i remember the 2010 WC Final, and Xabi Alonso was just such a man. He took so many tackles inside and outside the box, but didnt complain. Even the commentators noticed it..........what a guy. what a role model
Jaap Stam perhaps? Fair player but do not mess with him. For example in his Lazio days, where his opponent tries to stomp him and Jaap stood up, confronted the man and grabbed him by his throat. The heart this man had was impeccable, strong holding defender at Ajax, Man Utd, Milan, Lazio just to name a few
BPL, BPL, BPL and... More BPL. Biased? Missing many hard players such as Gattuso and Staam, hell even Zlatan. You need to expand to more international footballers and leagues not just England.
Adam Hodgkiss Yeah,maybe today but 20/25 years ago Bpl was shit compared to Serie A.There's was players like Baresi and Scirea and was know for the most physical football and in this list there's no today's players.
***** Nah Costa is hard considering that he does kickboxing and played street football in Brazil. He plays on edge but isn't stupid like other players to get himself sent off. You might see him go down or act soft when the opponent gets mad at him, but that's cos he knows how to play on the edge and he knows how to rile up opposition players. He's not scared of anyone on the pitch.
He also wears pink boots and gloves, so the hardman tag which is rightly attributed to Vinnie Jones, Stuart pearce, Roy Keane, Dave Batty etc shouldnt be compared with Costa
yh Dave Mackay, Billy Bremner etc etc although to be fair those days you had every team that had a so called hardman, these days there are people that actually call Costa hardman, please if he came up against the players pre 2000's he would look like a little bitch
Jaap Stam, Mark van Bommel, Steffan Effenberg and the hardest of them all Gattuso...a list of hard men without those people is like PSG without Zlatan, Barca without Messi, Arsenal without Sánchez, City without Aguero (could name dozens of other One-man clubs, but I guess you get the Point ;)
No. 1 should be me, cuz i never go to the ground! I never go down, the only time i do is when a meteor attacks me from behind other than that i stay on my feet. (sometimes i go to the ground because i get attacked by things that can not be seen by the normal eye.)
I've been looking for a "best of" compilation of his tackles for ages. Particularly this one incident during a game between Denmark and Senegal. I think it was in the 2002 WC. He was a true warrior on the pitch.
Dave Mackay look him up [George Best (1946-2005), of Manchester United, one of Tottenham's fiercest rivals in the 1960s, described Mackay as "the hardest man I have ever played against - and certainly the bravest"]
The hard man role is still alive. They use they're physical stature to dominate they're areas eg fellaini and Diego Costa. They just don't break the rules as much these days
Curtis Woodhouse is the hardest footballer who ever lived. He would knock the shit out of anyone in this list in a fight. He might not have been aggressive like these guys but still.
I heard "ended his career" more time in this video than on the whole copa90 channel, or any media platform, and people still say players are overprotected. Yes, diving game is on a rampage, but when you have players not using common sense and intelligence rather then just brute force, what can you do?
I broke a guys leg and put the boot I done it with on the wall , then I found out goicotzhea (allow the spelling) did the same thing so I like the butcher now 😂
Why always put way too many bpl/english players on these lists?? How can you not include Jaap Stam and Gatusso? Have copa90 seen some tackles of Pepe? C'mon copa90 decrease the number of english and bpl players on your lists....
Kevin Gray once got an oppositions manager up by the throat whilst at Carlisle, whilst only 6'0" he wouldn't back down from anyone even people like Akinfenwa who people for some reason now love had a hard time bullying him off the ball
MJXG Kevin Gray was at Carlisle 2003-2007 Akinfenwa was at Boston and Orient in 2003 Rushden and Diamonds 2003-2004 Doncaster 2004 Torquay 2004-2005 and Swansea 2006-2007. In 03-04 Boston Orient and Doncaster were in Carlisle's league, In 2006 we played Swansea in the LDV Vans final and in 2006/07 both were in league 1
Neymar because after breaking his spine I think it was he could have died but now a couple of months after he is playing football healthy! Hazard Because He kicked Swansea City's BallBoy! Akinfenwa We Knew he was coming up his strength is unbeatable and he's done quite a bit of crunches in his time! Finally Suarez He Bit 2 or 3 players and in the World Cup he cost Argentina by Handballing a ball that would have been a goal, Dirty Little Cheater He Did the same as maradona, maradona handballed a goal! Maradona also was a little dirty too! Like if u think I'm right! +Copa 90 u should do a video of the biggest cheats in football history?!
