Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

It has been an incredible season and the list below reflects the quality of football played across the globe over the past 12 months.

From a website perspective, 101 Great Goals has seen enormous growth during the 2011/2012 campaign and we are indebted to you.

Whether it be through Twitter, Facebook, emails, comments or by likes, referrals and retweets, the constant love and feedback we have received over the years has been the driving force in keeping 101 Great Goals alive.

We look forward to serving you with the best football video content online this summer and beyond, and will continue the good fight in making 101 Great Goals the best independent football website on the world wide web.

Now on to the list… It is in chronological order and is based on our weekly top goals list as well as a fair few “brilliant goals you won’t have seen.”

There is not currently a video with all the goals in one place, if there is someone out there willing to take on the task we would be eternally grateful and said montage would receive pride of place on 101 Great Goals.

At the very bottom is a poll, which will allow us to whittle down the top 10 goals and then crown the goal of the season in the coming days.

Vote below. Accuse 101gg of bias towards [insert team/player here] in the comments. Cheers!

1. Paulo Sergio (Real Madrid legends v Bayern Munich legends, June 5, 2011) 2. Eric Hassli (Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps, June 11, 2011) 3. Javier Hernandez (Mexico v Guatemala, June 18, 2011) 4. Raheem Sterling (England U17 v Rwanda U17,June 19, 2011) 5. Thiago Alcantara (Spain U21 v Switzerland U21, June 25, 2011) 6. Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico v United States, June 25, 2011) 7. Mohd Aidil Zafuan (Taiwan v Malaysia, July 3, 2011) 8. David Beckham (LA Galaxy v Chicago Fire, July 9, 2011) 9. Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea v Wycombe, July 12, 2011) 10. Sascha Rosler (Fortuna Dusseldorf v Bochum, July 18, 2011)

11. Neymar (Santos v Flamengo, July 27, 2011) 12. Marco Fabian (2) (Chivas v Barcelona, August 3, 2011) 13. Paddy McCourt (Northern Ireland v Faroe Islands, August 10, 2011) 14. David Villa (Real Madrid v Barcelona, August 14, 2011) 15. Leandro Damiao (Internacional v Flamengo, August 21, 2011) 16. Axel Witsel (Benfica v FC Twente, August 24, 2011) 17. Pat Sullivan (Partizan Belgrade v Shamrock Rovers, August 25, 2011) 18. Mauricio Isla (Spain v Chile, September 2, 2011) 19. Maya Yoshida (VVV Venlo v PSV, September 11, 2011) 20. Alexandre Pato (Barcelona v AC Milan, September 13, 2011)

21. Ivan Perisic (Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal, September 13, 2011) 22. Luka Modric (Tottenham v Liverpool, September 18, 2011) 23. Luis Nani (Manchester United v Chelsea, September 18, 2011) 24. Jone Samuelsen (Odd Grenland v Tromso, September 25, 2011) 25. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid v Ajax, September 27, 2011) 26. Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg, October 1, 2011) 27. Julio Baptista (Malaga v Getafe, October 1, 2011) 28. Inigo Martinez (Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao, October 2, 2011) 29. Heinrich Schmidtgal (Karlsruher v Greuther Fürth, October 2, 2012) 30. Cristiano Ronaldo (Denmark v Portugal, October 11, 2011)

31. Jason Walker (York v Grimsby, October 15, 2011) 32. Helder Postiga (Zaragoza v Real Sociedad, October 16, 2011) 33. Fred (Fluminense v Coritiba, October 13, 2011) 34. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona v Viktoria Plzen, October 19, 2011) 35. Kevin Prince-Boateng (AC Milan v BATE Borisov, October 19, 2011) 36. Cristiano Ronaldo (Malaga v Real Madrid, October 22, 2011) 37. Christopher Drazan (Rapid Vienna v Ried, October 25, 2011) 38. Simao (Besiktas v Fenerbahce, October 27, 2011) 39. Theo Walcott (Chelsea v Arsenal, October 29, 2011) 40. Marama Vahirua (Monaco v Le Mans, November 5, 2011)

