Ever Banega reportedly ran himself over with his own car

Footballers have suffered some bizarre injuries over the years -- like Ivano Bonetti's fractured cheek bone from a plate of chicken wings or Chic Brodie's career-ending broken kneecap from a dog that ran on the pitch. And now, Ever Banega can add his name to the list.

From Reuters:

Valencia playmaker Ever Banega will have surgery on a damaged ankle suffered after he failed to set the handbrake in his car at a petrol station and it rolled back and trapped his foot, Spanish media reported on Sunday.

"The player Ever Banega has suffered an automobile mishap after training and will have an operation on an injury to his ankle this afternoon," Valencia said in a statement.

As embarrassing as that may be for Banega, he can take comfort in the fact that he wasn't injured by a child's tricycle like David Batty.