What a week for golazos!

The list kicks off with a goal that had whiff of that George Weah solo special for Milan against Verona all those years ago, as a little known Lebanese forward picked up a corner on the edge of his own box before (and here is where the similarities break down) scoring a ridiculous lobbed golazo from way, way out.

Goal 2 consisted of not just one, but two backheels in the attack as Zenit scored the goal of the week in the Champions League, whilst Europe’s bastard club competition – the Europa League – provided a 35-yard howitzer that blew away Stoke at position 3.

In Brazil on Friday night the long range rippers kept flowing with a sensational right-footed strike (goal 4), whilst on Saturday in Germany the match between Kaiserslautern and Borussia Monchengladbach supplied two entries in our top ten with an outside-of-the-boot curler (goal 5) and yet another top-corner torpedeo (goal 6).

AFCON 2012 maybe over but the African Champions League is only just beginning, and last weekend’s big match in Tunisia supplied an unstoppable far corner floater at spot seven.

That leaves three final golazos: the solo goal of the week in Poland sits at position eight, the obligatory acrobatic entry of the week is found at number nine, whilst the top ten is closed out with a Brazilian belter from PSG’s newly recruited centre-half.

Voting for your favourite goal can be made at the bottom of this post and otherwise just sit back & enjoy!

1. Hassan Al Mohammad (Al Nejmeh v Al Ahed, February 15, 2012)

2. Sergei Semak (Zenit St. Petersburg v Benfica, February 15, 2012)

3. Mehmet Topal (Stoke v Valencia, February 16, 2012)

4. Pio (Guaratingueta v Palmeiras, February 17, 2012)

5. Juan Arango (Kaiserslautern v Borussia Monchengladbach, February 18, 2012)

6. Leon Jessen (Kaiserslautern v Borussia Monchengladbach, February 18, 2012)

7. Hamis Kiiza (Young Africans v Zamalek, February 18, 2012)

8. Prejuce Nakoulma (Gornik Zabrze v Legia Warsaw, February 19, 2012)

9. Shinji Okazaki (Hannover v Stuttgart, February 19, 2012) (pictured)

10. Alex (PSG v Montpellier, February 19, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Kevin Prince Boateng, Andre Santos, Tim Matavz, Olcan Adin, Ola John, Lima, Ryo Miyaichi, Kieran Richardson, Angel Di Maria, Lee Tadanari, Hyun Jun Suk, Mitchell Mallia, Juan Cuadrado, Joel Matip, Kazenga Lua Lua, Lionel Messi, Xavi, Jackson Martinez, Burak Yilmaz, Albert Meyong, Emanuel Perrone & Christian Benitez.

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This week’s top ten includes goals from all corners of the planet.

It starts in Malaysia with a sublime half-volley, continues onto Africa with the best solo goal of AFCON 2012, while entry number three from Iran continues the theme of solo specials.

2012 has been a miserable year for Sporting Lisbon so far (just two wins in ten matches) but that gloominess was momentarily forgotten with a wonder-strike at number four.

The halfway point in our list is straddled by two brilliant goals from Gladbach stars; a majestic give-go-give-go-and-finish, followed by a picture-perfect free-kick from a high-flying Venezuelan star.

The most outrageous must-see goal of the week sits at number seven, followed by a sweet-as-a-nut hit from Spain on Sunday night.

Staying in La Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo netted yet another wonder-goal at number nine, whilst a terrific curler from Argentina closes out the list.

Voting for your favourite goal can be made at the bottom of this post and otherwise just sit back & enjoy!

1. Gurusamy Kandasamy (Selangor v Lions XII, February 8, 2012)

2. Gervinho (Ivory Coast v Mali, February 8, 2012)

3. Bruno Cesar Correa (Sepahan v Mes Kerman, February 8, 2012)

4. Joao Pereira (Nacional v Sporting Lisbon, February 8, 2012)

5. Mike Hanke (Borussia Monchengladbach v Schalke, February 11, 2012)

6. Juan Arango (Borussia Monchengladbach v Schalke, February 11, 2012) (pictured)

7. Christian Fabbiani (Independiente Rivadavia v Almirante Brown, February 11, 2012)

8. Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia v Sporting Gijon, February 12, 2012)

9. Cristiano Ronaldo (3) (Real Madrid v Levante, February 12, 2012)

10. Lucas Ocampos (River Plate v Chacarita Juniors, February 12, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Lomana LuaLua, Rinaudo, Erman Kilic, Marcos Assuncao & Angel Reyna.