41. Gerardo Masini (Teramos v San Nicolo, November 6, 2011) 42. Nahki Wells (Bradford v Rochdale, November 12, 2011) 43. Diop Martins (Real Oviedo v Coruxo, November 13, 2011) 44. Luis Nani (Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina, November 15, 2011) 45. Rafal Wolski (Legia Warsaw v Lechia Gdansk, November 19, 2011) 46. Kevin Prince Boateng (AC Milan v Barcelona, November 23, 2011) 47. Jan Schlaudraff (Hannover v Hamburg, November 26, 2011) 48. Nazmi Faiz Mansor (Malaysia U23 v Bahrain U23, November 27, 2011) 49. Inigo Martinez (Real Sociedad v Real Betis, November 27, 2011) 50. Darren Ambrose (Manchester United v Crystal Palace, November 30, 2011)

51. Mario Balotelli (Manchester City v Norwich, December 3, 2011) 52. Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad v Malaga, December 4, 2011) 53. Robin van Persie (Arsenal v Everton, December 10, 2011) 54. Neymar (Santos v Kashiwa Reysol, December 14, 2011) 55. Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Santos, December 18, 2011) 56. Cristiano Ronaldo (2) (Sevilla v Real Madrid, December 17, 2011) 57. Tim Howard (Everton v Bolton, January 4, 2012) 58. Arnaud Mendy (Macclesfield v Bolton, January 7, 2012) 59. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Blackburn, January 7, 2012) 60. Gaizka Toquero (Athletic Bilbao v Albacete, January 12, 2012)

61. Tal Ben Haim (Hapoel Rishon Lezion v Maccabi Petah Tikva, January 14, 2012) 62. Gareth Bale (Manchester City v Tottenham, January 22, 2012) 63. Lionel Messi (3) (Malaga v Barcelona, January 22, 2012) 64. Dani Alves (Barcelona v Real Madrid, January 25, 2012) 65. Erlan Mealla (Nacional Potosi v The Strongest, January 29, 2012) 66. Alexandre Oliveira (Londrina v Iraty, February 4, 2012) 67. Cristiano Ronaldo (3) (Real Madrid v Levante, February 12, 2012) 68. Shinji Okazaki (Hannover v Stuttgart, February 19, 2012) 69. Marek Zienczuk (Ruch Chorzow v Lech Poznan, February 24, 2012) 70. Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic v Dunfermline, February 25, 2012)

71. Benni McCarthy (Orlando Pirates v Maritzburg United, February 26, 2012) 72. Cristiano Ronaldo (Rayo Vallecano v Real Madrid, February 26, 2012) 73. Lionel Messi (Atletico Madrid v Barcelona, February 26, 2012) 74. Miroslav Stoch (Fenerbahce v Genclerbirligi, March 3, 2012) 75. Neymar (Santos v Internacional, March 7, 2012) 76. Heverton (Nagoya Grampus Eight v Seongnam, March 7, 2012) 77. Bruno Moraes (assist Nicklas Barkroth) (Braga v Uniao Leiria, March 9, 2012) 78. Jesus Manuel Meza (Caracas v Aragua, March 18, 2012) 79. Sebastian Coates (QPR v Liverpool, March 21, 2012) 80. Peter Crouch (Stoke v Manchester City, March 24, 2012)

81. Thamsanqa Sangweni (Amazulu v Witbank Spurs, March 25, 2012) 82. Karim Benzema (Osasuna v Real Madrid March 31, 2012) 83. Cristiano Ronaldo (Osasuna v Real Madrid March 31, 2012) 84. David Trezeguet (River Plate v Ferro Carril Oeste, March 31, 2012) 85. Xherdan Shaqiri (Luzern v Basel, April 7, 2012) 86. Stefano Mauri (Lazio v Napoli, April 7, 2012) 87. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Bolton, April 9, 2012) 88. Younes Belhanda (Marseille v Montpellier, April 11, 2012) 89. Cristiano Ronaldo (1st goal, free-kick) (Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, April 11, 2012) 90. Ricardo Vaz Te (West Ham v Brighton, April 14, 2012)

