd of February while Arsenal
took on
Birmingham City at
St. Andrews
in a Premiership game. The Brazilian born Croatian suffered a broken leg as
well as a broken ankle.
David Busst:
David 'Dave' Busst, former english professional footballer suffered a career
ending injury while playing for
Coventry
City against Manchester
United in 1996. His injury is often referred to as the most horrific injury in
the history of the Premier League. Two minutes into the game Busst collided
with Manchester United Dennis Irwin and Brian Mcclair which resulted in
extensive damage to his tibia and fibula. Blood had to be cleaned off the grass
as the game was stopped for 12 minutes. Manchester United Goalkeeper Peter
Schmeichel allegedly vomitted on the pitch at the site of the injury and
required counselling afterward.
Francesco Totti:
One of the few professional footballer who have only ever player for one club,
Francesco Totti has been with AS Roma since 1993 when he broke into the senior
squad from the youth ranks. On 19 February 2006 Totti suffered a fracture to
his left fibula and major ligament damage after a tackle from Richard Vanigli.
He made a miraculous recovery and was back in the Roma squad on the 11 of May
when he made an appearance coming on as a substitute.
Henrik Larsson:
Swedish Football Legend Henrik Larsson has played for a number of Major
football clubs including the likes of Celtic,
Barcelona and Manchester United in his
prolific career spanning over 21 years. On 22nd October 1999, in a UEFA Cup tie
against
Lyon, where Celtic lost 1-0, Larsson
suffered a career threatening injury where he broke his leg in two places from
a challenge from Serge Blanc. The injury saw him sidelined for 8 months
returning on the last day of the 1999-2000 season.
Luc Nilis:
Belgian Footballer Luc Nilis started his career at Aston Villa on a positive
note, not knowing that it would end there itself. He ended his career
prematurely after suffering a broken leg in a match between Aston Villa and
Ipswich Town in the 2000-2001 season. He
collided with Ipswich Town Goalkeeper Richard Wright, and never again did he
play professional football again.
Djibril Cisse:
Cisse has been a player, with a career, that has been ridden with injuries.
Breaking his leg on 2 occassions while playing for his country
France and well
as while playing for English Club Liverpool. His first injury was while playing
for
Liverpool in the 2004-05 season. In a
freak accident while playing Blackburn Rovers he challenged for the ball
against
Blackburn;s Jay McEveley and his boot
got caught in the turf and his leg snapped resulting in a broken tibia and
fibula. It was said that it would take upto 9 months maybe more to recover, but
on 13 April he came on as a 75th minute substitute in a Champions League game
for Liverpool. In 2006 Cisse would fracture his Tibia again while playing a
warm up game for
France
against
China.
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