The Spoiler considers Euro 2008’s aesthetically challenged stars
If the 1997 Oscar-winning Italian World War II film Life Is Beautiful taught us anything, it’s that beauty can be found even in the darkest of circumstances. Yet sometimes, even the beautiful game is plagued by the ‘handsomely impaired’. What follows is a squad that may be described as ‘ugly’, ‘fugly’ and perhaps most harshly, ‘pug fugly’. Read on if you dare…
1. Rüştü Reçber
The war paint and ‘face art’ are distracting, but not quite distracting enough.
2. Ludovic Magnin
You know life isn’t fair when you grow up to be bald and ginger.
3. Carles Puyol
It’s not 1976 - get a haircut, hippy!
4. Philippe Senderos
Some suit the shaven look, Senderos clearly doesn’t. The Star Trek ears and ’special’ expression don’t help his cause either.
5. Jorge Ribeiro
For the sake of his self-esteem, this Portuguese would do well not to stand next to C-Ron.
6. Franck Ribery
The French midfielder must count his lucky stars that he can play football.
7. Andrea Pirlo
Hailing from the most beautiful country in Europe is tough when you have a wonky gormless face.
8. Stephane Grichting
The Swiss midfielder’s nose is so big it has its own constitution.
9. Niko Kovac
This Croatian wouldn’t be too bad if he didn’t have a Bond villain-esque squint. Look at him, plotting the elaborate death of a fictional British secret service agent…
10. Jan Koller
Nevermind the swerve, these tournament match balls give off terrifying reflections.
11. Ruud van Nistelrooy
You’d find yourself in offside positions too if you had to wear blinkers for most of the day.
Disagree with our selections? Think we’ve missed some out? Let us know with a comment below.
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17 responses so far
1 Avram Magic // Jun 10, 2008 at 3:23 pm
No Tottenham players in there? What are the Spurs fans going to find to moan about then!
Love the captions!
2 Raph88 // Jun 10, 2008 at 4:06 pm
nice one avram magic.
3 RedbyDawn // Jun 10, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Why is Puyol the spitting images of Paul McGann?
Well, Paul McGann if he was on the ‘roids.
4 barry obama // Jun 10, 2008 at 6:39 pm
some of them are not that ugly
5 doofus // Jun 10, 2008 at 7:28 pm
u forgot dirk kuyt the ugliest gaffer in the world of football
6 kenita // Jun 10, 2008 at 8:33 pm
ahahahahahahahaha genious
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8 Lars Ulrichs Merchandise Manager // Jun 11, 2008 at 7:42 am
Awesome stuff, all of these players offend my mirror.
9 Jak // Jun 11, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Kovac doesn’t belong on that list. He’s dirty sexy hot. Grichting kinda has a Daniel Craig thing going.
10 Dame // Jun 11, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I’ll side with Jak on the Kovac tip.
Senderos has no place on this list whatsoever.
11 nick // Jun 12, 2008 at 6:40 pm
yes i agree with the kovac thing also pirlo doesn’t belong here. where the fuck is kuyt??????
12 Ms Me // Jun 25, 2008 at 10:42 am
This list is crazy (or I have really weird taste in men), because Rüştü, Niko Kovac and Pirlo were/are the most handsome players in the Euro 2008.
13 D.I.M.A.R. // Jun 28, 2008 at 7:59 am
Это все пиздёж
14 PIRO // Jul 3, 2008 at 7:25 am
This list merely wants to say R.V.N is really horse-like guy.
15 Ben_BKK // Jul 3, 2008 at 9:04 am
Where’s Luka Modric? That guy is actually incredibly ugly…
16 Footiegal // Jul 5, 2008 at 7:18 pm
how the f**k is Senderos ugly in any way shape or form? he’s drop dead gorgeous. Idiots..
17 Footiegal // Jul 5, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I’m still disturbed that Sendy is on this list….I am just distraught.