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Has a footballer ever been arrested on the field of play?

guardian.co.uk — In 2005, police swooped on the Quilmes defender Leandro Des ábato at the final whistle of his team's 3-1 Copa Libertadores defeat to São Paulo. Desábato, it was alleged, had racially slandered opposition striker Grafite and was summarily hauled off to a local police station for questioning.

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  • alx1507, on 07/03/2008, -22/+5Do they really call them footballers in england?
    • faraggi, on 07/03/2008, -6/+23and the whole world you ignorant gringo
      • masterm1nd, on 07/03/2008, -11/+3Really? I think he's aware of that. I'm not even going to bother explaining to you.
      • bxblox, on 07/03/2008, -4/+5The english are gringos, too.
      • csw1342, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Because name calling is a sure sign of intelligence??
    • GoonerLover66, on 07/10/2008, -0/+0Yes because it has a little something to do with the sport. You see, in football, you use your FEET or FOOT to kick the BALL, not your hands, but your FEET! Hence why it is called FOOTBALL

      But then again you are American and probably don't know what you're going on about, so you should be let off on that one.
  • feacesface, on 07/03/2008, -17/+4A what-baller?
    • infinitespecter, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11That's 'professional soccer player' to you.
  • SaladCactusKing, on 07/03/2008, -5/+17Arrested for an alleged racial slander? ***** hell.

    Thank god I live in America..
    • unrequited, on 07/03/2008, -4/+11Seconded. Seriously. Standup comics are afraid of delivering racially charged jokes in the UK. I guess the First Amendment is something we take for granted, whether or not it's hate speech which is being said.

      "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

      ...only in America.
      • chrillen, on 07/03/2008, -8/+3Hhahaahahahahahah, yeah, only in a America. Did I miss the sarcasm? Because it sure as hell doesn't look as I did.

        If you weren't joking then no, you're not the only ones with Free Speech.
      • arjie, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3Please, books have been banned in different parts of the United States all the time, ranging back to the early 1900s when James Joyce's Ulysses was banned, to 1993 when E for Ecstasy was banned. Anyone remember The Anarchist Cookbook?

        However, the US is incredibly resistant to censorship, and people across the world respect that. But the US is not the only country resistant to censorship. Most of Scandinavia is as free and possibly freer.
    • and303, on 07/03/2008, -4/+10Go to the mall and drop the N-bomb on some dude working at Champs and report back on how well that freedom worked out for you.
      • SaladCactusKing, on 07/03/2008, -2/+12I'd deservedly get my ass kicked, but I wouldn't go to prison. You get what you deserve here without the Government monitoring you for using "bad words"

        How the hell do you prove someone used a word anyway? You could just accuse anyone. The man spent a night in prison and 2000 pounds over an ACCUSATION. That's ***** absurd.

        "He called me a (insertslurhere)!"
        *Cops roll in and make arrest*
      • bxblox, on 07/03/2008, -2/+9you wouldnt be arrested, its perfectly legal to do so
      • bitt3n, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5nike?
    • firelion, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7mention the word. just the word bomb and see what america will do to you
  • BoogieNight, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I thought Boban was arrested on the pitch after kicking a police agent when playing for dinamo Zagreb against a Serbian team. This can be seen in the documentary 'The Death of Yuguslavia'.
  • avanor, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6I'm Brazilian and I can say that we take football very seriously.

    But this is retarded.
  • scarecrow2k6, on 07/03/2008, -4/+3At least once they used the correct word. It made my day. Football ftw!!!
  • andyt888, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Duncan Ferguson, then of Rangers, was arrested for a headbutt on an opposition player. He spent around six months in prison for it. When released he was then sold to Everton soon after.
  • cavar, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1For all their anti-discrimnation laws, when living in Brazil I didn't see many black people in high level jobs.
  • ZakKebron, on 07/03/2008, -4/+0Just another reason soccer is a sport for those that can't play anything else.
    • kidathinnes, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4That makes absolutely no sense. It most countries the only sport "to play" is soccer. You do know its the world's most popular sport?
    • Fishn2, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2In every country but America football is the sport in which most young athletes would aspire to play professionally.

      Just because your ridiculous little games are more popular in your country doesn't mean the stereotypes you associate with "soccer" are the same anywhere else.

      Don't even get me started on baseballs "world" series.
      • splinter09, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1first of all it's not soccer it's football.....and second you Yanks say that because you can't play the game
        and never will be able to.
        And how can you call a game football when you player with your hands.
    • GoonerLover66, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1And American football is Rugby with padding, just because Americans suck at every other sport they have to make some sort of other sport to compensate. Can't play Cricket/Rounders, fine we'll play baseball! Don't want to get hurt in Rugby? Put on some pads and a helmet and call it American Football!
  • Fishn2, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Ooh aah, Cantona.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Eric ...
  • splinter09, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1The Argentinian bastard called him a Monkey.....just because the guy is black.
    Come I don't like racists, even worst if they are Argentinian.
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