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A player celebrating after scoring a goal

In football, a goal celebration is the practice of celebrating the scoring of a goal. The celebration may be performed by the goalscorer (most notably), his or her teammates, the manager or coaching staff and/or the supporters of the team. Whilst referring to the celebration of a goal in general, the term can also be applied to specific actions, such as a player removing his shirt or performing a somersault.

Celebration

Goal song

A Goal Song or Goal Celebration Music is an about 30 to 45 seconds long melody, that is played in sports like football or ice hockey after a goal is shot.

A well know goal song is Bellini's ‘’Samba De Janeiro’’, which was played after each goal in the Euro 2008. In North America "Rock and Roll (Part Two)" of the Glitter Band is on of the popular goal songs. When played as a goal song, the fans chant out "Hey!" along with the chorus. [1]

In ice hockey the use of goal songs is very popular. The New York Rangers play the song Slapshot, which was written by Ray Castoldi, the Music Director at Madison Square Garden.

Common Celebrations

  • The scorer running away from teammates who wish to embrace or congratulate him
  • A giant group hug of the players on the pitch with the scorer underneath, or the players jumping on each other shoulders
  • The scorer banging with a fist on his chest
  • The scorer kissing the club/national badge on his or her shirt, to show his or her love for the club/country. At the 1998 World Cup final, Zidane did it after scoring one his 2 goals in France's 3-0 win over Brazil. In the 2002 edition, Beckham did it ecstatically after scoring a penalty in their 1-0 win over Argentina, thus preventing them from advancing to the knock-out stages.
  • The scorer diving onto the grass with arms and legs outstretched. Supposedly first done by Jürgen Klinsmann, shortly after he joined Tottenham. Klinsmann was actually performing this goal celebration to satire his own (in his belief unjustified) reputation for diving to win free-kicks and penalties. It became known as "a Klinsmann".
  • The scorer putting a finger to his mouth, as if telling the (opposition) crowd to be quiet. Tuncay Sanli of Middlesbrough does this after scoring a goal. This celebration was also performed by Raúl of Real Madrid against FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou.
  • The scorer sliding on his knees, made famous by Dragan Mance of Partizan Belgrade. Didier Drogba of Chelsea often celebrates by pumping his arms out by his side before sliding towards the sideline on his knees. Fernando Torres of Liverpool also occasionally celebrates this way; he did so after scoring the winning goal for Spain in the Euro 2008 final.
  • The scorer holding their index and middle fingers down, while crossing them with the index finger of the other hand, showing the letter "A". With this celebration a growing number of players in the English Premiership are promoting an organisation known as A-Star, founded by Fitz Hall.
  • The scorer outstreching both arms and running around changing the angle of arms mimicking an aeroplane. This was made famous by former Swindon Town and Middlesbrough striker Jan Åge Fjørtoft. This style was also used by the former Israeli striker Alon Mizrahi who was nicknamed "The aeroplane", as well as Vincenzo Montella of AS Roma, and Pedro Miguel Pauleta who was nicknamed the "Açore's eagle". Sometimes a player turns away with outstretched arms without actually moving them. Thierry Henry did this often. Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart occasionally did this as well.
  • The scorer kissing the ring finger. Married players are saluting to their wives with this celebration. The most prominent player to use this celebration is Raúl, others doing the same include Korean international Ahn Jung Hwan, Dirk Kuyt of Liverpool, Frank Lampard of Chelsea, and Brian McBride of the Chicago Fire.
  • The scorer rocking his arms from side to side, as though rocking a baby. This usually signifies that the scorer recently became a parent, whether or not for the first time. This was started by Brazilian striker Bebeto at the 1994 FIFA World Cup after his quarter-final goal against the Netherlands. He was joined by teammates Romário and Mazinho. Andriy Shevchenko of Chelsea was joined by all his team mates to celebrate the birth of Shevchenko's second son. The celebration was also done by Matt Derbyshire of Blackburn Rovers when he scored the winner against Newcastle to celebrate the birth of his twin boys. The same was performed by Chelsea captain John Terry. Roman Pavlyuchenko of Russia performed this celebration after scoring a penalty against Wales.