91. Mark Hudson (Cardiff v Derby, April 16, 2012) 92. Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad v Villarreal, April 22, 2012) 93. Alexander Milosevic (AIK v GIF Sundsvall, April 22, 2012) 94. Luis Suarez (3) (Norwich v Liverpool, April 28, 2012) 95. Papiss Demba Cisse (2) (Chelsea v Newcastle, May 2, 2012) 96. Fredy Montero (LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders, May 2, 2012) 97. Maicon (Inter Milan v AC Milan, May 6, 2012) 98. Suppiah Chanturu (Kelantan v Lions XII, May 5, 2012) 99. Radamel Falcao (1st goal) (Altetico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao, May 9, 2012) 100. Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos v Bolivar, May 10, 2012) 101. Radamel Falcao (America de Cali v Atletico Madrid, May 19, 2012)

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Monday, May 21st, 2012

We start with an announcement.

The end of the 2011-12 football season is upon us… so it’s time for the famous 101 Greatest Goals of the Season list! The list will come out later this week, so make sure to check in for the most-comprehensive golazo compilation on the planet.

(Note: If you’re a video capper and can help put all 101 goals onto one video, please contact us immediately at 101greatgoals at gmail dot com.)

The mass of football matches may be dwindling, but the quality remains lazar-sharp.

A magnificent volley from the MLS starts the ball rolling, followed by Radamel Falcao’s first acrobatic entry of the week during Atletico Madrid’s summer tour of Colombia.

The acrobatics remain on show with a terrific overhead-volley from Austria, goal four keeps it going with an amazing angled bicycle-kick from Argentina, while Radamel Falcao swooped back to the limelight with one of the greatest scissor-kicks (ever?) at spot five.

Six offers a wonderful free-kick from River Plate, seven is another scissors-kick from America, while eight provides a ridiculous volley you won’t have seen from Vietnam.

That leaves two: Joselu’s fantastic backheel golazo for Real Madrid B, and a world-class flick-roll-and-finish from a classy Boca Juniors centre-forward.

You know the drill. Voting is below. Enjoy.

1. Eric Hassli (Vancouver Whitecaps v Toronto FC, May 16, 2012)

2. Radamel Falcao (Millonarios v Atletico Madrid, May 16, 2012)

3. Darko Bodul (Sturm Graz v Austria Vienna, May 17, 2012)

4. Carlos Luna (Tigres v Newell’s Old Boys, May 18, 2012)

5. Radamel Falcao (America de Cali v Atletico Madrid, May 19, 2012)

6. Fernando Cavenaghi (River Plate v Guillermo Brown, May 19, 2012)

7. Alan Gordon (San Jose Earthquakes v Columbus Crew, May 19, 2012)

8. Quoc Phuong Le (Thanh Hoa v Hoang Anh Gia Lai, May 20, 2012)

9. Joselu (Real Madrid B v Cadiz, May 20, 2012)

10. Lucas Viatri (Racing Club v Boca Juniors, May 20, 2012)

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Narrowly missed: Cristian Baroni, Douglas, Eliseo Quintanilla, Gabriel Muresan and Ryad Boudebouz.

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Monday, May 14th, 2012

It’s an absolute rip roaring selection of golazos this week.

Radamel Falcao’s opener in the Europa League final gets things going, swiftly followed by a classy back heel from “The Goose.”

Next up is a goal of the season contender from Japan and some classy footwork by Franck Ribery. With a great goal you won’t have seen from Brazil at 5.

Then its off to America for a trademark David Beckham free-kick and there are two more MLS goals from the weekend. A belter by Lee Nguyen against his former club and that rarest of species: a headed goal from outside the box by Sebastian Miranda.

The list closes out with the most important Premier League goal ever (which wasn’t included for its aesthetic beauty, although it was a fine run) and a genius dinked finish from everyone’s favourite veteran Udinese striker.

Vote below. Accuse 101gg of bias towards [insert team/player here] in the comments. Cheers!

