Directory Of World's Longest Bans In Football

*URUGUAY'S's LUIS Suarez after clashing with Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match at the Dunas arena in Natal in this June 24, 2014 file photograph. Uruguay striker Suarez was banned for nine matches by FIFA on June 26, 2014 after being found guilty of biting Italian defender Chiellini on June 24, 2014. Suarez was also banned from any football-related activity for four months and fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($111,000). *MARADONA: In this June 30, 1994 file photo, Argentina World Cup soccer player Diego Maradona is the center of media attention at a hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Argentina Football Association dropped the 33-year-old forward from their World Cup soccer squad just hours before the team's final first rund game against Bulgaria, after it was revealed that he had tested positive for the use of banned drugs. A star that was addicted to drugs, sentenced to jail for shooting at reporters and punched the ball into the net in a World Cup quarterfinal doesn't seem like the ideal candidate to coach a national football team. But this is Diego Maradona, one of football's all-time greats who can do no wrong in the eyes of Argentina's fans. Maradona, who turns 48 on Thursday, and Carlos Bilardo have been asked to lead the national team by Julio Grondona, head of the Argentine Football Association. *MAURO TASSOTTI played in one FIFA World Cup, the 1994 edition in the United States. In the 2–1 quarter-final win against Spain he elbowed Luis Enrique in the face in the second half's injury time, breaking his nose. The action was so severe that Enrique reportedly lost a pint of blood from his face as a result; the referee did not award Spain a penalty and Italy won the match but, after reviewing the game, FIFA officials banned Tassotti for eight matches, effectively ending his international career *JOSIP SIMUNIC:In this Nov. 19, 2013 file picture Croatia's defender Josip Simunic, plays the ball during a World Cup qualifying playoff second leg soccer match against Iceland, in Zagreb, Croatia. Simunic was banned for 10 games by FIFA for leading fans in a pro-Nazi chant after the Iceland match in Zagreb. *ERIC CANTONA is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine.[1] Set against his footballing achievements was a poor disciplinary record for much of his career, including a conviction for assault on a fan in 1995, although his disciplinary record was much improved after he returned from his eight-month suspension right up to his retirement as a player two year