Blanco’s Bunny Hop and Other Signature Footballer Moves

By: Daryl | April 21st, 2009

Anyone watching Chicago Fire vs KC Wizards this past weekend saw Cuauhtémoc Blanco pull out the old Cuauteminha. Or, as Max Bretos calls it: “The Bunny Hop”. You can see the World Cup ‘98 version on 101GG.

It’s not my favourite trick in the world because Blanco loses all acceleration when he does it, but I love the idea of players having signature moves. Sort of like WWFWWE wrestlers.

So, I was hoping that Offside readers would humour me by helping to compile a list of players with signature moves.

Basically the player doesn’t have to be the only one in the world who does the trick or move, but he does have to be famously associated with it.

To get us started I’m thinking:

John Cruyff: The Cruyff Turn

Kerlon: Seal Dribble

Any more suggestions out there? If we get enough, we’ll compile them all into one big post.

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• hashir |  April 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am

  
  
  

  ronaldinho-flip-flap
  robinho-pedallada

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• Alex |  April 21st, 2009 at 10:22 am

  
  
  

  Is ‘Zidane’s roulette’ the French term for “Maradona turn?”
  Also, I’m pretty sure the flip-flap was invented by Rivelino. My suggestion is the Matthews, which I remember learning alongside the Cruyff turn in youth soccer without ever knowing who it was named for.

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• Matt |  April 21st, 2009 at 10:39 am

  
  
  

  Stephen McManus: Hoof the baw’ up field!

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• Mustafa |  April 21st, 2009 at 10:46 am

  
  
  

  Ugh, I hate Max Bretos… everytime he speaks, I feel like there needs to be a little bar running on the bottom of the screen that should just be one long continuous apology to the rest of the world saying things like “he’s the only person that we employ that knows broadcasting AND soccer, so cut him some slack” and “at least he’s enthusiastic!” He is such a terrible commentator, ugh

  And laurie, i agree with you about the zidane roulette, it was a cool looking move, too, and especially since he was taller than a lot of the other players (and the double roulette he pulls in that vid was pretty smooth)

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• LorenzoRosanero |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:00 am

  
  
  

  Toby – that would be Kerlon and his seal dribble.

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• Francesco |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:03 am

  
  
  

  Francesco Totti’s signature has become the cucchiaio (chip shot) and has scored many beautiful goals over the years with it.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX9HvoQM6aM

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• star_bury |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:08 am

  
  
  

  Okocha had that funky running feint he does. No idea what it’s called though.

  Denilson was the first person I’d seen do that chop with his heel to change direction on the run.

  Can we name Ibrahimovic’s flailing overhead heel pass up the wing to Maicon?

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• davor |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:19 am

  
  
  

  the columbian keeper (rene higuana? higuina? hvxhxhbdhv?) scorpion kick

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• davor |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:20 am

  
  
  

  im also aware own goals are common but i still feel frank sinclair has claim to them.

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• alessio |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:24 am

  
  
  

  Can we name Ibrahimovic’s flailing overhead heel pass up the wing to Maicon?
  

  Brilliant, but he’s not really known for it.

  Totti might go up for his love of backheels, too.

  Del Piero is known for his goals where he fires from the left corner of the 18′ and it curls into the top right corner. In Italy something like this is called a goal “alla Del Piero.”

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• alessio |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am

  
  
  

  Can we name Ibrahimovic’s flailing overhead heel pass up the wing to Maicon?
  

  Brilliant, but it’s not really a signature move.

  Totti might go up for his love of backheels, too.

  Del Piero is known for his goals where he fires from the left corner of the 18′ and it curls into the top right corner. In Italy something like this is called a goal “alla Del Piero.”

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• harken203 |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:46 am

  
  
  

  redondo’s backheel

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• d |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:55 am

  
  
  

  Got to have Rodrigo Taddei’s “Aurelio”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmM5dVedSSI
  Great skill, even if he only tries it pretty much once a season.

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• wilson |  April 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am

  
  
  

  Got to have Rodrigo Taddei’s “Aurelio”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmM5dVedSSI
  Great skill, even if he only tries it pretty much once a season…

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• nobobomo |  April 21st, 2009 at 12:46 pm

  
  
  

  Fuck you Max Bretos.

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• Felix |  April 21st, 2009 at 2:29 pm

  
  
  

  Really? No-one has suggested diving and/or crying for Ronaldo? In that case allow me..

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• tom |  April 21st, 2009 at 2:40 pm

  
  
  

  say what you will about the guy… but quaresma has the “Trivela”

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHdc2orjv3w

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• Eirik |  April 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm

  
  
  

  I believe Ricardo Quaresma is pretty known for his “trivelas”, or shooting with the outside of his foot:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4PcqS9Nyp8

  Apologies if it really belongs to someone else.

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• mallymoodle |  April 21st, 2009 at 6:32 pm

  
  
  

  C’mon, you’re all forgetting the Panenka!

  Everyone who does that must have cojones of steel!

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• Lee |  April 21st, 2009 at 7:06 pm

  
  
  

  Wow Wilson – thank you for informing me that the ‘Aurelio’ is not just a FIFA trick (called the Hocus Pocus there).

  Speaking of the diving Ronaldo, isn’t he the namesake of a certain chop dribble?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-qqIU2wMU

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• gray |  April 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 am

  
  
  

  Rene Higuita i believe it is, davor…

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• gray |  April 22nd, 2009 at 1:13 am

  
  
  

  OI, i did not post my comment from the USA, am from Ghana!

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• m4re |  April 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 am

  
  
  

  No one’s mentioned the Rabona yet – although I have no idea if that’s named for a player or not

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• aj |  April 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm

  
  
  

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/oct/31/theknowledge.sport

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• FoleyIsGood |  April 26th, 2009 at 1:02 am

  
  
  

  Surely the Chris Waddle step over!

  Also, +1 for the Ronaldo Chop

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