Footballers are all the time wanting to impress on their first look for a brand new membership or worldwide staff.
However debuts don’t all the time finish effectively. Typically, the added strain or want to ship could cause pressure and result in errors, at instances even aggression.
From the Premier League to European video games and worldwide soccer, here’s a take a look at the boys’s gamers who have been despatched off on their debut…
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Juventus as a five-time Champions League winner and at earlier membership Actual Madrid, the Portuguese had gained the competitors for the earlier three seasons.
However issues didn’t begin effectively for Ronaldo within the Champions League at Juventus because the Portuguese was proven a straight pink card after showing to seize the hair of Valencia defender Jeison Murillo halfway by the primary half of a sport at Mestalla in September 2018. Referee Felix Brych reached for his pink card after consulting along with his assistant and Ronaldo left the pitch in tears. Regardless of shedding Cristiano, Juve went on to win the sport 2-0.
Bernardo Corradi (Manchester Metropolis)
Manchester Metropolis endured a depressing afternoon in opposition to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge within the Premier League in August 2006.
The Sky Blues have been crushed 3-0 and Bernardo Corradi, making his Premier League debut, was despatched off within the 63rd minute after two bookable offences.
Gheorghe Hagi (Brescia)
It was considerably shocking when Gheorghe Hagi signed for Brescia in 1992, on the age of 27, however the Romanian rebuilt his status in Serie A after a troublesome couple of seasons at Actual Madrid.
Hagi went on to hitch Barcelona in 1994, however revealed he was wished by Napoli as a alternative for Diego Maradona at the moment. In September 1992, the attacking midfielder made his Serie A debut at Napoli in a 0-0 draw and was despatched off with 9 minutes remaining.
Florian Thauvin (Tigres)
Florian Thauvin signed for Mexican facet Tigres in Could 2021 and the French winger was welcomed by followers in a lavish presentation on the Monterrey outfit.
Thauvin, who was a part of the France squad which gained the World Cup in 2018, was despatched off 35 minutes into his debut in opposition to Santos Laguna. The attacker had additionally been dismissed on his return to Marseille on mortgage from Newcastle United in 2016.
Joe Cole (Liverpool)
Joe Cole left Chelsea for Liverpool in the summertime of 2010, however the England winger’s time at Anfield was not notably productive.
Cole made simply 42 appearances for the Reds, scoring 5 objectives, and was proven a straight pink card on his debut in opposition to Arsenal after 45 minutes for a problem on Laurent Koscielny. The Belgian was additionally despatched off later within the sport, which completed 1-1.
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
Laurent Koscielny signed for Arsenal from Lorient in the summertime of 2010 and the Belgian defender was despatched off on his Premier League debut, the identical sport during which Joe Cole additionally noticed pink on his Liverpool bow.
Cole was despatched off for a foul on Koscielny on the finish of the primary half. And within the last minute of the perimeters’ 1-1 draw at Anfield, the Belgian was penalised for handball and proven a second yellow card by referee Martin Atkinson.
Federico Fazio (Tottenham)
Federico Fazio got here into the Tottenham staff for his Premier League debut in a sport away to Manchester Metropolis in October 2014.
However the Argentine defender noticed pink after 67 minutes for a foul on Sergio Agüero which denied his compatriot a goalscoring alternative. Spurs misplaced the sport 4-1 and Fazio was additionally despatched off on his return to Sevilla on mortgage in 2016.
Fabio Grosso (Perugia)
Fabio Grosso signed for Perugia in the summertime of 2001 and the previous Italy defender made his Serie A debut in opposition to Inter on the San Siro in August.
The match didn’t go effectively for the guests, ending in a 4-1 defeat for Perugia, with Grosso dismissed for a second bookable offence within the last minute. The left-back, who hit the successful penalty as Italy beat France within the 2006 World Cup last, later spent a season at Inter.
Walter Samuel (Actual Madrid)
Walter Samuel signed for Actual Madrid with an enormous status, however the Argentine centre-back was rather more suited to Serie A and spent only a season in Spain.
