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The top 10 acrobatic goal celebrations
Faustino Asprilla. Nicknamed ‘the Octopus’ for his flexible and fluid style of play, the former Newcastle United and Parma FC star had more of a lazy somersault than some of his rival acrobatic footballers.
Andre Bikey. The only defender to make the list, the Reading centre-half has a great spring on him allowing him to get great height in his sequence. Not bad at all!
Robert Earnshaw. The Welshman usually opts for the classic somersault when celebrating his goals. The only problem is he doesn’t often get the chance to show it off!
Zoltan Gera. The Fulham midfielder is a real character on and off the field and it shows in his goal celebrations. Less spectacular than it is original, but we like it!
Julius Aghahowa. The former Wigan forward never scored for the Latics but regularly attempted the tricky series of six flips and a double somersault for Nigeria. Why is it all good acrobats have silly names?
Kenwyne Jones. The Sunderland striker's acrobatic celebrations are apparently a tribute to his Uncle Philbert, a striker of some repute with Trinidad & Tobago. This picture appears to show Kenwyne about to land on his head. This is not trick photography - he did land on his head. Good effort from the big Trinidadian.
Lomana LuaLua. The former Portsmouth striker opts for the double backflip with a single somersault, very arduous for the average low-skilled footballer. Employing between one to four spectacular somersaults, the Congolese star is one of the best in the business.
Obafemi Martins. The Nigerian hitman deploys a relatively short but effective sequence. Martins has a good leap and the sort of compact physique a gymnast requires, it has also been reported that he used to be very good at the long jump and high jump, giving him real explosiveness.
As a tribute to Nani's tremendous goal celebration against Derby County on Sunday we give you football's greatest acrobats. The Manchester United winger favours the basic double somersault. Sir Alex Ferguson had apparently banned the celebration through fear of injury to his player but the United boss won't mind if his Portuguese playmaker keeps scoring screamers.
Robbie Keane. Great player, awful acrobatics. After scoring a goal Robbie attempts a sort of semi-cartwheel-one-handed-handstand flip, followed by the classic forward school roll. To compound matters he follows that with a mimed machine gun sequence. Frankly, embarrassing.
Faustino Asprilla. Nicknamed ‘the Octopus’ for his flexible and fluid style of play, the former Newcastle United and Parma FC star had more of a lazy somersault than some of his rival acrobatic footballers.
Andre Bikey. The only defender to make the list, the Reading centre-half has a great spring on him allowing him to get great height in his sequence. Not bad at all!
Robert Earnshaw. The Welshman usually opts for the classic somersault when celebrating his goals. The only problem is he doesn’t often get the chance to show it off!
Zoltan Gera. The Fulham midfielder is a real character on and off the field and it shows in his goal celebrations. Less spectacular than it is original, but we like it!
Julius Aghahowa. The former Wigan forward never scored for the Latics but regularly attempted the tricky series of six flips and a double somersault for Nigeria. Why is it all good acrobats have silly names?
Kenwyne Jones. The Sunderland striker's acrobatic celebrations are apparently a tribute to his Uncle Philbert, a striker of some repute with Trinidad & Tobago. This picture appears to show Kenwyne about to land on his head. This is not trick photography - he did land on his head. Good effort from the big Trinidadian.
Lomana LuaLua. The former Portsmouth striker opts for the double backflip with a single somersault, very arduous for the average low-skilled footballer. Employing between one to four spectacular somersaults, the Congolese star is one of the best in the business.
Obafemi Martins. The Nigerian hitman deploys a relatively short but effective sequence. Martins has a good leap and the sort of compact physique a gymnast requires, it has also been reported that he used to be very good at the long jump and high jump, giving him real explosiveness.
As a tribute to Nani's tremendous goal celebration against Derby County on Sunday we give you football's greatest acrobats. The Manchester United winger favours the basic double somersault. Sir Alex Ferguson had apparently banned the celebration through fear of injury to his player but the United boss won't mind if his Portuguese playmaker keeps scoring screamers.
Robbie Keane. Great player, awful acrobatics. After scoring a goal Robbie attempts a sort of semi-cartwheel-one-handed-handstand flip, followed by the classic forward school roll. To compound matters he follows that with a mimed machine gun sequence. Frankly, embarrassing.