dislocated my knee and broke my ankle, tearing or snaping every tendon and ligament in both joints. basically, the only thing holding my leg together was skin!
playing in goal, came out to close a player down, got the ball but he stamped down on my leg at like a 45 degree angle, because i was coming out so quickly and had all my bodyweight in my forward momentum, and all his in the opposite direction, my knee twisted out of its socket and because my studs got caught, my ankle 90 degrees in the other direction.
Dr. said the only reason i didnt break my leg was because my shin bone basically twisted so far both joints just snapped. Crutches for 9 months, 2 years till fully recovered thanks to physio. and 3 years till it was strong enough to play football again.
Lost 50% of the spring in that leg, which being a goalkeeper doesnt help! still playing at an ok level...bottom tier of non league pyramid, but not the player i was