1. Radamel Falcao (1st goal) (Altetico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao, May 9, 2012)

2. Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos v Bolivar, May 10, 2012)

3. Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrece Hiroshima v Yokohama F. Marinos, May 12, 2012)

4. Franck Ribery (Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich, May 12, 2012)

5. Somalia (Ponte Preta v Sao Paulo, May 12, 2012)

6. David Beckham (Montreal Impact v LA Galaxy, May 12, 2012)

7. Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution v Vancouver Whitecaps, May 12, 2012)

8. Sebastian Miranda (Columbus Crew v FC Dallas, May 12, 2012)

9. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City v QPR, May 13, 2012)

10. Antonio Di Natale (Catania v Udinese, May 13, 2012)

Narrowly missed: Fernando Mosquera, Radamel Falcao (second goal v Bilbao), Juan Roman Riquelme, Nilton, Mustafa Dana, Junior Fernandes, Chris Rene Aase, Nir Biton, Vasili Maftei, Renzo Sheput, Carlos Sanchez, Avi Knafo, Neymar, Erik Mjelde & Mariano Pavone.

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Monday, May 7th, 2012

Recovered yet?

A full-on, heavy-duty week of cut-throat football has come to a close, and what we’re left with are another ten unbelievable golazos from across planet earth.

A top corner pile-driver from Tottenham’s Croatian playmaker gets this week’s list started, while the amazing reverse banana-kick goal that will likely be labelled the EPL’s goal of the season rocks up at number two.

Heading to North America we located at 35-yard thunderbolt at spot three, an incredible 50-yard solo dash-and-finish is at four, and number five supplies our first acrobatic effort of the week all the way from Malaysia.

Spot six continues the acrobatics with an overhead blinder from Russia, while Parma’s Atomic Ant blasted home a 30-yard pearler at number seven.

That leaves three: an amazing overhead-kick from Brazil is followed up by another jaw-dropping bicicleta from Argentina, while the top ten finishes with the long-ranger which finally ended the Rossoneri’s Scudetto’s dreams.

If you think we’ve missed a goal please let us know in the comments below, whilst voting for your favourite can be made at the bottom of this post.

Aside from that, just sit back & enjoy!

1. Luka Modric (Bolton v Tottenham, May 2, 2012)

2. Papiss Demba Cisse (2) (Chelsea v Newcastle, May 2, 2012)

3. Fredy Montero (LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders, May 2, 2012)

4. Hulk (2) (FC Porto v Sporting Lisbon, May 5, 2012)

5. Suppiah Chanturu (Kelantan v Lions XII, May 5, 2012)

6. Kevin Kuranyi (Dynamo Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow, May 6, 2012)

7. Sebastian Giovinco (Siena v Parma, May 6, 2012)

8. Fred (Fluminense v Botafogo, May 6, 2012)

9. Nicolas Blandi (Atletico Rafaela v Boca Juniors, May 6, 2012)

10. Maicon (Inter Milan v AC Milan, May 6, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Papiss Demba Cisse, Irakli Klimiashvili, Oussama Assaidi, Benat Etxebarria, Diego Souza, Marco Antonio, Angel Reyna, Gaston Ramirez, Wellington Silva, Nestor Vidrio, Eliseu, Lorenzo Insigne, Lazhar Hadj Aissa, Antonio Di Natale, Elvis Manu, Clint Dempsey, Yaya Toure & Giovanni Moreno.

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Monday, April 30th, 2012

Let’s get straight to it.

Frank Lampard’s exquisite pass at the Nou Camp lead to the first goal in our top ten, and Europe’s premier cup competitions churned out a second fabulous strike on Thursday night as the Rojiblancos booked their place in the Europa League final.

Wigan’s fourth goal in their rout of Newcastle occupies spot three on our list, whilst we stay in the Premier League at number four where we find another goal of the season contender from Liverpool.

As we reach the halfway point in our top ten we find a scissors-kick from Argentina and an MLS goal straight from a corner, and the freak golazos continue at number seven with the goal of the weekend from Scandinavia.

That leaves three: a picture-perfect free-kick from White Hart Lane at eight, Lionel Messi turns provider at number nine, and finally an exquisite team move and finish from the Clasico in Chile from Sunday night.

If you think we’ve missed a goal please let us know in the comments below, whilst voting for your favourite can be made at the bottom of this post.

