Brazilian club owned by legend Rivaldo have player shown bizarre red card after he wore the wrong shirt

Mogi Mirim defender Paulao sent-off for putting on a team-mate's shirt

Paulao is shown a red card, much to his bemusement (YouTube)

A player in Brazil’s second tier has received one of the most bizarre red cards ever seen after he was sent-off due to his shirt number.

Serie B side Mogi Mirim suffered a 3-2 defeat to Bragantino on Tuesday in circumstances rarely seen on the football pitch, and it’s more than likely that the kit-man was to blame.

The Brazilian club is owned by Brazil legend Rivaldo, but not even he could prevent the embarrassment of having two players wearing the same number on the back of their shirts resulting in a red card for Mogi Mirim’s defender Paulao.

Paulao is shown a red card, much to his bemusement (YouTube)

The caption clearly shows Paulao should be wearing No 4 (YouTube)

But Paulao emerged for the second half wearing No 3 instead (YouTube)

The No 3 shirt actually belongs to Fabio Sanches (YouTube)

Having worn his usual No 4 shirt in the first half, Paulao returned for the second sporting the No 3 shirt – that of his team-mate Fabio Sanches. The referee, perhaps a tad hasty in dishing out his punishment, issued a second yellow card to Paulao after the fourth official notified him of the error and sent the centre-back for an early bath.

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Mogi were already losing 1-0 at the time of the incident, but valiantly fought back to level the game at 2-2 before suffering another sucker punch in the form of a 93rd-minute Bragantino winner.

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