In 2006, Ronaldo having already become famous for diving in the English Premiership, had yet to prove his acting on the world stage. Until he faced Iran that is.
Another Man U player famous for diving, Van Nistelrooy also proved his skills on the world stage.
Masoud Shojae showed the world that Iranians know how to dive aswell against UAE in WC Qualifiers.
It's Iran vs Syria and Madanchi drops as Syria's Ali Diab performs a 360 turn. Iran got a free kick
Another Iranian lol Ali Samereh flies above Syrian Omar Hamidi because he recieved a pass ahead of him that he couldnt reach in time.
Robert Pires was one of Arsenal Greatest players during the "invincibles stage" but unfortunately, he also dived.
One of the weirdest dives ever. David Beckham was famously sent off in the 1998 world cup match against Argentina after he dived from a tackle against Diego Simone but then as the refferee came to give him a freekick, he swung out his leg and hit Simone
Steven Gerrard isnt well known for his diving but during the champions league final against AC Milan he did dive.
Chelsea's Didier Drogba is well known for his diving. Here he is in the 2006 World Cup against Argentina...
2002 World Cup, Uruguay v Senegal and Diouf dives in the box with no contact from the keeper.
Robbie Savage (currently playing for Fulham), dived against Manchester City during his blackburn days when HE was the one who went in for a tackle.
1998 WC, Croatia have a freekick and Blanc goes to mark Slaven Bilic, next thing we know Bilic is holding his face and on the ground. RED Card to Blanc and Bilic is hated throughout France.
Rivaldo also made a famous dive during the World Cup, this time in 2002, Brazil V Turkey and Rivaldo dives as someone throws him the ball to take a corner.
Another brazilian who dived, Dida dived during a group stage champions league match against Celtic when a fan ran onto the pitch and slapped him. That sure must've been one heck of a slap, because he went down like a sack of potatoes and was injured for 3 days!
CREDIT TO IRAN_TILL_I_DIE: The Italians are famous for diving. So heres Gilardino Diving in the champions league.
Another Italian - Marco Matterazzi. Fair enough Zidane did heatbutt him, but he made a whole meal of it.
CREDIT TO IRAN_TILL_I_DIE: First one here from Seria A, Adriano dives in the box and gets a penalty without any contact from the goalkeeper.
Former Chelsea Player, Arjen Robben is also famous for diving. Heres one of his well known ones...
Another Chelsea diver!!! Germans dived too - Proven by Michael Ballack here as he dived to get a penalty so that Chelsea could draw home to Aston Villa.
Champions league Man U v Celtic. Giggs got yellow carded for this.
It's a qualifier for Euro 2008, England v Russia and Rooney tripped the Russian player in the england box. He dived afterwards so that the referee thought the russian fouled him. But Russia still got the penalty.
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