The 12 Soccer Teammates Who Hated Each Other The Most

Fighting between teammates is uncommon, but opponents and players acting aggressively and starting a brawl, on or off the field, is common. Some players could not get along with each other, even though many teammates treated each other like brothers. When a player devotes so much time to his teammates, some of them may inevitably turn on each other due to fame, rivalry, and other factors.

This article will list several teammates who hate each other in memory of those athletes. Some of them may have started out as good friends, while others may not have cared much for each other; as a result, “events” happened that led to their inclusion in this list.

Let’s reveal a list of the teammates who hate each other the most:

Gerard Pique and Alvaro Arbeloa

Real Madrid despise Gerard Pique, who has fought with each of Los Blancos’ current players at least once. But he has saved his sharpest remarks for Arbeloa, a former team-mate from Spain.

Pique, a lifelong Barcelona supporter, ridiculed Los Blancos after they were disqualified from the Copa Del Ray for fielding an ineligible player. Their feud, however, is considerably older, dating back to at least 2013, following Madrid’s 94th-minute penalty win over Elche.

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Gerard Pique and Alvaro Arbeloa; credits – 90min.com

Since then, the two have had frequent spats on social media and on the pitch, especially when Barcelona plays Real Madrid. Pique escalated the conflict by stating that he had never considered Arbeloa a buddy or teammate and even compared him to a cone. Spain captain Sergio Ramos had to intervene to ask Pique to respect his teammates when the exchange became so heated.

Ultimately, it seems the two have reconciled, or rather, that Piqué has acted decisively and followed the advice of his international captain. Before Arbeloa’s farewell match for Real Madrid, Piqué wished his Spanish team-mate success in the future, adding that the Spanish international deserves all the honours he has received so far.

Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham and Andy Cole were among Manchester United’s iconic strikers, scoring a goal every 84.6 minutes. Despite playing in the same team for over four years, Teddy Sheringham and Andy Cole never got along well at Old Trafford.

The two English strikers were known for having little connection off the pitch, but that did not affect their game because they had Dwight Yorke as their go-between. During that time, England won both the Champions League and the Premier League.

Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham; credits – punditarena.com

Cole claims the row began when he made his England debut against Uruguay. Cole, who was keen to replace Sheringham, was terrified of what would happen. However, he had expected the seasoned Sheringham to shake his hand and offer some words of encouragement.

But in reality nothing happened, and Sheringham turned and walked away, purposefully avoiding the astonished debutante. Cole may have overreacted, but the solution only becomes clear when you delve deeper into Sheringham’s possible thoughts.

The number 10 struggled and became just another player at the club when his long-awaited move from Tottenham to Manchester United finally materialised. At Tottenham, the number 10 was the clear favourite. The rejection reflected the older striker’s disdain for the more direct, youthful and explosive rival.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Oguchi Onyewu

Zlatan is a player who wouldn’t be satisfied with one appearance on this list; thankfully, he’s made it twice. Ibrahimovic broke a rib in a fight with former AC Milan player Oguchi Onyewu. Jose Mourinho recruited the tall striker to Manchester United for a number of reasons, including his flashy goals, seductive personality and off-field antics.

Despite all that, the Swede and the USMNT defender got into a fight in 2010 while he was playing for AC Milan. The fight between Onyewu and Ibrahimovic, a black belt in Taekwondo with a penchant for kicking his colleagues, was started by the attacker’s horrific tackle. The defender dodged the Swedish player just in time, but it was the impact of the tackle itself that broke Zlatan’s rib.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Oguchi Onyewu; credits – tribuna.com

The 1.95m defender decided to punch the Swede after he objected to the tackle, and the Swede hit him back with a headbutt. The two then got into a fierce fight, during which they tried to tear each other’s limbs off.

The two players had to be separated by more than 10 teammates and coaches, and even then it seemed like the fight would never end. The altercation attracted international attention and Oguchi Onyewu eventually left Milan in 2011.

Zlatan described the fight in his autobiography, claiming that Onyewu looked like a heavyweight boxer and could not manage him despite weighing over 15 stone and being nearly 6 feet tall.