Aside from that, just sit back & enjoy!

1. Ramires (Barcelona v Chelsea, April 24, 2012)

2. Adrian (Valencia v Atletico Madrid, April 26, 2012)

3. Franco Di Santo (Wigan v Newcastle, April 28, 2012)

4. Luis Suarez (3) (Norwich v Liverpool, April 28, 2012)

5. Santiago Silva (Boca Juniors v Colon, April 28, 2012)

6. Marco Pappa (Seattle Sounders v Chicago Fire, April 28, 2012)

7. Thomas Sorensen (HB Koge v AC Horsens, April 29, 2012)

8. Kyle Walker (Tottenham v Blackburn, April 29, 2012)

9. Seydou Keita (Lionel Messi assist) (Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona, April 29, 2012)

10. Angelo Henriquez (Universidad de Chile v Colo Colo, April 29, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Santi Carzola, Rade Prica, Marek Hamsik, Samuel Eto’o, Marcos Pizzelli, Edinson Cavani, Lisandro Lopez, Mirko Vucinic,  Thierry Henry, Young Pyo Lee, Chris Iwelumo, Antonio Noccerino & Nolan Roux (Eden Hazard rabona assist).

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Monday, April 23rd, 2012

As the season enters it’s final weeks for most fans around the planet, the quality of golazos shows no signs of abating.

This week acrobatics are in vogue with four overhead/scissor-kicks occupying our top ten.

The chilenas start with goal number one from the start of the week in Spain, which is followed by a ridiculously good 68-yard golazo from the English second tier.

Staying in European lower leagues we find an amazing opportunist backheel-flick from Spain at three, at four is a Playstation give-go-give-go golazo from Qatar, and then another tremendous bicycle-kick from the Copa Argentina appears at five.

Our solo special of the week takes its position at six, the curler of the week from the Premier League sits at seven, while an on-loan Arsenal striker reminds the Emirates of his abilities with yet another overhead-kick at eight.

That leaves two: possibly the goal of the season in Scandinavia rocks up at number nine, while we end off with our final overhead-kick of the week all the way from Uruguay.

Sit back and enjoy the golazo fest and don’t forget to vote in our poll below.

1. Alvaro Negredo (Getafe v Sevilla, April 16, 2012)

2. Mark Hudson (Cardiff v Derby, April 16, 2012)

3. Bakary (Espanyol B v Montanesa, April 18, 2012)

4. Bakari Kone (Lekhwiya v Sepahan, April 18, 2012)

5. Roman “Wanchope” Abila (Merlo v Sarmiento Junin, April 19, 2012)

6. Radamel Falcao (2) (Atletico Madrid v Valencia, April 19, 2012)

7. Junior Hoilett (Blackburn v Norwich, April 21, 2012)

8. Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad v Villarreal, April 22, 2012)

9. Alexander Milosevic (AIK Stockholm v GIF Sundsvall, April 22, 2012)

10. Mauro Guevgeozian (Fenix v Penarol, April 22, 2012)

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Narrowly missing: Aydin Yilmaz, Matias Alustiza, Anas Mubarak, Frank Ohandza, Everton Santos, Rodrigo Moua, Freddy Adu, Yaroslav Rakytskyy, Scott Sinclair, Danny Welbeck, Agim Ibraimi, Ivan Bobko & Ivan Bobko (2), Guido Burgstaller, Arda Turan, Wanderson, Arturo Vidal, Kleberson, Chris Pontius, Thierry Henry & Neymar.

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Monday, April 16th, 2012

After postponing last week’s vote by one day due to the Bank Holiday Premier League action, we are left with just six days of packed football action to whittle down our top 10 goals list.

The quality of the list below is pretty frightening, aided by some midweek stunners which now feel like some time ago.

Lionel Messi, with the assistance of Andres Iniesta kicks things off, followed by a howitzer of a free-kick from the Copa Libertadores.

Messi’s nemesis is up next as Cristiano Ronaldo chips in with two stunners in the Madrid derby.

