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The Euro 2008 Ugly XI


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

Rüştü Reçber

The war paint and ‘face art’ are distracting, but not quite distracting enough.

2. Ludovic Magnin

Ludovic Magnin

You know life isn’t fair when you grow up to be bald and ginger.

3. Carles Puyol

Carles Puyol

It’s not 1976 - get a haircut, hippy!

4. Philippe Senderos

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Posted: June 10th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey