Massimo Palanca, an Italian footballer during the 70' and 80' who played his best football for Catanzaro, was known for scoring directly from corners. Throughout his career, he consistently attempted this solution and managed to score 13 times from corners... a feat which is still umparalled by any professional footballer in Italy
You're only looking at his second spell with the club, William, he spent 5 years at Hull City first time around, and played far more games for us than he did for any other club.
Honourable mention for Southampton Legend and Conspiracy theorist Matt Le Tissier for doing wonderful things on the football pitch while stood still for the entire 90 minutes.
Sebastian "Loco" Abreu would be another, but i suppose there's 2 possible attributes. He holds the record for the most professional clubs a player has played for, with 32 clubs in 11 countries and is also famous for basically exclusively doing panenka penalties to win matches, which is how he earned his nickname. scored the winning pen in the match suarez was sent off against ghana in the world cup
Kerlon is a cautionary tale. If you try to make a name for yourself dribbling like a seal and taking the piss opposition players will kick the shit out of you to get the ball.
Lomana Lua Lua for his remarkable somersaults if i attempted the same thing I would most likely land in A%E for spinal injuries but he made it look so easy.
My gosh, watching this I just came up with two more players with which you could start a part two on. Radja Nainggolan's tackles from behind, almost like a backheel tackle, and naturally the McGeady Spin by one Aiden McGeady
This kinds of defeats the purpose of the video in my opinion. Radja Nainggolan was a sensational player with prowess in all areas of footballing ability. To say he was known for his one of a kind tackles wouldn’t be fair to Radja.
@@rshrinivas The problem is, he's also well known for the 1990 botch job against Cameroon. He was a phenomenal keeper and way ahead of his time, but his two moments of infamy are the scorpion kick and the miscontrol to let Roger Milla in. Jorge Campos was the best of the loco goalies of Latin America at the time, his main attribute that probably goes here is his designing his own cornea-scorching kits though.
I think I'd have actually had Ceni as number one - a great goalkeeper being known only for his penalties and free kicks is something I don't think will ever be repeated. You know, it was a situation where his ability between the sticks was phenomenal and occasionally world-class, but what he could do with the ball at his feet was even better...
A few others I just wanted to throw out for the PL. Berbatovs first touch. Beckham and curling the ball. Lamela and rabonas. Fernandinho and somehow avoiding yellow cards. Tom Huddlestone who just kicked he ball really hard. Yaya Toure and the ability to use his butt to push people off. Balotelli and his... well there has to have been something.
My namesake Rory Delap with his long throws of course they used to always cause havoc in the opposition penalty box and contributed to a lot of Stoke City's goals during their earlier years in the Premier league.
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@@007Fusiion Nope,the name dates back to the 17th century from a marriage between members of two farming families that were both important so instead of choosing one name over the other they combined them,"of" in dutch can mean "or" so his name is basically "Vennegoor or Hesselink".
Throw-Ins from David Challinor of Tranmere Rovers, I watched him growing up for several seasons. The man could throw the ball half way across the pitch and was at the same time a candidate for the most useless defender in history
Billy Whitehurst also gave the most disastrous interview ever to Shoot Magazine. Asked what his nickname was, he said "Mr Lennon. My team mates reckon if I had six shots at John Lennon, he's still be alive". Shoot had to publish an apology.
Only other players I think that should've gotten a shoutout were Juninho (Knuckle balling), and Rogério Ceni (131 goals from a Goalkeeper). Sounds like kyou didn't want to have too many set piece merchants in this, but those two are definitely known for their respective skills. Edit: I missed you said Ceni at the end!
So pleased to see Dave Challinor there. When I think of long throws I think of him rather than Delap, because he was really the first one I'd seen do it so effectively.
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While watching the video I was thinking "he's left out Delap so Dave Challinor better be on this list" and you didn't disappoint. Bravo. Growing up in the 90s I remember Challinor vividly but could only name one thing he was good at - his throws. Couldn't tell you about any other of his attributes. I also thought about Graham Alexander while watching the list and again, you included him. Great minds and all that.
People said the same about Gary Neville, but the truth is both men were good footballers on their day. Maguire is having a rough patch but he'll turn it around.
1986 WC Champion Claudio Borghi remarkable use of the rabona (although he says he did it just because his left foot was useless), and Chilean great Jorge Valdivia fake shot are very deserving of an honorable mention, particularly in Borghi's case
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Now that you mentioned Ceni, have you ever made a video about footballers with most goals by position? Pretty well known when it comes to forwards but for CDMs, GKs, etc, it would be interesting.
Koeman if counted a cb has the most goals,other positions are quite weird to count,does a 10 count as midfielder?or you go up in a formation and filling each position?
After watching Cuatemoc Blanco’s bit, Honduras’s Carlos Costly had a unique dribble that he would use to get away from defenders. Im not sure what it was called, but Concacaf defenders knew to expect it but always got caught out by it too.
