Thursday 03 May 2012, 09:58
A determined attitude and cultured right foot helped ‘Nobby’ Solano to become a cult hero in Newcastle, but he is also one of Peru’s all-time biggest celebrities. And why not, when he scored goals as good...
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Wednesday 04 April 2012, 13:25
It isn’t often that headers are considered truly classic goals, but then it isn’t often that someone finds the net with their nut from an incredible 43 yards out. Argentine striker Martin ‘El Loco’ Palermo...
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Friday 02 March 2012, 15:45
Poor Matty Burrows – how things may have changed had it not been for Hamit Altintop. The Glentoran striker, whose backheel volley was watched by millions on YouTube, missed out on FIFA’s Puskas Award for...
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Wednesday 01 February 2012, 10:28
Jurgen Klinsmann was both a great goalscorer and a scorer of great goals, but he says this was the greatest of the lot. His bicycle kick for Stuttgart against Bayern Munich, who had Mark Hughes playing...
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Wednesday 04 January 2012, 11:21
The 1999 Champions League Final was an iconic match; Manchester United’s last-gasp victory over Bayern Munich is remembered around the world. What may be a bit hazy is that the two sides also met in the...
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Wednesday 07 December 2011, 09:34
Mauro Bressan scored few goals in a career that spanned 20 years and nearly 500 games – yet one placed him in Champions League folklore. Bressan’s overhead kick for Fiorentina in their European tie against...
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Thursday 01 December 2011, 12:30
Paraguayan goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert scored 62 goals in his career, his size four left foot helping him become something of a set-piece and penalty specialist. The greatest of them all was playing...
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Tuesday 01 November 2011, 14:50
The rise of Valencia at the turn of the century seems a lifetime away in light of Spain’s current duopoly. Inspired by Gaizka Mendieta, Los Che’s success began in 1999 with their first domestic trophy...
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Monday 31 October 2011, 14:17
Fans of Argentine side Independiente will never forget September 11, 2005. On that day, they witnessed what most fans of the club say is their greatest ever goal. Sergio Aguero, aged just 17, had just...
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Friday 28 October 2011, 16:32
Every month in FourFourTwo, a player remembers and talks us through his best ever goal. Here's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, thinking fondly about his legendary jinking run for Ajax in 2004... “In 2004, I was...
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