Linking nicely (ish) into the fifth goal is Rory Fallon’s wonder strike at Hampden Park which has been compared to Zinedine Zidane’s famous volley at the home of Scottish football.

Next come a couple of dark horses to win our top goal of the past six days, Ricardo Vaz Te produced a quality acrobatic effort as he continues to bang in the goals at Upton Park and Jozy Altidore claimed his own screamer in a big match in Holland.

Finally, we end with three stunners. David Beckham’s wonder goal. Didier Drogba’s monster finish in the FA Cup semi-final and Paulo Henrique Ganso’s inch-perfect chip for Santos.

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Getafe, April 10, 2012)

2. Dorlan Pabon (Atletico Nacional v Penarol, April 10, 2012)

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (first goal, free-kick) (Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, April 11, 2012)

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (second goal) (Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, April 11, 2012)

5. Rory Fallon (Aberdeen v Hibernian, April 14, 2012)

6. Ricardo Vaz Te (West Ham v Brighton, April 14, 2012)

7. Jozy Altidore (PSV v AZ Alkmaar, April 14, 2012)

8. David Beckham (LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers, April 14, 2012)

9. Didier Drogba (Tottenham v Chelsea, April 15, 2012)

10. Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos v Catanduvense, April 15, 2012)

Narrowly missed: Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Simone Pepe, Andre, Siem de Jong, Alessandro Diamanti, Sergio Aguero, Lukasz Piszczek, Andre Schurrle, Leonard Kweuke, Tomislav Dujimovic, Juan Arango, Marco Reus, Joel Campbell, Sebastian Ariosa & Frank Lampard.

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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Due to a busy day of Premier League action on Monday, we held back our top goals of the week back from its usual Monday afternoon slot.

We were rewarded with one of the goals of the season by Hatem Ben Arfa, following a weekend which had seen a stunning scissors kick by Xherdan Shaqiri and a fantastic bicycle kick effort from Stefano Mauri.

So, the Champions League goals by Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo feel like they occurred an age ago in football terms but are no less pleasing on the eye. As is Marek Sokolowski’s incredible effort in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

Friday night featured two excellent lobs from the in-form Papiss Demba Cisse and Chris Forrester in Ireland.

Completing the list is Clint Dempsey’s picture-perfect free-kick for Fulham at Bolton and a cheeky back heel from the best female footballer on the planet.

Sit back and enjoy the golazo fest and don’t forget to vote in our poll below.

1. Kaka (Real Madrid v APOEL, April 4, 2012)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (2) (Real Madrid v APOEL, April 4, 2012)

3. Marek Sokolowski (Cracovia Krakow v Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala, April 4, 2012)

4. Papiss Demba Cisse (2) (Swansea v Newcastle, April 6, 2012)

5. Chris Forrester (St Pats v Shamrock Rovers, April 6, 2012)

6. Clint Dempsey (Bolton v Fulham, April 7, 2012)

7. Xherdan Shaqiri (Luzern v Basel, April 7, 2012)

8. Stefano Mauri (Lazio v Napoli, April 7, 2012)

9. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Bolton, April 9, 2012)

10. Marta (Tyreso v Orebro, April 9, 2012)

Narrowly missed: Daniel Pederson, Ashley Young (all 37 passes), Jungo Fujimoto, Fellipe Bastos, Steph Houghton, Ibai Gomez, Adrian Lopez, Jhasmani Campos, Mauricio, Nicolas Cordova, Mohamed Diame, Darko Bodul, Carlos Vela, Modibo Maiga, Omar Daf, Ola Toivonen, Mikel Arteta, Jeremain Lens, Luis Muriel (second v Roma), Pedro (all 32 passes), Alejandro Alpízar, Demi Mitchell, Andreas Weimann, Isco, Aleksandar Tonev & Luis Henriquez.

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Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Welcome to another edition of the top goals of the week.

A wonderful overhead-kick from Russia gets the list off to a flyer, followed by a solo special from everyone’s favourite gatecrashing Italian and a terrific 30-yard bullet from Turkey comes in at spot three.

Real Madrid invade the party with (what will likely become) two of their most memorable golazos of the season at positions four and five.

