Manchester City defender Jerome Boateng  is still sidelined by another in a long list of freak injuries to football players. It appears the German international tore a left knee tendon while playing with Germany against Denmark recently and then aggravated it after being hit in the leg by a drink cart on a flight back to Manchester, which as further delayed his debut in the EPL. City has said it might be about a month until he can suit up for the club after the collision made his injury worse.

It’s believed Boateng won’t even begin training until early October. The 22-year old was bought by City for about U.S. $19 million dollar from Hamburg the World Cup this summer. But he’ll now miss the start of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Boateng isn’t the first football player to suffer a strange injury though as the following list will attest to. It seems goal keepers have the worst luck when it comes to hurting themselves.

English defender Rio Ferdinand of Manchester United once strained a tendon just by resting his leg upon a coffee table for several hours back in 2001.

Spanish goalkeeper Santiago Canizares had to drop out of the 2002 World Cup after he dropped a bottle of aftershave on his foot and injuring a tendon.

Striker Darius Vassell, formerly of Aston Villa, missed a few games back in 2003 after drilling through his toe nail with a power drill.

Former Arsenal and England keeper David Seaman tore a back muscle after bending down to record Coronation Street on his VCR.

Keeper Michael Stensgaard of Denmark suffered a career-ending injury to his shoulder after folding his ironing board.
Aberdeen keeper Jamie Langfield dropped a pot of boiling water on his foot when making coffee and missed a few weeks.

Glasgow Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot once had an egg blow up in his face and needed hospital treatment for burns after he was checking on his microwaved food. The egg blew up scalded him with hot water.

Former Everton keeper Richard Wright missed a FA Cup replay at Chelsea after ignoring a sign warning players not to practice in the goalmouth. He fell over the sign and twisted his ankle.

Former Wimbledon keeper Dave Beasant missed two months of the season in 1993 after dropping a bottle of salad dressing on his foot, which promptly severed a tendon in his big toe.

Stoke midfielder Liam Lawrence once fell over his dog and went tumbling down a flight of stairs.

Spurs and Ireland striker Robbie Keane tore a cartilage in his knee after stretching to grab a remote control for his TV back in back in 1998.

Former England and Leeds midfielder David Batty injured his Achilles tendon after his young toddler rode over his foot with his tricycle.