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It’s easy to fall into hyperbole, but this week’s collection of golazos is really ridonkulous.

In a long list of also-runs, Matthias Lepiller (solo stunner), Ahmed Saleh (what a lob!), Matias Saurez (a half-volley par excellence), Nahuel Fioretto (halfway-line golazo) and Roberto Torres (a 40-yard lob) all have plenty of reason to be pissed that they didn’t make the cut. If truth be told, if they were more famous they probably would have made their way into the top ten.

But enough about those who didn’t make the cut. Onto those who did.

AFCON 2012 witnessed it’s first true golazo in position one in our list, followed by a terrific looping half-volley from a rehabilitated Black Cat at spot two, while it was back to Africa for goal three and a world-class free-kick from Yaya.

A former Magpie claimed a quick-thinking, injury time, 60-yarder at position four, a no-lift thunderbolt from a random Brazilian left-back appears at five, while goal six brings a jaw-dropping acrobatic goal of the week from a little-known Brazilian striker.

Goal seven is a goal covered in finesse and precision shooting from Portugal, and goal eight presents an outstanding who-needs-to-look-at-the-goal flick from Italy.

That leaves two: Newcastle’s new number nine left an indelible mark on St James’ Park on Sunday with that goal on debut, whilst Juan Mata almost punched a hole in Manchester United’s net with his delicious volley at Stamford Bridge.

1. Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Ghana v Guinea, February 1, 2012)

2. Frazier Campbell (Sunderland v Norwich, February 1, 2012)

3. Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast v Equitorial Guinea, February 4, 2012)

4. Hugo Viana (Braga v Portimonense, February 4, 2012)

5. Thiago Carleto (Fluminense v Duque de Caxias, February 4, 2012)

6. Alexandre Oliveira (Londrina v Iraty, February 4, 2012)

7. Lucho Gonzalez (FC Porto v Vitoria Setubal, February 5, 2012)

8. Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa v Lazio, February 5, 2012)

9. Papiss Demba Cisse (Newcastle v Aston Villa, February 5, 2012)

10. Juan Mata (Chelsea v Manchester United, February 5, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Matthias Lepiller, Abdoul Camara, Ronaldinho, Lulinha, James Chamanga, Cleider Alzate, Mohammed Abdellaoue, James Troisi, Ahmed Ali, Ahmed Saleh, Matias Saurez, Nestor Calderon, Claudio Bieler (David Quiroz assist), Luis Ramirez, Nahuel Fioretto & Roberto Torres.

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Monday equals the best goals of the week.

The list kicks off with a 70-yard stunner (ok, we know the ball was moving but we also don’t care!) that went viral in the past seven days, followed by that goal from the Clasico that almost punched a hole in Iker Casillas’ net.

The meme of vicious netbusters continues at number three with a doelpunt from the Eredivisie. Goal four delivers one of the greatest recent moments of AFCON history, and the halfway point in our list is filled by a solo stunner from Ajax’s wonderful Scandinavian starlet.

The FA Cup delivered a super volley in the Wear-Tees derby at spot six, a terrific goal from a former Real Madrid and Liverpool midfielder lit up Cyprus at number seven, while an outstanding long-range half-volley from Serie A rocked up at position eight.

That left two: a stunning set play from Zlatan, and finally one of the goals of the season from a little known striker from Bolivia.

As always, voting for your favourite can be made at the bottom of this post and otherwise just sit back & enjoy!

1. Cristian Villagra (FC Metalist v Dinamo Moscow, January 23, 2012)

2. Dani Alves (Barcelona v Real Madrid, January 25, 2012)

3. Dries Mertens (PSV v Vitesse, January 27, 2012)

4. Bruno Zita (Gabon v Morocco, January 27, 2012)

5. Christian Eriksen (Feyenoord v Ajax, January 29, 2012)

6. Barry Robson (Sunderland v Middlesbrough, January 29, 2012)

7. Antonio Nunez (APOEL v Apollon, January 29, 2012)

8. Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa v Napoli, January 29, 2012)

9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan v Cagliari, January 29, 2012)

10. Erlan Mealla (Nacional Potosi v The Strongest, January 29, 2012) (pictured)

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Narrowly missing: Douglas Costa, Youssef Msakni, Erman Kilic, David Alvarez, Karim Benzema, Edinson Cavani, Alessandro Del Piero, Davide Petrucci, Lorenzo Insigne, Asamoah Gyan, Sone Aluko, Lucas, Miroslav Stoch and Juninho Pernambucano.

