Discipline
Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.
- Fastest caution
- first minute, Giampiero Marini ( Italy), vs Poland, 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich ( Russia), vs Sweden, 1994.
- Fastest sending off
- 56 seconds, José Batista ( Uruguay), vs Scotland, 1986.
- Fastest sending off, qualification
- 37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti ( Bahrain), vs Iran, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
- Latest caution
- during penalty shootout: Edinho ( Brazil) v France 1986; Carlos Roa ( Argentina), vs England, 1998.
- Latest sending off
- after penalty shootout: Leandro Cufré ( Argentina), vs Germany, 2006 (Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match).
- Sent off from the bench
- Claudio Caniggia ( Argentina), vs Sweden, 2002.
- Most cards (all-time, player)
- 6, Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998–2006) and Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
- Most cautions (all-time, player)
- 6, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
- Most sendings off (all-time, player)
- 2, Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 and 2006).
- Most sendings off (tournament)
- 28 (in 64 games), 2006.
- Most sendings off (all-time, team)
- 11 (in 97 games), Brazil
- Most sendings off (match, both teams)
- 4 (2 each) in Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006 (also known as Battle of Nuremberg).
- Most sendings off (final match)
- 2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina), v West Germany, 1990
- Most cautions (tournament)
- 345 (in 64 matches), 2006.
- Most cautions (all-time, team)
- 88 (in 64 games), Argentina
- Most cautions (match, one team)
- 9, Portugal, 2006, vs Netherlands & Netherlands, 2010, vs Spain
- Most cautions (match, both teams)
- 16 – Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006; and Cameroon v Germany, June 11, 2002
- Most cautions (match, player)
- 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić ( Croatia), vs Australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)
- Most cautions (final match, both teams)
- 14, 5 ( Spain) and 9 ( Netherlands) 2010
- Most suspensions (tournament, player)
- 2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon 1990)
- Longest suspension (player, doping)
- 15 months, Diego Maradona ( Argentina vs Nigeria, 1994)
- Longest suspension (player, misconduct)
- 8 matches, Mauro Tassotti ( Italy vs Spain, 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.
- 1 year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud ( Iraq vs Belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee
- Longest suspension, qualifying
- Life (amnestied after 12 years): Roberto Rojas ( Chile vs Brazil, 1989) for feigning injury from a firecracker, leading to a match being abandoned.
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Famous quotes containing the word discipline:
“Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.”
—Washington Irving (1783–1859)
“To try to control a nine-month-old’s clinginess by forcing him away is a mistake, because it counteracts a normal part of the child’s development. To think that the child is clinging to you because he is spoiled is nonsense. Clinginess is not a discipline issue, at least not in the sense of correcting a wrongdoing.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)
“Discipline isn’t just punishing, forcing compliance or stamping out bad behavior. Rather, discipline has to do with teaching proper deportment, caring about others, controlling oneself and putting someone else’s wishes before one’s own when the occasion calls for it.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)