Dia, Pronounced Like "Liar"

The English Premier League boasts some of the best soccer players in the world—and for 21 memorable minutes in 1996, one of the absolute worst. Ali Dia, now a legend in Southampton lore, made the team after its manager received a phone call about Dia’s supposed skills from former FIFA World Player of the Year George Weah. Turns out it wasn’t Weah, but a friend of Dia’s impersonating the legend. The team didn’t realize its mistake until after they brought Dia in as a sub against Leeds. “He ran around the pitch like Bambi on ice,” said one teammate of the performance. Ali Dia’s total lack of talent made his Premier League career a short one, but his chutzpah will live on forever.