Light Up That Cigarette! Top 10 Footballers who smoke

8. Dimitar Berbatov

“No, sometimes when you see a picture I just pretend to smoke to make me more of a cool guy.”

Said Dimitar Berbatov to The Independent. But we all know better than that, don’t we?

9. Wayne Rooney

The media had a field-day when Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney was spotted on a night out in the Manchester City center in August 2010 “Lighting up a cigarette, urinating against a wall and singing raucously” according to The Daily Mail.

And in 2011, on his honeymoon with Coleen, The Sun published pictures of Wayne smoking in the swimming pool.

10. Mario Balotelli

Not a big surprise to see Mario on this list. Along with being notorious for a lot of other antics, there are more than a few Balotelli-esque incidents around smoking.

The Daily Mail had reported that the former Manchester manager, Roberto Mancini had warned Balotelli that he should give up his smoking habits or he would lose his place in the starting XI. After moving to AC Milan in 2013, Mario was reportedly fined for smoking in a train toilet.

La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that a senior train guard told Milan’s Vice President, Adriano Galliani:

“Maybe you have to pull Balotelli’s ears, because he was smoking in the toilet.”