  • The scorer pointing towards the sky, either to thank God or to salute to someone who died. Kaká of AC Milan, who is a devout Christian and attributes his recovery from a potentially crippling injury and a difficult surgical operation to Jesus, uses this celebration. Adriano of Inter Milan raises his hands for God and a salute to his father who died a few years ago. James McFadden, then playing in Everton, celebrated his goal against Middlesbrough following the death of Phil O'Donnell by kissing his black armband and pointing to the sky before appearing to burst into tears. Sevilla's Renato also did this in the 2007 UEFA Super Cup Final after his teammate Antonio Puerta died three days before the match. Frank Lampard also does this in dedication to his mother. Players often wheel away by pointing to the sky, for non-religious reasons.
  • The scorer exhibiting some kind of dancing after the goal, usually joined in by teammates. The first player gaining worldwide notoriety with this was probably Cameroonian veteran Roger Milla on the 1990 FIFA World Cup, who celebrated all his four goals by dancing around the corner flag. Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho also occasionally performs some samba dancing after scoring a goal. Former Manchester United footballer Lee Sharpe made famous his Sharpey Shuffle whereby he would do a popstar like dance routine, finishing with kissing his hand and pointing it into the crowd. He also did a celebration involving the corner flags and waving his legs like Elvis. Bas Savage of Tranmere Rovers celebrates by performing either the standard moonwalk, the moonwalk 360 or the side glide. This has gained him a regular spot on Soccer AM with the section 'I Wanna be like Bas'. Clint Dempsey occasionally does the "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" dance, from the eponymous video by Dem Franchize Boys. Peter Crouch of Liverpool made the robot dance goal celebration very popular a few years ago. Thierry Henry during his last seasons at Arsenal would start a duet samba dance with his teammate Emmanuel Adebayor. Many Brazilian players would dance some sort of samba after scoring an important goal.
  • The scorer performing some kind of acrobatic routine after the goal. The first well-known player to do this was probably Hugo Sánchez of Real Madrid, who always celebrated his goals by performing a backflip in honor to his sister, who was a gymnast and participated in the Montreal Olympic Games. German forward Miroslav Klose does a forward somersault after scoring, which, according to him, is only for the big goals. Obafemi Martins of Wolfsburg celebrates by performing a series of somersaults culminating with a backflip. Lomana LuaLua, a former gymnast, is capable of multiple flips and somersaults. Nani of Manchester United celebrates by doing a cartwheel followed by a backwards somersault. Julius Aghahowa of Wigan Athletic sometimes celebrates by doing backflips, doing about seven at a time. Robert Earnshaw of Notts Forest and Wales does a front flip, sometimes followed by a "presentation" gesture. Zoltán Gera, the Hungarian forward of Fulham FC, always celebrates his goals by performing a backward somersault.
  • The scorer imitating to shoot with some kind of weapon. Robbie Keane of Tottenham used to celebrate with a round-off into a cartwheel, finishing on knee and mimicking the firing of a rifle or an arrow from a bow after he scores. Walter Pandiani and Andy Van der Meyde, nicknamed "The Rifle", also emulate the firing of a rifle. Former Fiorentina legend and Roma striker Gabriel Batistuta was famous for his 'Machine Gun' celebration where he would get down on one knee and 'shoot' with his fingers as if they were machine guns. Spaniards Dani Güiza of Fenerbahce and Kiko of Atletico Madrid run to the corner flag after scoring, kneel down and imitate shooting towards the sky with a gun. Australians Archie Thompson and Tim Cahill, who went to the same soccer school, celebrate by running to the corner flag, karate punching and kicking it followed by a gun shooting action. At one point in the 2006-07 season, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić, and John O'Shea celebrated by kneeling down and pretending to shoot a bazooka, supposedly aimed at Chelsea F.C. This supposedly started with Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney playing the Playstation 2 game SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs along with Chelsea's John Terry and Frank Lampard at the England national football team camp during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. AS Roma's iconic striker Francesco Totti once took over a broadcaster's camera and aimed it at the opposition after scoring in a Serie A game.
  • Teammates congratulating to the scorer by kneeling down and pretending to shine his shoe. This celebration is often seen from Patrice Evra of Manchester United.

