Maximo Banguera, the goalkeeper for Ecuador's Barcelona Sporting Club, pulled the ultimate desperation move in an effort to stave off a foul, playing dead after colliding with an opposing player.

As you can see in the video, Banguera lay still, eyes closed, for nearly a minute, like when kids think if they're hiding and keep their eyes shut nobody can see them. Eventually he gets up and draws a red card, which we're guessing was for that bogus acting job, since the replay shows the two players barely even made contact.

It's a pretty sorry effort, all in all. In fact, this soccer stunt isn't even the best example of an athlete playing dead in the middle of a game. That would go to an Arkansas State football player who did a melodramatic, Marion Cotillard-level fake death during a play to throw off the defense:

The fake punt ended up being intercepted, so playing possum yet again failed to produce results on the field.

So where does fake death rank among the dumbest on-field sports lies in recent memory? Not very high. One even doofier moment was when Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin tried to "accidentally" run into a kick returner.

After the game, Tomlin said it was an innocent mistake from watching the Jumbotron and forgetting where he was on the field.

Pitchers have been known to cheat by scuffing or adding foreign substances to the baseball, and the latest example was New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda, who was ejected last season for smearing the ball with pine tar. Where'd he hide the stuff? On his neck, which left a pretty obvious shiny streak on his skin.

Then there was the New York Giants' alleged campaign of fake injuries. Not a big deal in soccer, very big deal in football.

The premeditation and widespread nature of that one makes it particularly dastardly.

But perhaps the most boneheaded cheat in recent times was the marathon runner who forgot to factor in her half-marathon times when mapping out her shortcuts, resulting in her "completing" the second half of the race in 55 minutes — besting the world record by over three minutes. That's very suspicious! She was ultimately disqualified.

See, kids, cheaters never win. Unless they're the New England Patriots.