Edmundo gets my vote for this GEM, back in the day
Edmundo and Pedrinho the monkey
In 1999 genteel Brazilian striker Edmundo, also known as 'The Animal', faced prosecution by animal welfare groups after hiring an entire circus to perform in his back garden to celebrate his son's first birthday. At the party he got the chimpanzee Pedrinho drunk on beer and whiskey. The two elephants in attendance stuck to water.