Our lives changed since social media came, today you can know everything about someone through what he posts on Social Media accounts. Yes, Social Media eased our communication and interaction, but sometimes we get into problems because of what we’ve published on those different platforms.

Here are 5 times social media got football players into problems

Mario Balotelli

The former Man City forward re-posted an image of the Nintendo character Super Mario on his Instagram account that contained the words “jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a jew”.

The 28 year-old was widely criticized for the image which was later deleted. However, he reacted angrily to the suggestion that his message was anti-Semitic.

Ryan Babel

Former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel became the first player to be sanctioned for misuse of Social Media in January 2011, when he was fined £10,000 by the FA for tweeting a photo-shopped picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt.

Adrian Mutu

Mutu was left out of Romania’s squad for a World Cup play-off match against Greece and he reacted by posting a photo-shopped picture of Mr Bean’s head grafted on the body of the then Romania Coach Victor Piturca. He was never called back into the national team again

Rio Ferdinand

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was fined £45,000 by the FA for improper conduct after he re-tweeted a post which described Ashley Cole as a ‘choc ice’, after Cole gave evidence on behalf of John Terry in the racial abuse case which involved Ferdinand’s brother Anton.

Darren Bent

“Do I wanna go Hull City NO. Do I wanna go stoke NO do I wanna go Sunderland YES so stop f—— around, Levy,” he said.

Bent was handed a heavy fine for his remarks.