You're thinking of wrong kind of hard footballers. these are the kind of players that annoyed and intimidated the opposition players, but goes by the book (or not really but you get the idea lol), not like suarez who just bites people and gets bans for it
Terry is quite "hard" if he sees your wife
true story bro
TERRY THUG LIFE
he's "hard" when time is "right", always keep wife on your sight
should've been number one in hard men
Coutinho, Januzaj and oscar, true hard men of the game.
They're all still young though, give it a few years
You forgot hazard and neymar
and sterling
Bernard as well
+Elijah u talking about me?
Puyol, the man was a rock and wasn't afraid to go in for a tackle.
Good list, only name you probably missed out is Gattuso. Maybe next time have some honourable mentions before the number 1 spot like WatchMojo do.
Mark van Bommel? Joey Barton? Stefan Effenberg?
Of course Van Bommel. One of the dirtiest players out there, without getting caught in the act. Disgusting
..and I am Dutch LOL :-)
Jaap stam..
Seriously Joey Barton haha, he's a cocky prick who can't throw a proper punch.
Jaap Staam
Fuck sake nearly half of them played with Rangers haha
Gattuso should be in it he played with them haha
U could have a whole team of ex Rangers players that would kick fuck out of any team they played haha
nick mcranger especially Celtic scum
Well said mate
nick mcranger shame we can't do that now because were in the league below
Thought that Stam guy would be there
jaap stam? that dutch guy
Yeah that's the one
"That Stam guy" smh
That "Stam Guy" jheez that makes me feel old and im 19!
Hey I couldn't remember his name sorry but not detract from they subject that he probably should be in there
i remember the 2010 WC Final, and Xabi Alonso was just such a man. He took so many tackles inside and outside the box, but didnt complain. Even the commentators noticed it..........what a guy. what a role model
Jaap Stam perhaps? Fair player but do not mess with him. For example in his Lazio days, where his opponent tries to stomp him and Jaap stood up, confronted the man and grabbed him by his throat.
The heart this man had was impeccable, strong holding defender at Ajax, Man Utd, Milan, Lazio just to name a few
Duncan Ferguson is an absolute legend
He is an idiot
Germinator 1 your right he’s nothing on Keane🇮🇪🇮🇪
Willie Woodburn, Billie Bremner, Norman Hunter?
BPL, BPL, BPL and... More BPL. Biased? Missing many hard players such as Gattuso and Staam, hell even Zlatan. You need to expand to more international footballers and leagues not just England.
Loool Zlatan is nowhere near hard enough for this list.
england was know for the most physical football there is, no surprise it's makes up most of this list
agree, the guys at this channel doesn't really know anything about other leagues. Oliver Kahn should be on that list
Adam Hodgkiss Yeah,maybe today but 20/25 years ago Bpl was shit compared to Serie A.There's was players like Baresi and Scirea and was know for the most physical football and in this list there's no today's players.
oiurehj actually the english league was more physical back then, you're wrong.
Gattuso, Stam, Zlatan, Costa, Kahn, Effenberg, Barton, Cantona. you forgot these
Costa? Kompany and Pepe made him a bitch
Costa??? LOOOL
***** Nah Costa is hard considering that he does kickboxing and played street football in Brazil. He plays on edge but isn't stupid like other players to get himself sent off. You might see him go down or act soft when the opponent gets mad at him, but that's cos he knows how to play on the edge and he knows how to rile up opposition players. He's not scared of anyone on the pitch.
He also wears pink boots and gloves, so the hardman tag which is rightly attributed to Vinnie Jones, Stuart pearce, Roy Keane, Dave Batty etc shouldnt be compared with Costa
yh Dave Mackay, Billy Bremner etc etc although to be fair those days you had every team that had a so called hardman, these days there are people that actually call Costa hardman, please if he came up against the players pre 2000's he would look like a little bitch
Jaap Stam, Mark van Bommel, Steffan Effenberg and the hardest of them all Gattuso...a list of hard men without those people is like PSG without Zlatan, Barca without Messi, Arsenal without Sánchez, City without Aguero (could name dozens of other One-man clubs, but I guess you get the Point ;)
Looking at teams from the late 90s compared to now it also seems like the average weight of a player has gone from around 85kg down to 70kg.
Are you aware there's a whole world beyond the Isles where football is also played?!?
