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Fewest minutes at a FIFA World Cup by a football player to receive a red card

Fewest minutes at a FIFA World Cup by a football player to receive a red card
Who
Marco Etcheverry , Ion Vladoiu
What
3 minute(s)
Where
Not Applicable
When
1994

At the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA, two players were sent off having been on the pitch for just three minutes: Marco Etcheverry (Boliva), who was red-carded in the 82nd minute against Germany on 17 June 1994, having come on as a 79th-minute substitute; and Ion Vladoiu (Romania), a 70th-minute substitute who was dismissed in the 73rd minute against Switzerland on 22 June 1994. Neither would play again at the World Cup.