Following the Los Blancos blockbusters, we head to the second division in Argentina to unearth a but magnifique from a seasoned French forward. Staying in the Americas, goal seven serves up a brilliant solo run and net-busting finish from Mexico.

That leaves three: a special scissors-kick from the lower divisions in Germany, the goal of the weekend in Serie A complete with multiple step-overs and a far corner finish, and lastly a Brazilian solo cracker from one of the great Samba hopes of the future.

1. Alan Gatagov (Spartak Nalchik v Tomsk, March 30, 2012)

2. Mario Balotelli (Manchester City v Sunderland, March 31, 2012)

3. Necati Ates (Galatasaray v Orduspor, March 31, 2012)

4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid v Osasuna, March 31, 2012)

5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid v Osasuna, March 31, 2012)

6. David Trezeguet (River Plate v Ferro Carril Oeste, March 31, 2012)

7. Alfredo Moreno (Cruz Azul v San Luis, March 31, 2012)

8. Kevin Stoger (Stuttgart II v FC Carl Zeiss Jena, April 1, 2012)

9. Arturo Vidal (Juventus v Napoli, April 1, 2012)

10. Lucas (Ituano v Sao Paulo, April 1, 2012)

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Narrowly missed: Miguel Morales, Dario Botinelli, Geovane, Raul, Marcelo Moreno, Filip Mladenovic, Juninho Pernambucano, Fernando Torres, Sergey Semak, Mehdi Ballouchy (Thierry Henry back heel assist), Steven Whittaker, Fabio Simplicio, Olumuyiwa Aganun, Mauro Zarate, Darlington Nagbe, Daniel Cagliuri, Victor Cortez, Edgar Andrade & Jon Daly.

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Monday, March 26th, 2012

Welcome back to the latest top 10 ten goals of the week list, and once again we’re jam-packed with golazos.

Juventus beat AC Milan to reach the Coppa Italia final in scintillating extra-time fashion with goal one, whilst Liverpool fans were screaming Goal of the Season! at Loftus Road when their other Uruguayan squad member opened his Reds’ account in jaw-dropping fashion last Wednesday.

A little known Argentinean left-back demanded attention with an opportunist lob from distance at number three, while another lessor name from Romania made the headlines with a textbook overhead-volley at position four.

The halfway point in the list is occupied by two crackers from the Premier League on Saturday: a thunderous free-kick from the Emirates, while it was Rule Britannia later that evening as Stoke’s beanpole striker posted his goal of the season contender.

Two dazzling acrobatic golazos from players you’ll likely have never heard of roll up one after another at seven and eight, number nine sees a rare moment of joy for Rangers during the Old Firm derby on Sunday, while we close out our list with a sumptuous volley from one of Japanese football’s brightest stars.

If you think we’ve missed a goal please let us know in the comments below, whilst voting for your favourite can be made at the bottom of this post.

Aside from that, just sit back & enjoy!

1. Mirko Vucinic (Juventus v AC Milan, March 20, 2012)

2. Sebastian Coates (QPR v Liverpool, March 21, 2012)

3. Lucas Licht (Racing Club v Patronato, March 21, 2012)

4. Gheorghe Grozav (Universitatea Cluj v Astra Ploiesti, March 22, 2012)

5. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal v Aston Villa, March 24, 2012)

6. Peter Crouch (Stoke v Manchester City, March 24, 2012)

7. Joan Tomas (Huesca v Celta Vigo, March 24, 2012)

8. Kornel Salata (Rostov v Spartak Nalchik, March 25, 2012)

9. Sone Aluko (Rangers v Celtic, March 25, 2012)

10. Shinji Kagawa (Cologne v Borussia Dortmund, March 25, 2012)

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Narrowly missed: Manuel Fernandes, Djamel Mesbah, Adam Maher, Adlene Guedioura, Raheem Sterling, Lorgio Alvarez, Jhasmany Campos, Milan Jovanovic, Juninho Pernambucano, Goran Cvijanovic, Kim Kallstrom, Leighton Baines, Yaya Toure, Hatem Ben Arfa, Ismail Aissati, Pablo Mouche and Maxim Kalinichenko.

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