From Brazilian screamers to an extravagant shank via Peruvian insouciance, we celebrate one of football’s most difficult skills
NB: The point of the Joy of Six is not to rank things, only to enjoy them
Nelinho
Branco (wait for the replay from behind the goal)
Branco (II)
Maicon
Roberto Carlos
Related: The Joy of Six: Diego Maradona
Carlos Alberto
Roberto Perfumo
Steven Gerrard
Dennis Bergkamp
Mark Hughes
Michael Essien
Papiss Cisse
Paul Pogba
Ian Edwards
Brian Laws
Oscar
Daniel Sturridge
Thierry Henry
Bryan Robson
Julian Joachim
Related: The Joy of Six: Barcelona v Manchester United
Preben Elkjær
Eric Cantona
Teddy Sheringham
Paolo Di Canio
Dwight Yorke
Jurgen Klinsmann
Graham Alexander (two OOTF penalties in one game, for goodness sake)
Trevor Sinclair
Mark Robins
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