Thank you! I think that all the time
Skrtel, I remember when he got his head stapled or summit like that against Bournemouth the other season
I'm named after Stuart Pearce as my dad was a Forest fan, fantastic player
Congrats on 9 hundred k subs
No. 1 should be me, cuz i never go to the ground!
I never go down, the only time i do is when a meteor attacks me from behind other than that i stay on my feet.
(sometimes i go to the ground because i get attacked by things that can not be seen by the normal eye.)
Or you dive
My dad was telling me about vinnie a min ago I looked at my sub box then bang top ten hard men
Another great vid
Keep going:)
How in the world has pepe not made the list?????
Kevin Muscat!! You legends :')
What about Ashley Young?
He's rock solid
Don't forget Fab, Cahil and Costa... Never seen them go to ground.
Say what you like we're top of the league
Rhys Davies Dont change the subject
+Rhys Davies not anymore bahahaha
YOU FORGOT GATTUSO.
k-2-4 and Diego Simeone
Finally a good hard man list! And one that actually put Big Dunc in too
Jack Charlton was a hard guy, he used to keep a black book of players that he intended to injure on the field.
Where is Edgar Davis, Gattuso, Viera, Makalele, Ballack
Imagine having a team of these players, and then Oliver Kahn in goal :O
Might as well have the ambulance on speed dial!
Stig Tøfting !!!
I've been looking for a "best of" compilation of his tackles for ages. Particularly this one incident during a game between Denmark and Senegal. I think it was in the 2002 WC. He was a true warrior on the pitch.
Gentile is such an ironic name for a person that tackled
gentile is actually nice in french
Randomguy0008679 Guy00000864 Oh the Irony
+Randomguy0008679 Guy00000864
I. French nice is gentil not gentile
MJ22115 you get the point
Tony Adams, gattuso even Normal hunter when he played for leeds. He were nick named Norman 'bite ur legs' hunter!
Lee Cattermole should be up there, complete nutter in midfield
hasnt done anything so stupid for a while though
100% agree with u there m8 no nosense tackler almost like a enforcner
Joey Barton, Lauren (Arsenal RB)
Pepe
Barton aint hard. He's just dirty.
same with Pepe, just dirty not tough
ryan snailham dude have you seen how hard Pepe tackles sometimes? Hes definitely a physical player... he is dirty too though.
The German Eagle
but he dives and play acts alot, would you class him as tough? idk if i would
Dave Mackay look him up
[George Best (1946-2005), of Manchester United, one of Tottenham's fiercest rivals in the 1960s, described Mackay as "the hardest man I have ever played against - and certainly the bravest"]
Where is Gatusso
Κώστας Ματσαρίδης wannabe hardman
I'm sick of people who know nothing about football commenting the names of big players
you missed out genero gattuso of italy and ac millan.. he is the right up there in my list
0:07 the shops to his right and left just made me hungry
Gatusso ??? He is hard
Roy Keane... Hard??🤣🤣
Oliver Khan definitely deserves a place on this list. The man was a German monster to be feared.
Stam, gatuso? Maybe di canio and cantona but I consider them to be slightly tapped rather than hard men
Where is Bert Trautman? He broke his neck in the FA cup final and carried on for the whole game and lifted the FA trophy at the end!
Fenerbahçe fans will never forget Souness.
What a King.
Dave Mackay- Spurs captain in the 60's hard as nails- and im a Gooner
Materazzi,Montero and Staam surely deserve a place in this list.
The hard man role is still alive. They use they're physical stature to dominate they're areas eg fellaini and Diego Costa. They just don't break the rules as much these days
over half the list have played for the old firm brilliant
Patrick Vieira
Stam ?
2:36 That's what anyone wants to do to Keown after hearing him commentate/analyse a game
Very strange that Billy Bremner is not on this list. He should be right up there.
MUSCY!!! so glad hes getting a metion
Graeme Jones played for Wigan athletic striker
Lorik Cana he was a beast at his prime in The French league
Needs more Gennaro Gattuso, Patrick Vieira, Oliver Kahn and Peter Schmeichel.
This list is an absolute disgrace. It didn't include any of Neymar, Cristiano, Young, and Bosquets.
Kevin Muscat is still the same as a coach, extremely fiery on the touch line.
Dear COPA90, football is not only played in England!!!
The first 11 men team of Stoke City..nuff said. Its a freaking wrestling match no football play in sight
Dave Mackay, Billy Bremner, Jaap Stam
The comment section got a bunch good names that didn't get a mention, but what about Graversen?
