The recent scandal of Turkish referee Elif Kara Arslan caused a lot of controversy among football fans around the world, after a sexual video clip of her with an official of the referees committee appeared.
Elif’s predicament is not the first in the world of football. It was preceded by dozens of scandals that shook the world of football, which we will monitor in the following report.
Calciopoli scandal
The Calciopoli scandal of 2006 rocked the football world when it emerged that several major clubs in Italy were involved in influencing the appointment of referees for their matches.
Juventus, who won the league in 2005 and 2006, were stripped of their titles and relegated to Serie B, where they remained for one season before returning immediately to Serie A.
Although Juventus was severely punished for its significant involvement, Milan and some other clubs may consider themselves lucky not to have to suffer such severe consequences.
John Terry and wife Wayne Bridge
Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge was greatly shocked after news emerged that John Terry was involved in an affair with his wife, Vanessa Peroncel.
Bridge and Terry played together for Chelsea and England in the past and were considered good friends before this incident.
It is no surprise that Bridge behaved this way and even refused to play for England if he were to play alongside Terry.
Ronnie and betrayal during his wife’s pregnancy
Wayne Rooney had to face a very difficult time after allegations that he was having an affair with a girl while his wife Coleen Rooney was pregnant.
This led to many ups and downs in Ronnie’s life, and he found himself having a disappointing World Cup tournament, before entering into a conflict with his club’s management in order to renew his contract on his own terms.
Ribery, Karim and Zahia Dahar
Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema and Sidney Govou were involved in an alleged sex scandal involving a girl named Zahia Dehar, who was still in her teens.
They were accused of having sex with a minor, though Ribery and the others came out to claim that they were not aware of her age when they were involved in the incident.
Maradona addiction
Diego Maradona is widely known to be one of the greatest players ever to play the game, but his cocaine addiction somewhat marred his career.
Maradona suffered from health problems at an early age and underwent rehabilitation in an attempt to get rid of his addiction. He could have been better without the influence of drugs, even though he achieved historic achievements with Argentina.
Bruno D’Souza and murder
Brazilian Bruno de Souza caused his girlfriend Elisa Samudio to become pregnant and was extremely angry at her decision to keep the child. He threatened her many times, but she did not listen to him.
Later, he and a retired policeman named Santos lured her and killed her, after which the police arrested and imprisoned him.
Cockayne ghosts
Peruvian Inti Gas Deportes player Carlos Flores, popularly known as Coquin, was arrested in December 2010 running naked through the streets.
When he was asked about the matter, he confirmed that it was because some “ghosts” were chasing him, but in fact he later admitted that he had fallen into the hands of bad prostitutes who robbed him, and he confirmed that he invented the ghost novel so that his wife would not discover his betrayal.
Brazilian football betting
Several Brazilian league and cup matches have come under scrutiny after a magazine revealed the possibility of some match-fixing due to bribes to referees.
The referee, Edilson Pereira de Carvalho, who was an international referee at the time, had received bribes from some businessmen who asked him to fix the results of the matches to match the results of the betting sites.
Mauro Icardi and Wanda Nara
Icardi’s career in the world of lights began with the Sampdoria club, where he met his friend Maxi Lopez, who was married at the time to the Italian model Wanda Nara.
Rumors of infidelity and an affair between Icardi and his colleague’s wife and the mother of his children continued in 2013, but these suspicions turned into reality when he later married her.
Five months after the player moved to Inter, the duo announced their marriage in Argentina, in a simple ceremony attended by only 12 invitees.
