Videos: The Acting Skills of Francesco Totti

Italian TV commercial spots for Vodafone and Sky Sport that Francesco Totti has appeared in over the past couple of years.

Video: Scorpion Kick Goals

Serhiy Popov


Zico


Luis Ángel Landín


Víctor Aristizábal


Cleiton Xavier


Rafael van der Vaart


Matuzalém


Francesco Ruopolo


Daniele Paponi

Videos: Vintage Goals

A few vintage goals from the 1970's and early 80's.

Justin Fashanu - Norwich City v Liverpool 1980








In this clip, George Best somehow manages to take the corner and also be on the end of the cross...

Supporter Videos: Al-Weehdat Club (Jordan) and Hải Phòng FC (Vietnam)

A Video Series highlighting supporters from lesser known leagues around the world.


Al-Weehdat Club (Jordan)




Hải Phòng F.C. (Vietnam)

Supporter Videos: TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and FK Vardar (Macedonia)

Videos highlighting supporters from lesser known leagues around the world.

TP Mazembe (DR Congo)






FK Vardar (Macedonia)

Videos: Multiple Chances...No Goals

Unbelievable goalmouth scrambles that somehow end without a goal.

Supporter Videos: Hammarby (Sweden) and Apollon Limassol (Cyprus)

A video series highlighting excellent supporters from outside the 'mainstream' leagues of the world. This time around it's Sweden's Hammarby IF and Cyprus' Apollon Limassol.

Hammarby IF (Sweden)





Apollon Limassol (Cyprus)

Videos: Special Move Slide Tackles

The Drop Kick


Sweep the Leg Johnny


The Never Ending Electric Slide


The Double Tackle


The Referee Takedown


The Manhood Ender


The Stone Wall Tackle


The Artistic Slide


The Medic


Ladies and Gentleman, Steve Cherundolo!

Foreign Soccer Commercials

A random collection of non-English language soccer commercials from around the world.

Supporter Videos: Muangthong United (Thailand) and Club Blooming (Bolivia)

Muangthong United Football Club (Thailand: สโมสรฟุตบอลเมืองทอง ยูไนเต็ด)





Club Blooming (Bolivia)

Video: 25 Goals - Daniel Passarella (Argentina)

25 Goals (in glorious High Definition....) by former Argentina defender and current River Plate club president, Daniel Passarella. He's known as one of the greatest goal scoring defenders in the history of the game and was given the nickname "El Gran Capitán" Passarella won two world cups with Argentina and spent time with River Plate, Fiorentina, and Inter Milan in his club career.

Videos: John Charles

John Charles is considered one of the best players of all time, but he still doesn't seem to get the recognition that many 'higher profile' players receive. Here is an interesting documentary video about King John, the former Leeds United, Juventus, and Wales legend.

Flashback Video: Mario Kempes

A flashback video of one of the all-time Argentine World Cup greats, Mario Kempes. 'El Matador' is also the owner of one of the best saves by a non-GK in World Cup history (around the 2:00 minute mark). Take that Luis Suarez.

Videos: Singing Soccer Stars

A little over a year ago I posted a few videos of rapping soccer stars. (LINK) This time around I've thrown together a few singing players from the past and present.

Ruud Gullit - Not The Dancing Kind


Kevin Keegan - Head over Heels in Love


Ian Wright - Do the Wright Thing


Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle - Diamond Lights


Pele sings 2 Brazilian Songs


Morten Gamst Pedersen - with 'The Players' - This is for Real


Franz Beckenbauer - Du Allein

Videos: English Lower Division Top Goal Scorer Highlights

A few entertaining goals from the players who led their respective English leagues in scoring in 09/10, from the Championship to the Conference N/S division (levels 2-6).  (Note: Not all of these goals are from 09/10).




CHAMPIONSHIP


Peter Whittingham (20) - Cardiff City



Nicky Maynard (20) - Bristol City





LEAGUE ONE

Rickie Lambert (30) - Southampton



LEAGUE TWO

Lee Hughes (30) - Notts County



CONFERENCE NATIONAL

Richard Brodie (26) - York City


-LOUD-
Matthew Tubbs (26) - Salisbury City




CONFERENCE NORTH

Paul Brayson (28) - Blythe Spartans



CONFERENCE SOUTH

Craig Reid (23) - Newport County

Videos: New Foreign Imports to the English Premier League

Highlight videos of some of the new players coming to the Premier League this season from foreign leagues.

Laurent Koscielny - Lorient to Arsenal


Marouane Chamakh - Bordeaux to Arsenal


Milan Jovanovic - Standard Liege to Liverpool


Javier Hernandez - Guadalajara to Manchester United


Ahmed Al-Muhammadi - ENPPI to Sunderland


Sandro - Internacional to Tottenham Hotspur


Mauro Boselli - Estudiantes to Wigan

If You Ain't Dutch, You Ain't Much - Dutch Goal Videos

Sorry, my wife grew up in Holland and 'If you ain't Dutch, You ain't much' is her favorite saying these days with the Netherlands making the 2010 World Cup Final.

In honor of the Dutch Final appearance, here are some of the best/most impressive goals by the Netherlands from past European Championships, World Cups, and World Cup Qualifiers.


Johan Neeskens - 1974 WC vs Brazil


Johan Cruyff - 1976 Euro vs Belgium


Arie Haan - 1978 WC vs Italy


Marco van Basten - 1988 Euro vs USSR


Dennis Bergkamp - 1993 WC Qualifier vs England (goal at 2:30)


Dennis Bergkamp - 1998 WC vs Argentina



Frank de Boer - 2000 Euro vs France (goal at 7:25)



Giovanni van Bronckhorst - 2002 WC Qualifier vs Ireland (goal at 5:20)


Wesley Sneijder - 2008 Euro vs Italy

Videos: Round of 16 World Cup Classics - 1998-2006

Memorable Round of 16 games from the past three World Cups


Mexico v Argentina 2006


Spain v France 2006


Italy v Australia 2006


Sweden v Senegal 2002


USA v Mexico 2002


South Korea v Italy 2002


England v Argentina 1998


Netherlands v Yugoslavia 1998

Videos: The Last 10 World Cup Hat Tricks

The last 10 World Cup Hat Tricks prior to Gonzalo Higuain's 3 goals against South Korea in 2010.

Gary Lineker - England v Poland 1986


Igor Belanov - USSR v Belgium 1986


Emilio Butragueño - Spain v Denmark 1986


Michel - Spain v South Korea 1990


Tomáš Skuhravý - Czechoslovakia v Costa Rica 1990


Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina v Greece 1994


Oleg Salenko (5) - Russia v Cameroon 1994


Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina v Jamaica 1998


Miroslav Klose - Germany v Saudi Arabia 2002


Pauleta - Portugal v Poland 2002




BONUS:
The only hat trick scored in a World Cup Final

Geoff Hurst - England v West Germany 1966

Videos: Nations with One World Cup Goal All-Time

Israel (goal at 2:28) v Sweden 1970 (Mordechai Spiegler)


El Salvador (goal at 1:40) v Hungary 1982 (Luis Ramírez Zapata)


Iraq v Belgium 1986 (Ahmed Radhi)


Bolivia (goal at 2:00) v Spain 1994 (Erwin Sanchez)


Togo v South Korea 2006 (Mohamed Kader Touré)


Angola (goal at 1:55) v Iran 2006 (Flavio)