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Shooting (association Football)
In association football, shooting is hitting the ball in an attempt to Scoring in association football, score a goal. It is usually done using the feet or head. A shot on target or shot on goal is a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player. Types of shots Depending on the part of the body used * Lace : To do a straight kick, a player comes at the ball straight then kicks it with the laces of his foot (ankle is locked). To perform a Instep drive use your laces and inside of your foot. To perform a Swaz shot use your laces and outside of your foot. The Instep drive shot and Swaz shot will go straight and curve * Inside foot shot: To perform an inside shot, the player moves their hip outside and then kicks the ball with the middle of the inside of the foot for a curve effect. * Outside foot shot / trivela: To do an outside foot shot, the ball is hit with the outside three toes of the foot to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Footballer Steven Gerrard
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr FC, Al-Nassr and the Portugal national football team, Portugal national team. Nicknamed CR7, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and has won numerous List of career achievements by Cristiano Ronaldo#Individual honours, individual accolades throughout Career of Cristiano Ronaldo, his professional footballing career, including five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, four European Golden Shoes, and was named five times the The Best FIFA Men's Player#FIFA Player of the Year (including predecessors), world's best player by FIFA. He has won List of career achievements by Cristiano Ronaldo#Collective awards, 34 trophies in his career, including seven league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Panenka
Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague before having spells with various Austrian clubs including Rapid Wien. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia and gained recognition for his winning penalty kick in the shoot-out of the final against West Germany where he scored with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. This style of penalty is now known as a '' panenka''. In 1980, he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year and his team finished third at Euro 1980. Club career An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for Bohemians Prague for most of his career, joining the club in 1967. He was named Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year in 1980. In 1981, Panenka left Bohemians for Austrian club Rapid Wien, where he won two Bundesliga tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panenka (penalty Kick)
In association football, the panenka is a technique used while taking a penalty kick in which the taker, then instead of kicking the ball to the left or right of the goalkeeper, gives a light touch underneath the ball, causing it to rise and fall within the centre of the goal, deceiving the goalkeeper who will most likely have committed to a dive away from the centre. The technique was pioneered by Czech player Antonín Panenka when he scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout that decided the UEFA Euro 1976 final in Belgrade, beating West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier to claim the title for the Czechoslovakia national team. The technique garnered Panenka much media attention and praise, but it was likewise deemed risky. Due to it being difficult to execute correctly and relatively easy to save for the goalkeeper if anticipated, a ''panenka'' has rarely been attempted at professional knock-out tournaments. Sports journalists have noted that generally only highly regarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami and the Argentina national football team, Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi set numerous records for List of career achievements by Lionel Messi#Individual honours, individual accolades won throughout Career of Lionel Messi, his professional footballing career such as eight Ballon d'Or awards and eight times being named the The Best FIFA Men's Player#FIFA Player of the Year (including predecessors), world's best player by FIFA. He is the most decorated player in the history of professional football having won List of career achievements by Lionel Messi#Collective awards, 45 team trophies, including twelve Big Five (association football), Big Five leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played solely for AS Roma, Roma and the Italy national football team, Italy national team. He was a technically gifted and creative offensive playmaker who could play as an attacking midfielder or as a forward (association football), forward (second striker, lone striker (association football), striker, or winger (association football), winger). Totti List of one-club men in association football, spent his entire career at Roma, winning a Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. A prolific goalscorer, he is the Football records in Italy#Goalscoring, second-highest scorer of all time in Italian league history with 250 goals, and is the Football records in Italy#Highest-scoring Italian players in all competitions, sixth-highest scoring Italian in all competitions with 316 goals. Totti is the AS Roma statistics and records#Top all-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romário
Romário de Souza Faria (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário (), is a Brazilian politician and former professional association football, footballer who is currently a Senator for Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro and the president of football club America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro), America-RJ. A prolific striker (association football), striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he scored over List of footballers with 500 or more goals, 700 goals for his clubs and country, and he is considered one of the greatest players of all time."The Joy of Six: Great finishers" ''The Guardian''. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2013 Romário starred for Brazil national football team, Brazil in their 1994 FIFA World Cup triumph, receiving the FIFA World Cup Golden Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio (; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation. A technically gifted creative playmaker and set piece specialist, renowned for his curling free-kicks, dribbling skills, and goalscoring, Baggio is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. In 1999, he came fourth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, and was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002. In 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players. Baggio played for Italy in 56 matches and is the joint fourth-highest goalscorer for his national team. He starred in the Italian team that finished third in the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl González
Raul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French Raoul, and is derived from Old English Rædwulf through Radulf.Entry 'Raul' in th inforpedia.pt website. Accessed on 2023-03-19. It is also a popular common boy name in . The name is usually spelled "Raul" in Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a association football positions, position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing football team, team from Scoring in association football, scoring a 'Football pitch#Goals, goal' (i.e. putting the football (ball), ball over the Goal_(sports)#Association_football, goal Goal line (association football), line). This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them (outside throw-ins) the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit (association football), kit from their teammates and opposition. The back-pass rule is a rule that disallows handling passes b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip (association Football)
A chip, also known as a lob, is a shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a Scoring in association football, goal over the Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Chip shots usually have backspin, otherwise they are usually considered a lob. In general, the lob requires that the player strike the ball with the front of their foot, using the toe to lift the ball up in the air. Mostly used to score, it focuses on getting the ball to a certain amount of vertical height, where the goalkeeper can't reach it and then have it come back down again into the goal. It takes a certain amount of technique and precision to do and players such as Carlos Vela, Raúl (footballer), Raúl González, Cristiano Ronaldo, Radamel Falcao, Ronaldinho, Roberto Baggio, Romário, Francesco Totti, Alessandro Del Piero and Lionel Messi have made it tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Ibrahimović is known for his acrobatic strikes and Volley (association football), volleys, technique, ball control, and physical dominance. He is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and is one of the most decorated footballers in the world, having won 34 trophies in his career. He scored over List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals#Footballers with 500 or more goals, 570 career goals, including more than 500 club goals, and scored in four consecutive decades between the 1990s and the 2020s. Ibrahimović began his career at Malmö FF in 1999, and signed for AFC Ajax, Ajax two years later, where he won two Eredivisie titles and gained a reputation as one of the most promising forwards in Europe. He departed three years later to sign for Juventus FC, Juventus before joining domestic rivals In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