Kolo Toure and William Gallas

Before things changed in their final season together, Kolo Toure and Willam Gallas, two central defenders at the heart of Arsenal’s defence, were essential to the Gunners’ Champions League chances. The two didn’t interact much during that time, which led to serious problems for Arsenal’s defence.

After the Frenchman lost the captain’s armband following an unusual post-match reaction in a 2-2 draw with Birmingham City, Gallas, who has a very volatile character, refused to speak to the Ivory Coast defender.

But according to sources, the two never came to blows and it was Gallas who made sure that Manchester City signed Toure for the coming season. However, Gallas didn’t just disagree with one Ivorian, the Ivory Coast defender was the only one swapped as a result.

Kolo Toure and William Gallas; credits – dailymail.co.uk

Later, when asked about the event, Toure said that although their relationship had improved, it was still purely professional. They do their best to maintain a professional attitude and communicate once they are on the field.

With their defenders unwilling to communicate, the Gunners found it very difficult to compete in the FA Cup or Champions League, which threatened to undermine their entire season. As a result, Toure asked to leave in January.

The defender was asked to stay until the end of the season, after his request was rejected, so that Arsenal could perhaps salvage something from that season. However, nothing happened and Toure eventually left the team after seven years of service, while Gallas left for Tottenham Hotspur a year later.

Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez

Lionel Messi has reportedly called for the sacking of the striker on loan from Inter after Mauro Icardi’s heated spat with former colleague Maxi Lopez led to his exclusion from the Argentina national team.

Icardi and Lopez’s wife, Wanda Nara, were teammates at Sampdoria when Icardi began seeing her and eventually married her. Since then, Lopez has steadfastly refused to even acknowledge his former teammate’s presence in his children’s lives or on the football pitch.

Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez; credits – caughtoffside.com

Icardi, who is nine years younger than Lopez, became a supporter while still playing for Sampdoria’s youth team when Lopez was promoted to the senior squad. Icardi married Wanda Nara less than six months after Lopez and Nara’s divorce, and it was later discovered that she had been having an affair with Lopez’s ex-wife.

Things got worse after the young striker started tweeting pictures of Lopez’s children and himself, and the mafia reportedly got involved, according to an Argentinian journalist. They offered to break the 23-year-old striker’s legs and end his career, but Lopez refused the deal. However, Lopez has Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and the entire Inter Milan home crowd fighting for him and giving Icardi a hard time in his corner.

Igor Stimac and Sinisa Mihajlovic

In addition to playing together on the Yugoslav team that won the 1987 World Cup, Stimac and Mihajlovic were friends as teenagers. They often crossed paths while playing for rival teams for their separate clubs in two nearby cities, despite being teammates on the national team. Igor Stimac, who came from the southern region of Croatia, was a 19-year-old player on loan at Dinamo Vinkovci.

Sinisa Mihaklovic was born and raised about 20 kilometres from Vinkovci, the railway junction that connects the northeastern region of Croatia to the present-day Serbian border. Although their friends urged them not to talk, the two would often cross paths in pubs and cafes, exchanging pleasantries and chatting about football despite the pressure.

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When war broke out between Croatia and Serbia, a shooting just metres from Mihajlovic’s parents’ house resulted in the deaths of 12 Croatian police officers and three Serbian militiamen. Less than a few weeks after the city was completely destroyed, Belgrade hosted the Yugoslav Cup final.

Igor Stimac was the captain of Hajduk Split and Sinisa Mihajlovic represented Red Star Belgrade. Both teams wore armbands in memory of the murdered police officers. To his old friend and former teammate, Stimac pushed forward as they prepared to kick off and threatened their family in Borovo.

Furthermore, Mihajlovic had no idea whether his family was still alive, as the telephone lines to Borovo had been out of order for days. Mihajlovic was so furious that he attacked the captain of Hajduk continuously.

He forgot about the cup final and spent the entire match trying to hurt Stimac, which resulted in a fierce kickboxing match in which both players were eventually dismissed. Stimac raised the cup after Hajduk’s 1-0 win and declared that it was now theirs forever. There will never be any more matches for the Yugoslav Cup.

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