Most unpopular soccer star?

Suarez.

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Maybe Zlatan if we are talking in terms of talent, but his douchebag shennanigans are so outrageous that it's almost endearing.

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Agreed. That he's so overboard makes him one of the more entertaining players around (aside from some of his dives I tend to think of Luis Suarez as bordering on this as well).

I think Zlatan's as truly special player as a target striker. He gets a lot more criticism than his performance merits.


Also, a few who come to mind who I doubt anyone likes aside from fans of their clubs are Van Persie, Sergio Busquets, Dani Alves, Marcelo.

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Balotelli?

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He's probably the one that draws the most strong opinion either way but I tend to think even more people really like Balotelli than hate him.

By the way, he was bawling on the bench after being subbed out against Napoli today. It was a weird scene.

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John Terry

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Definitely, not sure how I forgot to list him.


Pepe too (though his antics with Diego Costa in the Copa Del Rey were actually pretty humorous from my outside viewpoint).

Mexicans

A lot of people love to hate Ronaldo, but I think that is cooled down some.

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A lot of people love to hate Ronaldo, but I think that is cooled down some.

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He's honestly too good to not be popular.

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Marcelo.

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It's weird how under the radar he goes sometimes wrt some of the things that he does.

In a back line featuring Pepe and Sergio Ramos, he's probably the scariest person on it. Pepe has calmed down a lot. Sergio is just indiscriminately stupid, which isn't really scary. Marcelo will wait until the game is settled and then kick the shite out of you because you called him a name in the second minute.

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And people act like he's a saint.

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I don't think that too many people do after the affair came out

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Marcelo.



It's weird how under the radar he goes sometimes wrt some of the things that he does.

In a back line featuring Pepe and Sergio Ramos, he's probably the scariest person on it. Pepe has calmed down a lot. Sergio is just indiscriminately stupid, which isn't really scary. Marcelo will wait until the game is settled and then kick the shite out of you because you called him a name in the second minute.

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I went to the USA v Brazil friendly a couple of years ago in DC and it was crazy how dirty he played when you could watch all the shite he did when the ball was away. In a friendly no less.

It was as bad as watching Marco Materazzi against Totti at the Olimpico.

Also, as bad as Materazzi was, he was dirty in a Pepe way. . . laughing it off trying to get in the players head. . . with Marcelo it seems a more a raging hatred that bubbles up . . .