Former OZ footie star Kevin Muscat crowned football's dirtiest player

Sydney: Former Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat has been named the dirtiest player in football.

A popular Spanish football website El Gol Digital compiled a countdown of the most violent players in the history of the game.

It posted a list of the 10 worst offenders of the past and present, including Luis Suarez, Roy Keane and the infamous Andoni Goikoetxea.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, The now Victory coach first made a name for himself as a hard man in the United Kingdom while playing for Wolves, Crystal Palace, Glasgow Rangers and Millwall.

The list of dirtiest footballers is as follows:

1) Kevin Muscat, Australia

2) Pepe, Portugal/Brazil,

3) David Navarro, Spain,

4) Andoni Goikoetxea, Spain,

5) Luis Suarez, Uruguay,

6) Gennaro Gattuso, Italy,

7) Roy Keane, Republic of Ireland,

8) Mark Van Bommel, The Netherlands,

9) Marco Materazzi, Italy,

10) Nigel De Jong, The Netherlands