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We start with an omission from last week; Tal Ben Haim’s (Maccabi Petah Tikva, not the Pompey defender!) wonder solo goal versus Hapoel Rishon Lezion from last weekend in the Israeli top flight.

Back to the present, a put-it-on-a-postage-stamp golazo from Inter’s legendary right back starts our top ten, and that’s followed by a wonder-strike from Robbie Keane against the club who gave him his initial big break at spot two.

A fabulous lob from the Rojiblancos’ star centre-forward rolls in a number three, a tremendous free-kick from Loftus Road makes the list at four, and the halfway point is occupied by a brilliant half-volley from the resurgent Black Cats.

An ex-Pensioner now plying his trade in Turkey kicked off the second half of the list, followed by the long-ranger of the week from Portugal.

That leaves three: the goal that should have earned Tottenham a point at Eastlands from Sunday, yet another who needs teammates goal from the greatest footballer on the planet, and finally the goal of the weekend from the Coupe De France.

Vote on your top goal of the week below and, as is custom, sit back and enjoy!

1. Maicon (Inter Milan v Genoa, January 19, 2012)

2. Robbie Keane (2) (Wolves v Aston Villa, January 21, 2012)

3. Radamel Falcao (2) (Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad, January 21, 2012)

4. Akos Buzsaky (QPR v Wigan, January 21, 2012)

5. Craig Gardner (Sunderland v Swansea, January 21, 2012)

6. Miroslav Stoch (Fenerbahce v Kayserispor, January 21, 2012)

7. Danilo Dias (Beira Mar v Maritimo, January 21, 2012)

8. Gareth Bale (Manchester City v Tottenham, January 22, 2012)

9. Lionel Messi (3) (Malaga v Barcelona, January 22, 2012)

10. Morgan Amalfitano (Marseille v Le Havre, January 22, 2012)

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Narrowly missed: Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona, Akmal Rizal, Andy Morrell, Felipe Azevedo, Nabil Ghilas, Myles Anderson, Danny Guthrie, Benat, Rasmus Elm, Lionel Messi (2), Antonio Di Natale, Christian Benitez, Emanuele Giaccherini, Julian Draxler & Manucho.

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Most corners of the planet are represented in this week’s top 10.

We kick off with a delightful long-ranger from Portugal, followed by a two-for-one-helping of Malaysian golazos including a stunner scored directly from a corner.

Italian football takes over with goals three and four, which highlights two fabulous dead-ball specialists plying their trade in Europe’s boot-shaped peninsula.

Moving to Iberia another wonder free-kick pops up at spot five, whilst England’s long-range goal of the week resides as number six.

The styles of golazos on offer this week is mixed up by goal seven, which provides a superbly cheeky backheel from last week’s Copa Del Rey action.

That leaves three: more dead-ball brilliance (this time from Brazil), our acrobatic entry of the week from the Arab world appears at spot nine, and the list is closed by an outstanding volley from the second division in France.

Vote on your top goal of the week below and, as is custom, sit back and enjoy!

1. Artur (Beira Mar v Braga, January 9, 2012)

2. Mohd Subri & Anuar Zulani (T-Team v Kedah, January 10, 2012)

3. Hernanes (Lazio v Verona, January 11, 2012)

4. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese v Chievo, January 11, 2012)

5. Ruben Suarez (Levante v Alcorcon, January 11, 2012)

6. Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham v Everton, January 11, 2012)

7. Gaizka Toquero (Athletic Bilbao v Albacete, January 12, 2012)

8. Dario Botinelli (Londrina v Flamengo, January 12, 2012)

9. Ahmed Ali (Ismaily v El Shorta, January 13, 2012)

10. Idir Ouali (Le Mans v Guingamp, January 14, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ander Herrera, Gianluca Nijholt, Samuel Affum, Oscar Trejo, Sayed Mohammed Adnan, Roque Santa Cruz, Alex & Ze Roberto.

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As football spun out of control during the Christmas and New Year period we decided to hold off on our usual top goals of the week list, but time has now come to highlight the best netbusters during the holiday season.

A cheeky backheel from the beginning of the festive season gets the list up and running, and on the subject of running, goal two provides a sublime solo stunner from the biggest name to emerge from Chilean football since the likes of Salas and Zamarano.

Arabic football, not constricted by the Christian calendar, continued it’s football schedule unabated over the past few weeks and duly served up some crackers. That included a wonderful give-go-and-chip goal from Egypt at spot three, and a terrific goal from the halfway-line at number four.

