The harshest punishment for a football player who commits an offense on the football field is to show a red card to oneself. This way the athlete not only loses the opportunity to help his team achieve victory, but also often faces additional disqualification. In football history, the name of more than one scandalous player has been heard, but which of them was most often sent off the field? At the top of the list is a name less known to ordinary fans - Colombian Gerardo Bedoya, who significantly outperformed the representative of Madrid's "Real" Sergio Ramos in second place. The former Colombian national team defensive midfielder had even earned the nickname "beast" and has in his collection the title of champion of the 2001 Copa America tournament. Once in the Bogota city derby, G. Bedoya received a total of 15 game disqualifications for hitting the opponent's head with elbows and fists. The top ten players with the most red cards received are as follows: 1. Gerardo Bedoya - 46 cards 2. Sergio Ramos - 26 3. Cyril Rool - 25 4. Alexis Ruano Delgado - 22 5. Paolo Montero - 20 6. Pablo Alfaro - 18 7. Yannick Cahuzac - 17 8. Felipe Melo - 14 9. Mauricio Pochettino - 13 10. Vinnie Jones - 12
