HORROR injuries have scarred the beautiful game – and we’ve compiled 13 of the most brutal breaks and killer KO’s that have stunned soccer.
Kieron Dyer’s broken leg rules him out for most of West Ham’s season and is the latest in a long line of football horror shows.
Coventry’s David Busst is perhaps the most memorable victim when his side faced Manchester United in a 1996 league clash.
His career ended when his leg snapped following a collision involving United pair Brian McClair and Dennis Irwin.
But his is not the only career cut short by horror injuries.
Chelsea’s Pierluigi Casiraghi had ten operations on his knee following a collision with West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop in 1998, but the surgery was unsuccessful and he had to hang up his boots.
And in 2000, Aston Villa’s Begian striker Luc Nilis suffered a broken leg after colliding with Ipswich goalkeeper Richard Wright and was forced to retire after only three appearances for the Villans.
Ex-Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has been involved in two shocking career-threatening breaks that have blighted his progress.
The first occurred in a Premier League game against Blackburn in 2004 and the French marksman suffered a second break playing for France in a friendly against China which kept him out of last year’s World Cup.
Kieron Dyer’s broken leg rules him out for most of West Ham’s season and is the latest in a long line of football horror shows.
Coventry’s David Busst is perhaps the most memorable victim when his side faced Manchester United in a 1996 league clash.
His career ended when his leg snapped following a collision involving United pair Brian McClair and Dennis Irwin.
But his is not the only career cut short by horror injuries.
Chelsea’s Pierluigi Casiraghi had ten operations on his knee following a collision with West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop in 1998, but the surgery was unsuccessful and he had to hang up his boots.
And in 2000, Aston Villa’s Begian striker Luc Nilis suffered a broken leg after colliding with Ipswich goalkeeper Richard Wright and was forced to retire after only three appearances for the Villans.
Ex-Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has been involved in two shocking career-threatening breaks that have blighted his progress.
The first occurred in a Premier League game against Blackburn in 2004 and the French marksman suffered a second break playing for France in a friendly against China which kept him out of last year’s World Cup.