If you have been a football fan all your life, at some point or the other you may have thought about pulling off skills on the field.
Football skills are one of the major attractions of the sport, loved by the young and the old alike. The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Johan Cryuff, George Best and Neymar have all contributed to the list of top football skills available for you to check out and learn.
Have you ever wanted to know how a certain skill is performed by footballers? Here, GOAL lists the best football skills in the world right now and helps you learn how to perform them.
As a clever move for quickly getting past an incoming challenge, the Roulette is a valuable skill to have in your catalogue. However, it is not exactly common to see it on the field due to the spatial awareness needed to pull off this move elegantly.
The Roulette, a skill which also goes by names like the Maradona Turn, Zidane Pirouette, spin and 360, requires you to neatly execute three steps.
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When you talk about skills and technique in football, Johan Cruyff is one of the first names that pops up.
His famous Cruyff turn is a feast to the eyes when players pull it off during the game.
The famous Rabona kick in football is believed by some to be first popularised by the legend Pele in the 1950s. It has since then became an iconic move and one that is popular among professional footballers.
The likes of Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Eden Hazard have all played their part in making it a good-looking skill close to the goal in modern football.
Elastico is a thrilling skill move, made famous by Brazi star Ronaldinho during his peak years.
When done right, it allows you to quickly skip past the defender in front of you. This move is also especially useful you are stationary and is looking to launch yourselves into a dribble.
The pullback or the dragback is an extremely simple yet efficient tool that can give footballers room to move into when being marked.
The great Ferenc Puskas is the player who is sometimes credited with spreading the Pullback. It is now a common sight to see players use during games.
As the name suggests, the rainbow skill is all about creating a rainbow shape in the air using football and using that movement of the ball to get past the defender in front of the player.
The move has been used by many elite footballers of the past and present , including Jay-Jay Okocha and Neymar. It is a high-risk manoeuvre which but one that is a treat to the eyes when done correctly.
Seal dribbling is a rare sight in football, because it's not only difficult but it also dangerous if you're not aware of where your opponents' positions are.
It was made popular by Brazilian forward Kerlon and has since been used at least once by Portuguese winger Nani.
The stepover is one of the most commonly used skill moves in the world of football. This move has been made popular by many including Ronaldo and his successor Cristiano Ronaldo, who often used it to beat defenders, especially early on in their careers.
The Chop is an extremely effective skill move, popularised and perfected by Cristiano Ronaldo at his peak.
It is used to quickly change direction while dribbling and send your defender the wrong way. Often used by wingers, this move can also be used to cut inside from the flanks when up against an opposition full-back.
Everyone's in awe of how Neymar can bamboozle his markers and zig-zag his way past a crowd of defenders while dribbling.
And one of his go-to skill moves while doing so is a move that has come to be known as the Neymar Rollover.
Neymar's version of the move is essentially a collection of three different simpler moves - a rollover, a stepover and a rabona.
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