The long-range rippers were also in fashion in Scotland (goal 5), whilst the over in England the notion of scoring from distance was given a whole new meaning by US keeper Tim Howard.

The 3rd round of the FA Cup had a selection of sparkling moments over the weekend that included a golazo from Oldham at Anfield, a jaw-droppingly good goal on the turn at Macclesfield, and a but magnifique from one of Newcastle’s French imports.

The list ends off in Italy, where a 20-year-old defender opened his San Siro account with a goal he’ll remember throughout his career.

Vote on your top goal of the week below and, as is custom, sit back and enjoy!

1. Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham v Manchester United, December 22, 2011)

2. Eduardo Vargas (Universidad de Chile v Cobreloa, December 30, 2011)

3. Amr Al Halwani (El Entag El Harby v ENNPI, December 30, 2011)

4. Mohammed Al Sefri (Al Ettifaq v Al Ahly, January 1, 2012)

5. Kari Arnason (Dundee United v Aberdeen, January 2, 2012)

6. Tim Howard (Everton v Bolton, January 4, 2012)

7. Robbie Simpson (Liverpool v Oldham, January 6, 2012)

8. Arnaud Mendy (Macclesfield v Bolton, January 7, 2012)

9. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Blackburn, January 7, 2012)

10. Davide Faraoni (Inter Milan v Parma, January 7, 2012)

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Narrowly missed: Wayne Rooney, Adam Smith, Jires Kembo-Ekoko, Amad Al Hosni, Amr Al Halwani (2), Emre Colak, Craig Gardner, Yohan Cabaye, Gonzalo Higuain, Bogdan Stancu, Daniel Joao Candeias, Rafinha, Arturo Vidal, Karim Benzema (Mesut Ozil assist), Jussie, Jonas Gutierrez, Dusan Basta, Aleksandar Kolarov & Edinson Cavani.

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What makes an overhead-volley better than a top corner tomahawk? What makes a solo stunner better than a belter from the halfway-line? Who knows, and for that reason we’ve opted to let you decide.

As 2012 begins, thoughts and conclusions over the last twelve months dominate discussion. Within that framework the question begs what was the best goal of 2011?

So we’ve trawled through the annals, ignored all the mainstream chatter, and hand-picked what we believe are the top ten strikes vying for the top honour.

Factors that influenced those that made the cut included the importance of the match, how memorable that goal was, the style of the strike, and whether the goal was something out of the ordinary.

Moreover, unlike FIFA and the many other websites trying to solve the same puzzle, here at 101 Great Goals we thought it best to wait for 2011 to actually finish before putting our list out to the public.

Thanks to everyone on Twitter and Facebook who got in touch with their suggestions (be sure to join those groups if you haven’t already!).

Vote on your top goal of the 2011 below, and, as is custom, please sit back and enjoy!

1. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United v Manchester City, February 12, 2011)

2. Cleiton Xavier (2) (Metalist v Dnipro, March 13, 2011)

3. Lionel Messi (2) (Real Madrid v Barcelona, April 26, 2011)

4. Eric Hassli (Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps, June 11, 2011)

5. Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico v United States, June 25, 2011)

6. Darlington Nagbe (Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers, July 2, 2011)

7. Neymar (Santos v Flamengo, July 27, 2011)

8. Jone Samuelsen (Odd Grenland v Tromso, September 25, 2011)

9. Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg, October 1, 2011)

10. Robin van Persie (Arsenal v Everton, December 10, 2011)

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Missing the cut: Freddy Guarin (Porto v Maritimo, January 8, 2011), Ruben Cani (Villarreal v Osasuna, January 15, 2011), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Lecce v AC Milan, January 16, 2011),Yoahandry Orozco (Venezuela U20 v Peru U20, January 24, 2011), Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan v Schalke, April 5, 2011), Juninho Pernambucano (Al Sadd v Al Gharafa, April 10, 2011), Mohd Aidil Zafuan (Taiwan v Malaysia, July 3, 2011), Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea v Wycombe, July 12, 2011), Matias Urbano (Union San Felipe v Union La Calera, August 6, 2011), Johnny Black (Coleraine v Portadown, September 3, 2011), Soren Berg (AGF Aarhus v FC Midtjylland, September 12, 2011), Marama Vahirua (Monaco v Le Mans, November 5, 2011), Gerardo Masini (Teramo v San Nicolo, November 6, 2011), Diop Martins (Real Oviedo v Coruxo, November 13, 2011), Kevin Prince Boateng (AC Milan v Barcelona, November 23, 2011), Inigo Martinez (Real Sociedad v Real Betis, November 27, 2011), and Gualberto Mojica Olmos (Oriente Petrolero v Guabira, December 8, 2011).

