7 Random Footballers Famous For ONE Unusual Attribute
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- From Kerlon and his seal dribble to Rory Delap's famous long throws, HITC Sevens takes a look at a number of footballers renowned for just one remarkable skill or attribute.
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Erik Lamela could’ve got a mention for refusing to use his right foot and resorting to rabonas to solve the problem in some situations!
more situations than we’d like to remember
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
The dedication to shoehorn a Hull City reference/picture in is commendable...and this one would be one of my favourite wing combinations at the club.
Yeah I google whitehurst played just two years at Hull out of a 18 year career.
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.
@@williamlee7672 He played 200+ games for Hull City, what are you talking about?
@@HITCSevens can you do a video on the worst tackles in premier league history
@@HITCSevens can you do a video on the worst tackles in premier league history
The streets won’t forget Kerlon’s Seal Dribble
Man got elbowed in the head because he was too good 💀💀💀
@@theninjazedits crazy how assault isn't a legal thing if it's during a soccer game those dudes would be locked up 🤣
i created a video game cover with him doing the seal dribble in my graphics class thinking he was the next wonderkid lol
Remember showing my mates in ICT class in school like this the next Ronaldinho😭
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.
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.
McDonald's before training probably contributed to that. Hell of a player tho
Le Tissier looked like played drinking tea, pure class!
Le Tissier looked like played drinking tea, pure class!
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
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.
I remember footage of him scoring his first Newcastle goal as a winner at Derby in 2002 and even his team mates being impressed he could do that
Lua Lua injured himself doing his celebration
Colchester legend. So nice they named him twice
Obafemi martins
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...
What? He played in the Brazilian league. Definitely not phenomenal or worldclass 😅
Ceni should’ve been on this list. I’d have had him over AWB
@@tottereff8615 That may be your opinion, and that's fair enough - I happen to disagree. 😀
@@danielkarmy4893 Its a fact not an opinion. You cant disagree with a fact
@@tottereff8615 “its not the premier league so it cant be world class”
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.
Higuita and his scorpion kick may have been worth a look, though his dribbling, through passes and general "loco" are things people don't remember
@@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.
Harry Maguire has the unusual attribute for being absolutely useless but still having the ability to be a first team starter.
Captain no less
And for England, if Maguire gets in that next England team Southgate defo has his favourites
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.
🤣🤣🤣
You British fans are on another level when it comes to hating on your players. Lol
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink - until he retired, arguably the poshest name in soccer
As a Dutchman, his name is not posh at all. More indecisive
Actually not that posh just confusing
Didn’t he just take his mother and fathers name?
Parent: What do you want for Christmas?
Kid: A Celtic shirt with Vennegoor of Hesselink on the back.
Parent: Remortgages their house to pay for the lettering.
@@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".
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.
Delap turned throws into corners and revolutionised my fifa style for a couple of years 😂
My guy desperate to find a reason to state the fact he has the surname as one of the people lmao
@@richehb6318 You desperate to feel good about yourself
@@richehb6318 I mean, it's just a footnote... don't smell any desperation there.
"Putting it in the mixer"
Your forgot Louis Saurez, biting abilities
I'm sure that sounded funny in your head
@@MrSniperfox29 3 other people think so stupid
Well, if he was not such a great player beyond that fact it would surely worth an inclusion yes.
Suggestion : 7 Footballers that never get Injured throughout their career
I can't believe that Rene Higuita doesn't get an honourable mention!
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.
Honestly, this is the best vid you have dropped in months! And maybe one of the best "7" videos full stop
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
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.
as a kid i couldn't believe how far exocet could chuck the ball
Even if he horribly mispronounced his name.
@@gamewithgreg he horribly pronounced many names/teams/places in this video.
This would have been the perfect video to place small clips to pair alongside the players unique ability
Yeah it's a bit like explaining animation with one frame...
I thought the same... then again Alfie's videos have never included any footage I think?
Sorry Tope, but the copyright strikes would get the channel banned!
@@HITCSevens oh I understand
Goalkeeper Ceni could have been mentioned in the seven
Good he was mentioned in the end
what a great video! love these footballers with tricks very few players also display!
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.
Alfie you’re a G. Love the videos!
A fresh Alfie video first thing in the morning, how refreshing!
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!
Berbatov effortlessly controlling any ball has to be on part 2
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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John Arne Riise / Thomas Hitzlsperger for their absolute rockets from distance
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
only big clubs sorry
Chris Waddle's hunchbacked form when dribbling. It's an imagery always etched in my mind...
He worked in a sausage factory.
Every video that features 'without further Adu....' deserves 500 likes minimum!
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.
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.
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
“What he lacked in talent he more than made up for in chaos” - I want that on my damn tombstone lolol
Can’t believe that you don’t have more subs. In my mind that makes us subscribers football connoisseurs
Still remember the days of teams adding advertising hoardings when playing Stoke to ensure Delap couldn’t take a run up.
The video you never knew you needed
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.
Without having done any homework I think John Terry would be in with a decent shout at CB.
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?
@@dariocarpita686 go up in a formation and filling each position is what I had in mind
Koeman scored 192 from CB next after him should be Matthaus
@@grobariza Koeman wins hands down (though we all know he wasn’t a traditional cb). Sergio Ramos has a 100 goals as well.
Nearly all Van Nistlelrooy's goals for Man Utd were from inside the penalty box the classic goal poacher.
