Former Australian star Kevin Muscat crowned football’s dirtiest player

SYDNEY: Former Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat has been named the dirtiest player in football.

A Spanish football website El Gol Digital compiled a countdown of the most violent players in the history of the game. It posted a list of the 10 worst offenders of the past and present, including Luis Suarez, Roy Keane and Andoni Goikoetxea.

The list of dirtiest footballers is as follows:

Kevin Muscat, Australia

Pepe, Portugal/Brazil

David Navarro, Spain

Andoni Goikoetxea, Spain

Luis Suarez, Uruguay

Gennaro Gattuso, Italy

Roy Keane, Republic of Ireland

Mark Van Bommel, The Netherlands

Marco Materazzi, Italy

Nigel De Jong, The Netherlands