Watch: Mario Balotelli scores ridiculous rabona in five-goal Super Lig show

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Former Liverpool and Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli netted five goals for Turkish side Adana Demirspor on Sunday - including a ridiculous rabona

Mario Balotelli in action for Adana Demirspor.
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While two of his former clubs Manchester City and Liverpool were fighting for the Premier League title and another - AC Milan - were winning Serie A, Mario Balotelli was making more headlines of his own on Sunday.

The ex-Italy striker hit five goals in an impressive 7-0 win for Adana Demirspor over Goztepe in the Turkish Super Lig - including a ridiculous rabona.

Balotelli scored in the 33rd, 36th and 44th minutes to complete a first-half hat-trick, before adding another in the 62nd minute of an extremely one-sided contest.

But the 31-year-old saved the best for last as he struck a fantastic fifth on 70 minutes, making space for himself with a series of 'bicicletas' and then beating the goalkeeper with an outrageous rabona from a tight angle into the far corner.

Balotelli's five goals see him end the season with 18 in 31 appearances as Adana Demirspor finished a respectable ninth in the Super Lig.

The much-travelled striker is under contract for two more years with the Turkish side, who were promoted from the nation's second tier last summer.

Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.