The 16 best soccer haircuts of all time

10. Gervinho

There must be something in the water at Arsenal. We’ve already seen how David Seaman took a center parting to ludicrous extremes by letting it grow for several years. Gervinho’s hair is also quite long, but he has made matters far worse by starting his hairline about half way back across his head.

It’s almost as if someone has looked at the dome of St. Paul’s cathedral in London and thought “Wow, that looks really impressive. But you know what it needs to top it off? Curtains!”

Sir Christopher Wren would spin in his grave, and many a hairdresser must be similarly perturbed by Gervinho’s efforts. Like so many players discussed here, the Ivory Coast international makes a bad hair choice even worse by employing a hairband.

When will they learn? In fact, try to name any player who has looked good wearing a hairband of some sort. David Beckham is perhaps the most famous example of a player who wore one, and he failed spectacularly in the ‘looking good’ stakes.

Gervinho hasn’t let his terrible hair hold him back. He has won the African Cup of Nations, Ligue 1 and spent time playing in both the Premier League and Serie A. His career seems to be winding down a little now, though.

He’s playing for Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super League. The pay is presumably good, but his hair presumably is still not. Research suggests he covers most of his head with a bandana these days. If only he’d thought of that sooner.