Further proof that Italian footballers have a ‘type’

Although not quite at Iain Dowie’s level, AC Milan’s former centre-back Alessandro Costacurta is about as ‘homely’ as an Italian gentleman can get. Despite this aesthetic impediment, the 42-year-old (who only retired last year) has managed to land Martina Colombari as a wife. Like every other Italian WAG out there, she is a Miss Italy winner (1991) who is partial to removing her clothes in front of the lens…

This Italian model has no time for the beautiful game

In the WAG hierarchy, it doesn’t get much better than bagging a World Cup winner, and that’s exactly what Italian model/ TV presenter Marta Cecchetto has achieved - she met Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni nine years ago at a nightclub, when the striker was with lowly Lodigiani. Thirty-year-old Marta has been a model for sixteen years (she has represented countless high end brands and appeared on the cover of plenty of snooty fashion magzines) and she has since branched into television work.

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A Miss Italy who dates a footballer? Surely not

Due to a trend started by good ol’ George Best in the sixties, the most popular occupation of your typical WAG of the Day appears to be ‘beauty queen’: Miss Italy 2003 Francesca Chillemi joins Aída Yéspica, Vincenza Cacace, Elisabetta Gregoraci and Giorgia Palmas in the realm of competitive goodlookingness. Francesca’s efforts have been rewarded not only with a crown and scepter, but also the affections of Cagliari Calcio’s Vincenzo Marruocco and more recently Roma’s sass-mouthed midfielder Alberto Aquilani.

South American WAG’s beauty is scandalous in Italy

Somehow, The Spoiler’s WAG of the Day feature has managed to bypass Venezuelan beauty queen Aída Yéspica on 88 separate occasions, but today we’re finally making amends. The former Miss Amazonas moved to Italy in 2003, where her constant nude modelling shoots (do a Google image search of her name, I dare you) caught the attention of Milan’s Pippo Inzaghi. She then moved onto Roma’s Matteo Ferrari, but is best known in the boot shaped nation for causing a political scandal. Mischief-making ex Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reportedly said ‘With you I’d go anywhere,’ to Aída, causing his wife to demand an apology in a letter to Italy’s largest newspaper La Repubblica.

Italy’s greatest export since pizza and corruption

It seems that absolutely nothing can stop an Italian sports star landing one of his nation’s infinite amount of gorgeous models as a WAG. Just ask former AC Milan and Fiorentina star Giuseppe Pancaro - his goatee-clad face, thinning hair and distinct lack of silverware has not stopped him shacking up with the very lovely Vincenza Cacace.

Former Miss Spain could be on her way to West London

If you believe this photo, Chelsea’s £50m summer transfer target Sergio Ramos likes to wear Hulk Hogan-esque bandanas with surf shorts that are just low enough to expose his ‘pubic tattoo’. In certain circles, he may be labelled a ‘douchebag’ for presenting himself in public in this manner, but at least he offsets his troubling look by keeping former Miss Spain Elisabeth Reyes as company.

Sheva’s lady had absolutely nothing to do with his move to Chelsea. Honest.

When Andriy Shevchenko’s lengthy stay at AC Milan came to an end, the ageing striker had no preference over joining Manchester Utd or Chelsea. Roman Abramovich’s (now ex-) wife Irina, however, aided the decision making process by squiring his American model wife Kristen Pazik around the glitzy side of London town. Soon after, Sheva agreed the move to West London, but insisted the choice had nothing to do with his wife’s wishes. He told Gazetta Sport at the time:

“My wife has nothing to do with this, we decided together for the best interests of our family.”I don’t speak English, my wife does not speak Ukrainian - the only language we have in common at the moment is Italian. The only way to be able to teach our children our love that we have for them is the English language.”

And with this puzzling logic (surely the mutually understood Italian language would have been a better choice for the kids), the Premier League gained another WAG and Chelsea’s bench got a little bit warmer.

Natalie Rooney wants the world to see her boobs once again

Remember the girl who flashed her breasts to the press at Coleen McLoughlin’s 21st birthday party? It is still unclear which finishing school she attended, but her name is Natalie Rooney, she is Wayne’s cousin and she’s now planning to launch a career in glamour modelling.

The subtle eighteen year old, who has been banned from the Rooney wedding because Coleen ‘thinks she is a chav’, has made the shrewd decision to divert attention away from her mouth by increasing her bust size to a 34F. Yet no amount of surgical enhancement could stop her dropping the following nuggets of wisdom

Look Ronaldo - Rio has actual females, too

Former Crystal Palace and current Torino FC striker Nicola Ventola may have a girl’s name and a distinct lack of international appearances on his CV (bar a visit to Sydney for the 2000 summer games), but he has done mighty well in the WAG department. Depending on who you believe, he may or may not be married to Brazilian model Kartika Luyet, but one thing is for certain - Ventola is the father of their four-year-old son Kelian.