7) Djibril Cisse - Blackburn v Liverpool, October 30, 2004
Horror injuries have become almost as big a trademark for French forward Cisse as his eye-catching hairstyles.
Cisse's first leg break happened at Ewood Park while playing for the Reds. He managed to fracture both the tibia and fibula of his left leg not a result of a tackle, but rather from an awkward fall after the striker caught his blade boots in the turf.
Two years later, unbelievably, he was forced to miss the World Cup finals after shattering his right leg during a pre-tournament warm-up clash against China.
Recovery: If it's possible for there to be a plus side to breaking your leg, it does appear that Cisse is something of a miracle man when it comes to recovering from such blows. On each occasion, he was out of action for just seven months.
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