Also when he was at Real Madrid
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 really pleased when John joined Aldershot in 1991-92.
Had Charlie Adam in my fantasy team at his peak. Good value :)
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.
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.
Communism will win
Always knew him because of the outrageous Goalkeeper shirts he wore.
Blanco is so beyond underrated, even as a huge USMNT guy I can’t disrespect the guy
I started watching the sport in 09, which was after his prime. I was lucky to never have to experience much of Blanco giving the USMNT a hard time.
Love your videos, but I much more prefer those "non-list" ones such as the brilliant "Dehumanisation of footballers". All the best from Poland!
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.
Kerlon was so technically gifted it was unbelievable
too bad he was getting nuked on the pitch
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.
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.
Great vid lad
I would add Muset Ozil passing and shooting technique never seen a player does it
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.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 372)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Klinsmann, Ozil, Lehman, Hamann, Gundogan, Huth, Ballack
Wan Bissaka is a unit now. Love witching him.
4:04 is Alireza Beiranvand in the background of the second Quaresma slide? Right after his segment ended? That is some absurd attention to detail if that was intentional
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
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.
Rogerio Ceni was so much more than just a free-kick goalkeeper. For example, he is widely known for being a loyal one-club man.
@@anasfarahi4401 also had one of the greatest saves I have ever seen in football that Gerrard free kick in the CWC 2005🔥
Just seeing Le Tissier's name and remembering him brings a smile to my face. The goofiest looking legend of a footballer.
Chilavert was Ceni before Ceni even existed.
@@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 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.
Mark Noble's penalties.
My god are we going to miss those.
Like he did vs Man U.
@@guus5504 Before then he had scored 38/42. The second best in Europe's top leagues, trailing only Lewandowski.
As soon as I saw the title I thought of Blanco. Nice to see him on the list
7 Footballers who were specifically bad at 1 attribute next!
Hey Alfie have you considered making a podcast version of your videos?
Eddie Gray and the drag back comes to mind.
Higuita and the scorpion kick save.
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.
Being a baggies fan. Chris Brunt’s left foot was fucking quality. Corners, free kicks, crosses, through balls, shooting. He was very under rated.
Need to do a ranking every 100+ goal premier league striker, based on only their time in the Premier league
Need to know more about what Billy Whitehurst was like as a player maybe you could do a whole video about him.
At 8:32, Blanco's hand appears to punch though the defenders forearm lol
Can you do a video on the rise of Yeovil town from the 6th tier to the championship and then the rapid collapse to conference?
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
Leighton Baines and Bacary Sagna’s crosses into the box were a stuff of legend back in the day
Baines could play a bit, though.
Hitc 6's (plus a Hull City player we lobbed in)
I'm from Portugal and here we call "Trivela" to the characteristic shot of Quaresma with the outside part of the boot
Day 5: a team with teenagers/the best young players to ever captain their senior side
Day 310: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.
Keep dreaming bocah
Jesus, my old man was doing the 'Blanco' in the early/mid 70's against me. I wonder if there's a copyright in the midst there. 😁
Douglas Luiz is trying to make this list with his Olimpico goals!
Rory Delap was of course very famous for his throw-ins but I wonder how unusual his talent actually was. Although he never quite became as well known as Delap, Dave Challinor was known for his very long throws and was widely known for it before Delap. However it was something I saw in an Evostik League (or was it Unibond? I can't remember it was ages ago) that really got me thinking. I'm pretty sure it was Glapwell that had this player who would routinely throw the ball more than half the width of the pitch, and his throw-ins were de-facto corners when that far up the pitch. I stood there wondering if most players could actually do this with a bit of practice and it was actually a technique that could be learned rather than talent thing. Obviously some players would still be able to throw a bit further than others, but I wouldn't be surprised if the differences were fairly marginal.
First thing that came to mind: Robben cutting in to the left to curve it into the net with his left foot.
Indeed,they are an expert in all these respective attributes and I like the long throws the most but hopefully,the respective players would not overdo this technique in future,good friends!!!:-D
I was hoping you would mention the McGeady spin though
Rory delap literally was know for throwing a mean throw in from the half line lmao that man is a legend. Stoke hasn’t been the same since.
Happy to see el cuau in there lol.
He can do other things, but Lamela‘s rabonas are something to behold
Thomas Hitzlsperger - hitting the ball really, really hard
Or to a current generation. That guy who’s usually one of the lead co-commentators for the Bundesliga world feed.
or hitting the balls really really hard lol 😆
that blanco move we used to call "the bunny hop"
Silly question: why didn't Utd try playing AWB in the CDM role given his defensive abilities?
Perhaps because his passing isn't good enough
Bang on about AWB, he would do well at a team like West Ham
What was the ighalo bit?
Unique
Antonin Panenka for his Panenka penalty
Should have had chilavert the Paraguay goalkeeper who scored free kicks and penalties, he had tons of other little quirks aswell.
First name i thought of was Hulk. Maybe too good to feature on a list like this but he's almost too well known for his shot power to not feature imo
Another for the long throw, and not a lot else, grouping - Adrian Serioux
Sent off playing for throwing the ball into a QPR players face, and later a ridiculous challenge on Beckham when he was at LA Galaxy
Can’t believe you didn’t even mention Denilson’s endless stepovers lol.
Gonna throw Carlos Vela's chips into the mix as well