Believe it or not, footballers are some of the most superstitious people you will ever meet. Yes, they do work extremely hard to keep themselves in shape and top form, but many of them still rely on an extra bit of luck to help them perform optimally.  

Now, many of these things they do may not really make sense to you. But if they have continued to do them for some time, surely they believe it works for them, and if they do, who are we to question it?

Here are 5 crazy superstitious rituals performed by footballers.