The 10 weirdest injuries sustained by footballers off the pitch.
Kasey Keller – Golf Clubs
In his younger days, the former American international managed to knock his front teeth out with a set of golf clubs.
He wasn’t playing, though. Just getting them out of his car.
Paolo Diogo – Badfinger
The midfielder once got so worked up when after scoring a goal that he attempted to scale the barrier separating the fans from the pitch, only to slip and get his wedding ring caught on the fencing and thus proceeded to tear off the top half of his finger.
He also received a booking for his excessive celebration.
Rio Ferdinand – Lazy Bones
The former England man once strained a tendon in his knee…by watching television.
Having rested his foot on his coffee table for a considerable amount of time, the tendon behind the knee couldn’t take the pressure and ended up coming back to haunt him.
Alan Wright – Couldn’t Reach The Pedals
The diminutive former Villa man strained his knee whilst attempting the reach the accelerator pedal of his Ferrari.
He quickly corrected the problem by trading it in for a Rover 416.
Steve Morrow – How The Mighty Fall
The former Gunners defender managed to break his collarbone by falling off of Tony Adams’ shoulders whilst celebrating his side’s Coca-Cola Cup victory over Sheffield Wednesday in 1993.
David Batty – Not Such A Tough Guy
The ex-Leeds midfielder was suffered a recurrence of his Achilles tendon injury thanks to his daughter, who ran him over whilst riding on her tricycle.
Darren Barnard – Slippery When Wet
Darren Barnard’s dog proved that he wasn’t man’s best friend after the former Barnsley and Wales man had to miss five months of action with a torn knee ligament thanks to slipping on a puddle of his dog’s urine.
Michael Stensgaard – Not Very Domestic
The former Liverpool stopper was forced to retire once he’d moved back to his native Denmark after he injured his shoulder whilst trying to fold down an ironing board at home.
Kevin Kyle – Burned And Scorned
The Scottish striker had to spend the night in hospital whilst at Coventry City in 2006 after his infant son somehow managed to kick a job of boiling water over his crotch.
Svein Grondalen – Dr Doolittle
The ex-Danish international may not be a well known name in the world of football, but he certainly has a claim for one of the strangest injuries when he hurt himself by colliding with a moose whilst out on a jog.