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Tom Hancock

Ranked! The 10 most violent red cards ever

Zinedine Zidane of France receives a red card after headbutting Marco Materazzi of Italy during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final.

There are fouls – and then there's a whole other level on top of that, encompassing some of the craziest behaviour ever seen on a football pitch.

From fully airborne two-footed tackles to moments of utterly unrestrained madness, FourFourTwo has picked out the most violent red cards in the history of the game.

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