Well, Playboy models have to marry someone, don’t they?

The folks at Playboy magazine have been electing a ‘Playmate of the Year’ since 1960, meaning there are some 49 all-American ladies whose love lives have inevitably featured a professional sportsman in some capacity. One such beauty is 2001 Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick, who married former NFL Linebacker Glenn Cardez in 2007. You may recognise her from Baywatch, Starsky & Hutch and if you’re super cool, Beverly Hills 90210.

Playboy model who is currently enjoying a ‘cyber-romance’ with fugly Barcelona star

Leo Messi isn’t the most handsome sportsman in the world, but that hasn’t stopped him pursuing Playboy model and popular Argentinean media figure Luciana Salazar. The 27-year-old blonde is currently based in Buenos Aires, so with the exception of one phone call, their relationship has thus far blossomed exclusively online.

Apparently, Leo was planning dedicate a goal to her against Brazil last week with an ‘L for Luciana/loser’ hand salute. Unfortunately, that goal never happened, and Luciana and her ginormous chest remain un-saluted.

Deco’s latest beau guilty of possessing incredibly common name

Brazilian-born Portugal midfielder Deco only divorced his second wife Jaciara in March, yet he’s already out on the town with new lady Ana Paula. The two lovebirds are pictured above living it up in the VIP section at Rock in Rio festival (held in Portugal, of course) and he was quoted as saying they share a ‘true passion’. Then again, Deco probably said that to his first two wives…

This kindly Danish women is also a MODEL!

Say whatever the Danish is for “hello” to Anine, the lovely girl who happily goes out with Sweden’s Anders Svensson, a valiant FA Cup loser with Southampton in 2003. He can now be found plying his trade for IF Elfsborg, alongside players with complicated surnames like Sjohage and Falk-Olander.

Great keeper has great looking girlfriend

As if to prove that Petr Cech isn’t the best keeper in the world, he is, Gianluigi Buffon has taken a Czech woman as his lover. And not just any old Czech woman - no, Miss Czech Republic from the 1998 Miss World to be precise. That year, Miss Israel won, but that’s by the by. The point is that this woman is called Alena Seredova, and Buffon’s point is loud and clear - he probably is better than Cech after all.

‘The most talked about model in the country,’ says her new book…

They say that everyone has a book within them, and 24-year-old glamour model Cassie Sumner is no exception. When she isn’t putting her thoughts to paper or bearing her breasts outside nightclubs, Kent-born Cassie has been steadily working her way through the Chelsea team - so far she has bagged Celestine Babayaro, Steve Watts and Michael Essien.

The cover of her latest tome boasts that she has dated ‘everyone from Russell Brand to [the aforementioned] Michael Essien’, depsite the fact that Essien denied they ever went out and Brand discredited her kiss-and-tell claims as part of his stand up tour. Nevertheless, we at The Spoiler took a scientific approach to discovering who the ‘everyone’ in the huge spectrum between Mr Brand and Mr Essien may be, and devised the Cassie Sumner famous steamroll-o-meter:

Looks like it was only Ziggy, then.

Berbatov’s latest not-so-secret lady

Just a few shorts weeks ago, Dimitar Berbatov was putting away his country’s greatest asset, catwalk star Tedi Velinova. In today’s Sun, however, we are told that the Spurs striker has been having another secret affair, this time with Playboy model and ‘erotic dancer’ Daniela Arnaut. Meanwhile, the stroppy Bulgarian is keeping schtum over the whole debacle, but is no doubt facing heat from his ever-patient girlfriend Elena Shtilianov.

Jermain Defoe, there appears to be a new threat to your Premier League playa throne…

Denilson’s latest training partner shows talent on and off the field

If Ashley Cole is seeking advice on how to juggle women, he need look no further than Denilson (the one who used to play for Betis, not the Arsenal one.) Playing for Palmeiras, the Brazilian scored two goals against Bragantino last Sunday, and celebrated by making an ‘L’ shape with his hand. Far from being a ‘loser’ insult, 21-year-old Laisa Andrioli claimed it was actually a loving reference to her name. This angered on/off girlfriend Letícia Carlos, who had been “seeing [Denilson] and talking every day,” and who also laid claim to the ‘L’ dedication. Responding evasively, the Brazilian equivalent of Jermain Defoe casually said: “Next time there won’t be any L’s.”

Brazilian official is awful purdy and not particularly shy

Sure, Brazilians have to put up with losing the Amazon Rainforest and the constant threat of a monkey-based uprising, but at least their female referees don’t look anything like Wendy Toms.

The lady pictured above is match official Ana Paula Oliveira, who was banned from the game for 245 days after posing naked in the Brazilian edition of Playboy. Lovers of sexual equality and gentleman’s art, however, will be delighted to hear that she returned to the field earlier this month to officiate the 1-1 draw between São José and Taquariting.

Today we are celebrating international WAGs, and they don’t come much more international than AN AMERICAN. The American in question is called Jennifer Walcott, her first language is AMERICAN, she’s going out with an AMERICAN football player, and like nearly all Americans, she was born in America.

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