The Italian defender won the Jules Rimet as well as five consecutive Serie A titles, but his hard tackling is a thing of the past.
As one of only two World Cup final goalscorers to play in the Premier League, Marco Materazzi has gone down in history – but not just for that.
His physical style of defending is almost a forgotten art and Materazzi could easily be considered the last of a dying breed, although it is probably safe to say that his opponents will not miss him.
As everyone knows, the Italian was on the receiving end of Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt in the 2006 World Cup final, but to only remember Materazzi for that and not his glittering club career would be doing him a huge injustice.