Ex-Nigeria star Seyi Olofinjana has been sued by Dexter Blackstock for a bad tackle and the striker is seeking a 50,000 Pounds compensation.
Nottingham Forest striker Blackstock is seeking damages at the High Court after a tackle resulted in him being injured for more than a year.
He is seeking compensation from Olofinjana and the midfielder's former club Cardiff City over a knee injury suffered in a match in November 2010.
Blackstock, 27, who scored the winner before being stretchered off, claims the midfielder was "negligent".
The amount has not been disclosed but exceeds £50,000, according to the writ.
Blackstock said Olofinjana challenged him "in a way that caused a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury" in the 88th minute of the game, which Forest won 2-0, at the City of Cardiff Stadium.
He has lodged a writ seeking damages for not being able to earn bonuses while he was injured and wants the right to further compensation should the injury end his career prematurely.
Blackstock's barrister, Jonathan Crystal, said in the writ that Olofinjana, 33, "played Mr Blackstock rather than the ball" and "raised his foot" in the challenge, "forcefully striking" his opponent's shin and calf and failed "to control his momentum".
"The medical reports detail a significant chance that at some point in the future Mr Blackstock's knee will deteriorate further or he will suffer further injury as a result of the existing condition of his knee which will impact upon his ability to play professional football."
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