Top 7 Soccer Players Who Slept With A Teammate's Wife

Those involved in team sports understand the camaraderie and bond that develops between teammates. It doesn’t matter if it is at the professional level or the beer-league level, team chemistry is often just as important as a team’s overall talent.

There is a long list of very gifted footballers who have let their ego and ruin the chemistry, these famous footballers have stolen other players’ girls.

1.Jordan Ayew

Crystal Palace striker, Jordan Ayew miraculously got away with sleeping with the wife of one of his Blackstars of Ghana teammate for four years. The story was leaked on YouTube, Ayew was sleeping with Amanda Acquah, wife of Torino midfielder Afriyie. Afriyie and Amanda eventually broke up and went their separate ways, no thanks to Jordan Ayew.

2. Mauro Icardi

This isn’t the first story of a good friendship falling apart over a woman and it won’t be the last. Mauro Icardi was a close friend and teammate of Maxi Lopez who was married to Wanda Nara. Yes, Wanda is hot, and yes, Wanda and Maxi’s marriage was on the rocks but that does not excuse Mauro from making his move while the married couple was on the outs. To top it off, Mauro quickly married Wanda and is constantly touting his love and admiration for his new wife on social media.

Lopez and Icardi now play for different teams and have played against each other. Lopez has refused to shake Icardi’s hand during the pre-game ritual. How can anyone blame him?

3. Mesut Ozil

Mesut Ozil and Christian Lell aren’t club level teammates, but they have both played for the German U21 national team. In 2014, Christian Lell, who was playing for Levante at the time, accused German national team and Arsenal footballer Mesut Ozil of ‘muscling in’ on his woman. Lell apparently accessed his girlfriend’s cell phone and discovered the infidelity despite her attempts to erase the evidence. Ozil and his girlfriend, Mandy Capistro, appear to have weathered the storm but Lell’s relationship with his allegedly cheating girlfriend, Melanie Rickinger, is definitely not going as well. Police arrested Lell in January 2014 following a complaint that was filed by his wife.

4. Wilfred Zaha

Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha was once thought to have slept with former manager David Moye’s daughter when he was at Manchester United.

The next scandal emerged last summer when he was alleged to have affairs with the girlfriend of the Wolves’ defender Kourtney Hause. The former England Under 21 winger, who had his own girlfriend at the time, was reported to have visited Paige Bannister, Kourtney Hause’s 20 year old girlfriend, in her student accommodation.

5. Thibaut Courtois

Thibaut Courtois somehow got away with flirting with his Belgium international teammate, Kevin De Bruyne’s girlfriend. Caroline Lijnen said that she met the giant goalkeeper during a visit to Madrid, He was playing for Atletico Madrid on loan from Chelsea.

Lijnen confessed she planned the affair after the former Wolfsburg midfielder strayed with her former best friend. Thibaut Courtois and De Bruyne have since reconciled.

6. John Terry

Center back and Chelsea team captain John Terry is no stranger to controversy. His history of scandal is well documented. Racial abuse, assault, and illegal gambling are just the tip of the iceberg. Add to that list that he slept with his teammate’s wife and it is plain as day that John Terry isn't always a great guy.

Wayne Bridge, Terry’s friend and teammate, had apparently just ended his relationship with his wife Vanessa Perroncel when John Terry weaselled his way in. When the affair became public, a media circus ensued.

Bridge was furious and refused to shake Terry's had in the pre-game line the next time they faced. He also refused to play for England in 2010 due to the affair.

7. Ryan Giggs

Giggs conducted an eight-year affair with his brother Rhodri's wife, Natasha. The affair resulted in members of Giggs' family repudiating their former ties to Ryan; after Ryan was appointed as manager of the Wales national team, his father Danny said he was "ashamed" of him and that "I can't even bring myself to use his name".