Curtis Woodhouse is the hardest footballer who ever lived. He would knock the shit out of anyone in this list in a fight. He might not have been aggressive like these guys but still.
C'mon man, how did Shaun Wright-Phillips not make the list?
Bremner?
And Norman hunter! Quality players
top 10 most respected?
What derby are you doing next ??
how many times in this video does he say "no nonsense style of play"
I heard "ended his career" more time in this video than on the whole copa90 channel, or any media platform, and people still say players are overprotected. Yes, diving game is on a rampage, but when you have players not using common sense and intelligence rather then just brute force, what can you do?
We will never find another player like Roy Keane, the man was a fucking enforcer, absolute tank on the pitch.
Celtics Scott Brown definitely has to be on that list somewhere.
Casemiro and Matic are probably the Hardest Men of todays football.
Hurlock & Muscat, Millwall legends!
Jaap stam..
"Many meant was a revenge tackle". Roy Keane himself has said it was a revenge tackle...
I broke a guys leg and put the boot I done it with on the wall , then I found out goicotzhea (allow the spelling) did the same thing so I like the butcher now 😂
Diego peres? He had to change his t shirt because it was red of blood but he continued playing if that isn't hard...
Where are viera and JAAP STAM????
Mick McCarthy is a pretty decent shout.
goetze is the hardest footballer ever, if u know what I mean
Materazzi, De Jong, Gravessen, Gatuso ??
Viera and Gattuso maybe even nigel de Jong and Steve Bruce.
Why always put way too many bpl/english players on these lists?? How can you not include Jaap Stam and Gatusso? Have copa90 seen some tackles of Pepe? C'mon copa90 decrease the number of english and bpl players on your lists....
your telling me you'd want to fuck with pearce of fergurson?
Kevin Gray once got an oppositions manager up by the throat whilst at Carlisle, whilst only 6'0" he wouldn't back down from anyone even people like Akinfenwa who people for some reason now love had a hard time bullying him off the ball
Akinfenwa wasn't playing football when Kevin gray was? But did used to love going to watch carlisle back in the day
MJXG
Kevin Gray was at Carlisle 2003-2007 Akinfenwa was at Boston and Orient in 2003 Rushden and Diamonds 2003-2004 Doncaster 2004 Torquay 2004-2005 and Swansea 2006-2007. In 03-04 Boston Orient and Doncaster were in Carlisle's league, In 2006 we played Swansea in the LDV Vans final and in 2006/07 both were in league 1
6'0 is pretty big to be fair, not overly but still a good size
sufyaan sajid
for most players yes but most cbs are 6'2"+
Claudio Gentile = Italian right?
In Italian gentile means kind
lol
Dave Mackay??
how come no one mentioned Marco Materazzi so far?
Barton
go on Roy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💪💪💪
Gentile is a hard man. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAH never heard a more ironic statement than that!
hahaha kev muscat! come on melbourne!
Neymar because after breaking his spine I think it was he could have died but now a couple of months after he is playing football healthy! Hazard Because He kicked Swansea City's BallBoy! Akinfenwa We Knew he was coming up his strength is unbeatable and he's done quite a bit of crunches in his time! Finally Suarez He Bit 2 or 3 players and in the World Cup he cost Argentina by Handballing a ball that would have been a goal, Dirty Little Cheater He Did the same as maradona, maradona handballed a goal! Maradona also was a little dirty too! Like if u think I'm right! +Copa 90 u should do a video of the biggest cheats in football history?!
You're thinking of wrong kind of hard footballers. these are the kind of players that annoyed and intimidated the opposition players, but goes by the book (or not really but you get the idea lol), not like suarez who just bites people and gets bans for it
Neymar could have died? I know he's a complete pussy but that's a little too much.
Jake Monahan and ***** y I don't play football anyway so yea sorry if I annoyed u
***** He fractured a spinal vertebrae. No one dies from that.
Charlston Chew BTW Love The Profile Pic And The ***** Thank You At least 1 person agrees
Should Ibrahimovic should be on here? I don't know many of these players but surely he's one of the hardest...
viera, edmundo, gattuso, chilavert, pepe, lehmann, de jong, henize
you missed Genaro Gattuso, Nigel De jong, and Fellaini
Morgan from Sheffield United
Damn sad Gattuso, pepe, thomas gravesen, Marco Materazzi, aint on this list.
No lee cattermole?
What about Neil 'Razor' Ruddock?