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With Christmas just around the corner, and the need to go present shopping growing daily, the chances to miss football over the last few days have been magnified. Accordingly, we take it upon ourselves to recap you with the top ten goals of the week.

The next great thing to come out of Brazil got the list off and running with a solo belter at the Club World Cup, while the club international arena proved the backdrop for a Spurs youngster to curl home a beauty at number two.

The longest goal of the week was scored in the second division in Holland fills spot three, a sweet-as-you-like volley sits at four, and a left-footed sizzler from Scotland bring us to the halfway mark.

The two best players in the world take their places at numbers six and seven. Ronaldo went the solo route with an unstoppable thumper, compared to Messi’s opener in the Club World Cup final that was the product of Xavi’s sublime control in the build up.

That leaves three, and all are acrobatic. We have an incredible overhead volley from Serie A, another incredible bicycle-kick from the second division in Spain, and the Spanish Segunda division also closed out our list with a juggling/scissors-kick golazo.

Vote on your top goal of the week below and, as is custom, sit back and enjoy!

1. Neymar (Santos v Kashiwa Reysol, December 14, 2011)

2. Andros Townsend (Shamrock Rovers v Tottenham, December 15, 2011)

3. Bart van Brakel (MVV Maastricht v Den Bosch, December 16, 2011)

4. James Morrison (Blackburn v West Brom, December 16, 2011)

5. James Dayton (Kilmarnock v Dundee United, December 16, 2011)

6. Cristiano Ronaldo (2) (Sevilla v Real Madrid, December 17, 2011)

7. Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Santos, December 18, 2011)

8. David Di Michele (Parma v Lecce, December 18, 2011) (pictured)

9. Henok Goitom (Almeria v Sabadell, December 18, 2011)

10. Victor Curto (La Roda v Albacete, December 18, 2011)

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Narrowly missing: Miroslav Stoch, Tomas Rincon, Viktor Klonaridis, Nacer Barazite (assist Zlatko Junuzovic), Edu, Nolito, Jeremy Brockie, Sejad Salihovic, Ivan Carril, Grant Holt, Peter Odemwingie, Lionel Messi (2), Francesco Lodi and Michael Carrick.

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As a new week begins, Monday affords us the opportunity to round up the top ten goals from the last week of world football.

While the Clasico was the big story of Saturday night, earlier in the week Barcelona’s kids pushed aside BATE Borisov in the Champions League with Pedro netting the goal of the game. Staying in Europe’s premier club competition, spot two serves up OM’s thrilling winner at Dortmund, which was one of the goals of the Champions League group stages.

Moving to the other side of the globe, Bolivian football supplied a mouthwatering scissors-kick at number three, while the Argentinean top flight produced a solo stunner at position four.

Marking the halfway point in our list is that volley from RVP, followed by a direct curling corner from the Bundesliga on Saturday. Our sole acrobatic entry then appears at spot seven; a terrific overhead-kick from Romania.

That leaves three: a swerving thumper from Milan’s evergreen playmaker, a jaw-dropping volley that stunned Borussia Dortmund, and finally a long-range howitzer from the Spanish second division.

As always, you can get involved by voting at the bottom of this post.

Otherwise you know the drill: sit back and enjoy!

1. Pedro (Barcelona v BATE Borisov, December 6, 2011)

2. Mathieu Valbuena (Borussia Dortmund v Marseille, December 6, 2011)

3. Gualberto Mojica Olmos (Oriente Petrolero v Guabira, December 8, 2011)

4. Diego Morales (Tigre v Velez Sarsfield, December 8, 2011)

5. Robin van Persie (Arsenal v Everton, December 10, 2011)

6. Christian Clemens (Cologne v Freiburg, December 10, 2011) (pictured)

7. Mihai Costea (Steaua Bucharest v CFR Cluj, December 10, 2011)

8. Clarence Seedorf (Bologna v AC Milan, December 11, 2011)

9. Olcay Sahan (Borussia Dortmund v Kaiserslautern, December 11, 2011)

10. Nano (Real Oviedo v Tenerife, December 11, 2011)

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Narrowly missing: Jelle Vossen, Omar Asem, Elroy Cohen, Emmanuel Eboue, Emanuele Giaccherini, Victor Wanyama, Leandro Domingues, Eric Mouloungui, David Vaughan, Selcuk Inan and Mayer Candelo.

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