Despatched off for 2 bookable offences on his La Liga debut as Madrid misplaced 1-0 at Espanyol, Samuel made 40 appearances within the 2004/05 season for Los Blancos, however returned to Italy with Inter in the summertime of 2005.
Gervinho (Arsenal)
Arsenal have been held to a goalless draw away to Newcastle United on the opening day of the Premier League season in August 2011.
Gervinho was making his debut for the Gunners, however the Ivorian was despatched off on 72 minutes for slapping Joey Barton after the midfielder had dragged the previous Roma participant again to his ft following a problem within the space.
Thomas Vermaelen (Roma)
Former Arsenal centre-back Thomas Vermaelen joined Roma on mortgage from Barcelona for the 2016/17 season.
However the Belgian defender bought off to an inauspicious begin at his new membership as he was despatched off simply 41 minutes into his debut in opposition to Porto within the first leg of a Champions League play-off in August 2016. The sport completed 1-1, however Roma misplaced the return 3-0 at house and Vermaelen went on to make solely 12 appearances for the Giallorossi.
Ronald Araújo (Barcelona)
Ronald Araújo got here off the bench to make his Barcelona debut in opposition to Sevilla in a LaLiga sport at Camp Nou in October 2019.
Barça gained the match 4-0, however the Uruguayan defender lasted simply 14 minutes on the pitch after he was despatched off for a foul on Javier Hernández. The choice was a controversial one and Ousmane Dembélé additionally noticed pink as Barça gamers protested the decision to referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz.
João Félix (Chelsea)
João Félix joined Chelsea on mortgage from Atlético Madrid in January 2023, however the Portuguese winger endured a troublesome debut.
Despatched off within the 58th minute for a harmful deal with on Kenny Tete, Félix was later given a three-match ban. He returned to Chelsea in a everlasting switch in August 2024.
Mark van Bommel (AC Milan)
Mark van Bommel was despatched off pretty steadily throughout his profession and the defensive midfielder was dismissed on his last-ever look, taking part in for PSV in a 3-1 loss to FC Twente in Could 2013.
Van Bommel had beforehand joined AC Milan from Bayern Munich in January 2011 and was red-carded within the 54th minute of his Serie A debut in opposition to Catania after choosing up two yellow playing cards in a 2-0 win for the Rossoneri.
Graeme Souness (Rangers)
Graeme Souness left Sampdoria to turn into Rangers’ player-manager in the summertime of 1986 and the previous Scotland midfielder led the Glasgow giants to the title in his first season at Ibrox.
However Souness’ debut didn’t go effectively as he was despatched off for 2 bookable offences in a 2-1 loss at Hibs, the second of which left George McCluskey with a bloody knee wound at Easter Street.
Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
By no means removed from controversy in his worldwide profession, Luis Suárez infuriated Ghana followers along with his handball on the road to cease a late winner for the Black Stars within the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals and was despatched house from the 2014 event for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini.
Suárez was additionally despatched off on his worldwide debut for Uruguay, given his marching orders for dissent in a second yellow card 5 minutes from time because the Celeste beat Colombia 3-1 in Cúcuta in February 2007.
Jonathan Woodgate (Actual Madrid)
Jonathan Woodgate signed for Actual Madrid from Newcastle United in August 2004, however the centre-back missed the complete 2004/05 season as a result of damage.
Woodgate lastly made his Madrid debut in September 2005 and it was an eventful one for the defender as he scored an own-goal and was later despatched off for a second bookable offence in a 3-1 win in opposition to Athletic Membership on the Santiago Bernabéu. He would go on to make simply 14 appearances for Los Blancos.
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Lionel Messi’s worldwide debut with Argentina lasted simply 47 seconds after he was despatched off in opposition to Hungary in August 2005.
Launched as a second-half substitute in a pleasant in Budapest, Messi noticed pink for lashing out at Hungary’s Vilmos Vanczák in a particularly harsh choice, with the defender having exaggerated the contact. Proven the pink card by referee Markus Merk, the Barcelona ahead left the pitch in tears. “It was not like I had dreamed it might be,” he stated afterwards. Argentina gained the match 2-1.
