Top 10: Oddest Soccer Goal Celebrations
Soccer players express their excitement at scoring goals in a variety of ways. These celebrations may involve dancing, shouting or creating elaborate gestures, which prove highly entertaining for the audience. Listed here are ten goal celebrations that certainly got the spectators’ attention.
10. Temuri Ketsbaia
Newcastle United player Temuri Ketsbaia celebrated scoring a goal against the Bolton Wanderers during a 1997 Premiership match by ripping off his shirt and then rushing over to the advertisements on the sidelines, where he began to kick them repeatedly.
9. Craig Bellamy
In February 2007, Craig Bellamy drunkenly attacked Liverpool teammate John Arne Riise with a golf club during a karaoke-related altercation, earning him the nickname “The Nutter with the Putter”. During the first match following the incident, Bellamy scored a goal against Barcalona and celebrated by emulating a golf-stroke.
8. Paul Gascoigne
Another controversy-mimicking celebration occurred during a Euro 1996 championship match. After England player Paul Gascoigne scored a goal against Scotland, he laid on his back while his teammates poured water into his open mouth. This celebration was a reenactment of a controversial incident, in which England players were photographed in a nightclub, sitting in a dentist’s chair, while alcoholic drinks were poured down their throats.
7. Fabián Espíndola
Six minutes into a September 2008 match against Los Angeles Galaxy, Real Salt Lake player Fabián Espíndola scored a goal, after which he performed his customary backflip celebration. However, the backflip did not go as planned and he sprained his ankle, taking him out for eight weeks. To add insult to injury, the goal was later declared offside.
6. Finidi George
After scoring a goal against Greece during a 1994 World Cup match, Nigerian player Finidi George ran to the corner flag, got down on all fours, and imitated a dog urinating.
5. Ian Wright
During a Premiership game against Bolton, Arsenal F.C. player Ian Wright scored a goal, and, believing he had beat Cliff Bastin’s record of 178 goals for Arsenal, took his shirt off to reveal a vest bearing the words “Just Done It”. However, he had merely tied the record, but was able to redeem himself 5 minutes later by scoring another goal, after which he correctly exposed his vest.
4. Paolo Di Canio
Twice in 2006, Lazio player and self-proclaimed fascist Paolo Di Canio celebrated goals by giving the fascist-related Roman salute to fans of Mussolini’s favorite team. After the second incident he was suspended and fined €7,000.
3. Robbie Fowler
In 1999, Liverpool player Robbie Fowler celebrated a goal against Everton by getting down on all fours and miming the act of snorting cocaine, with the white touchline playing the park of the line of cocaine. Although manager Gerard Houllier claimed the act was a “Cameroonian grass eating celebration”, Fowler was fined £60,000.
2. Paulo Diogo
During a December 2004 game against FC Schaffhausen, Servette FC player Paulo Diogo set up a goal for Jean Beausejour. To celebrate, Diogo jumped up and grabbed a metal perimeter fence. His wedding ring got caught and his finger was ripped off when he jumped off. Later, doctors were unable to reattach his finger.
1. José Antonio Reyes
After Sevilla’s José Antonio Reyes scored against Valladolid during a 2001 match, teammate Francisco Gallardo congratulated him by bending down and nibbling on his penis. For this act, he was fined and suspended by the Spanish Football Federation.
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great post!! i personally think that espindola’ celebration is the most embarrasing one. he got injured and a ruled out goal. can you imagine that?