Really surprised that Jorge Campos didn't even get a honorable mention. He was probably the only professional footballer who was playing as a goalkeeper in the first half and as a centre forward in the second. Also the most flamboyant goalkeeper ever.
That Brazilian player Ronny who could strike a ball at 200km per hour would be good shout, i remember him playing in Bundesliga, staying in a wall for his free kick was insane just wishing to be decapeteded
John Granville, the Wycombe Wanderers and Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper in the 1990s, had a legendary throw. Towards the end of his career a dodger knee meant that he would never kick the ball and his pinpoint throws would routinely find the feet of teammates on or beyond the halfway line. Naturally, he rarely took goal kicks. Sadly, because of the largely pre-internet period of his career and a lot of his time at WWFC being before they secured league status he is fairly unknown for his behemothic throws.
I was waiting for Rogério Ceni from the get go but he got an honourable mention, so that's good enough. The Blanco segment made me wonder on the players with the highest penalty conversion rate... apparently the top spot belongs to Le Tissier, at least as far as you can find some stats for that. Some players have never missed a penalty but also didn't score that many.
@@areebsiddiqui758 Yes but Chilavert was a world class shot stopper as well. Therefore, it's my opinion he doesn't qualify for the list because it is supposed to be otherwise average footballers known for one ability. JLC would have been world class without the free kicks and penalties.
I always called it 'the blanco' didn't know the move had an official tag...tried it afew times as well. Quite effective coz no one is ever expecting it😄
Right just to let you know, the first person I saw use a long throw, was in 1993 when Andy Legg did it for Notts County. Before Dave Challinor. Perhaps there are people before him again, I'm just telling you what I saw.
Hey alfie, you should do the 7 best players to never score from a set piece, i know you already made a general goal related video but it would be interesting to know this none the less.
I saw 1 of those 2 PK Cuauhtémoc Blanco failed to score live. Against Cirilo Saucedo from Dorados, fun fact is that Pep Guardiola was on the pitch that game. Dorados won 2-0 that night. Cuauhtémoc won a Copa MX captaining 2nd tier Dorados a few years later (40 years old), he never failed a PK for us. What a Legend.
I fully expected Tim Cahill to be on this list for his ability to win aerial battles despite his height, and then his iconic boxing the corner flag celebration
I think the parameters of the list kept Cahill off it. These are otherwise unremarkable footballers who are remembered for having one remarkable skill. Cahill was a wonderful player overall.
When will you release your documentaries on Turkey's Big Three (Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş)? I remember you teased them back in your Süper Lig video.
I was so close to commenting about Challinor, then boom. I thought after Delap, everybody wudda have forgotten about them delicious throws an “improper use” of a towel haha.
David Odonkor. Was fast as hell, couldnt do anything with the ball. Gave one good cross at WC2006 against Poland. Went to Betis for 6 millionen. Best deal Dortmund ever made.
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With the World Cup approaching, a video on why former American international Jonathan Bornstein is a hero in Honduras. This could be the most dramatic moment on a list about moments in major tournaments and qualifiers where one team that didn't need the result broke the hearts of another team that did need the result. Examples: 2002 World Cup, South Korea beat Portugal 1-0 on a goal by future Manchester United utility man Park-Ji Soon. South Korea were already into the knockout round. Portugal would have advanced with a draw. The USA advanced instead. 2014 World Cup qualifying, for the second consecutive World Cup cycle, already qualified USA again scored late in the final match, this time to knock Panama out and keep Mexico alive. We Americans are just generous that way. Graham Zusi scored the decisive goal in stoppage time and the Mexican announcer on the simultaneous match let the Mexican team have it with both barrels, for not rescuing themselves, in hilarious fashion. Euro 2000 qualifiers, already qualified Sweden beat Poland in the last match to knock out the Poles and allow England to qualify.
I think a lot of players would loved to be remember for just one thing decent. Most footballers when they retire are completely forgotten unless you are megastar like Zidane, Maradona, etc etc.
I don’t think many people, certainly in Europe, would know the name René Higuita if it wasn’t for the scorpion kick, or Jorge Campos if it wasn’t for the fact he’d be moved from goalkeeper to striker in some games… oh, and those amazing, sometimes self-designed, kits!
I’d have had Dave Challinor over Rory Delap. Not so well known being a lower division player but certainly had his moments in the spotlight with cup runs and definitely had a longer throw.
Would you be able to do a video on Riqui Puig transfer please, the implications of him choosing to move to the MLS and the impact this will have on his career progression! Just seems a very weird transfer
Hiya Alfie, When Tranmere played Newcastle in FA cup about 20 years ago, I didn't tell my Dad about David Challinor's throw in, Dads quote was "you would think there was a 40 miles per hour wind behind that ball", I said "they've checked with the rest of world football and he's got the longest throw" its a shame what happened to David's shoulders and back haven't to have injections and operation's, could you please do a vlog on Carlisle United like you did that series on Oldham, Bolton and the like, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
