No. 2: Rivaldo
Like many players, Rivaldo could dive and feign injury at will, but he outdid himself at the 2002 World Cup.
In Brazil's first group game against Turkey, Rivaldo had just scored a penalty in the 87th minute (wrongly awarded - see 4:37 in this video - the foul was clearly outside the box) to give Brazil a 2-1 lead, and leaving Turkey with only 10 men.
As the game went into injury time, Rivaldo engaged in a bit of time wasting at a corner. Hakan Unsal ran over to kick the ball to/at him...
The ball hit Rivaldo in the thigh, only for Rivaldo to take a dive clutching his face, as shown quite nicely in the video above, all set to some lovely hip hop music. Result: Hakan Unsal was sent off and Rivaldo would forever be associated with (pointless) cheating.
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