Player or Team "Trademark" Celebrations

  • Diego Maradona of Argentina is remembered for performing his "Maradona Jump" where he jumped up with both legs bent and pumped his fist to the sky.
  • Tomas Brolin of Sweden celebrated his goals with a 360-degree jump in the air.
  • Juventus striker Fabrizio Ravanelli's signature celebration was pulling his shirt over his head and running around the field. Another world class player seen frequently celebrating this way was Ivan Zamorano of Real Madrid. It is now a bookable offence (see Punishment)
  • Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer always celebrated by raising his right hand with palm open.
  • Alessandro Del Piero, Juventus' current captain often celebrates a goal by showing his tongue to supporters in a childish manner.
  • Arsenal legend Robert Pirès slowly jogs around the pitch, whilst waving his right index finger in a "I told you so" fashion. Brazilian striker Ronaldo also celebrates in this way.
  • Luca Toni of Bayern Munich always celebrates by stretching his fingers and waving his hand next to his right ear, and then closing the same hand into a fist and throwing it in the air.
  • Ronaldinho often celebrates by sticking out his little finger and his thumb on both hands and shaking them.
  • Bafetimbi Gomis of AS Saint-Etienne celebrates his goals imitating a panther, and the name of the animal became his nickname.
  • Shefki Kuqi of Crystal Palace jumps with arms open wide in the air and then falls down in the grass, landing heavily.
  • During their period at Leeds United Jermaine Beckford and Trésor Kandol celebrated by imitating throwing a basketball into a hoop when one or the other scored.
  • Mark Bresciano of Palermo and Australia freezes and mimics a statue. He calls this his "Spartacus" goal celebration.
  • Zinedine Zidane is remembered, particularly during his last football years, as having a very serious attitude and often not celebrating his goals. He would run back to his own half showing no emotion at all or just clap his hands and shout.
  • The 1990s Chelsea team sometimes gathered around Dennis Wise as if posing for a team photo.
  • The Aylesbury United team, nicknamed The Ducks, go down on their knees, and waddle in a line, with their elbows flapping.

Memorable Celebrations

  • Arguably the most memorable goal celebration came from Italian midfielder Marco Tardelli after scoring Italy's second goal against West Germany in the 1982 World Cup final. With tears in his eyes, he sprinted into his own half, fists beating against his chest, tears pouring down his face, screaming his name as he shook his head wildly. This is also called the "Tardelli cry".
  • The 1982 World Cup also saw the usually quiet Falcão running the pitch screaming with both his hands raised after scoring Brazil's second goal against Italy.
  • At the 1994 World Cup Diego Maradona ran towards one of the sideline cameras shouting with a distorted face after he scored against Greece. This turned to be Maradona's last international goal for Argentina before testing positive for ephedrine and never playing for his country again.
  • The Greece team at the 1994 World Cup also saw Finidi George of Nigeria running to the corner flag after scoring, kneeling down and imitating a urinating dog.
  • A memorable choreographed celebration came when Paul Gascoigne scored against Scotland during the Euro 96 championships. He lay on his back while his teammates grabbed water bottles from the touchline and poured water into his open mouth. This celebration mimicked a controversial pre-tournament incident when England players were photographed in a nightclub, sitting in a dentist's chair having alcoholic drinks poured down their throats.
  • Eric Cantona is remembered by many football fans for his celebration he did against Sunderland. After chipping the goalkeeper following a great solo effort, he just stood still, stuck out his chest and looked into the crowd.
  • At the 1998 World Cup, Denmark's Brian Laudrup scored the equalizer against Brazil, then ran to the sidelines and lay down on his side leaning his head on his elbow, as if he had been on the beach.
  • In 1999 Robbie Fowler of Liverpool celebrated his goal against Everton imitating snorting the baseline as if it had been cocaine. He was fined afterwards.
  • In 2002 Uruguayan striker Diego Forlán whipped off his shirt after scoring for former club Manchester United. He attempted to put his shirt back on but got stuck in it, resulting in a spectacle of him running around the pitch bare chested. The referee paused play and ordered Forlán off the pitch to get changed.
  • Whilst playing for Liverpool, Craig Bellamy celebrated his goal against Barcelona, simulating a golf swing, due to media speculation into a fight between him and teammate, John Arne Riise, at a karaoke night near their training ground in Portugal, where he allegedly tried to hit Riise with a golf club.
  • In 2005 Francesco Totti of AS Roma revealed a "Liberate Giuliana" scripted t-shirt after his goals, campaigning beside Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist, who was kidnapped in Iraq. This allegedly advanced the negotiations with the kidnappers, who had Totti as one of their favourite players.
  • At the 2006 World Cup, Italian Fabio Grosso did his best Tardelli impression after scoring the late winner against Germany in the semi-final. With tears in his eyes, he ran into his own half waving his finger shouting "I Don't Believe It" before shaking his head side to side rapidly and then being hauled to the floor by a number of his team mates.
  • At the 2006 World Cup, Ecuadorian international Kaviedes put a Spiderman mask onto his head after scoring against Costa Rica. This was dedicated to his former teammate Otilino Tenorio, who died in a car accident, and used to celebrate his goals with various masks on his head.
  • Paolo Di Canio made his mark also in 2006, when during his period at Lazio, he made a fascist salute to the right-wing fans. He was fined as suspended as a result.
  • Rangers striker Kris Boyd held his finger up to his nose in imitation of his recent moustache in the 2008 Scottish Cup final. This was revealed to be a reference to a bet made with teammates prior to the game.

Punishment

In recent seasons, The Football Association have tried to crack down on some of the more enthusiastic celebrations in the FA Premier League. If a player incites the crowd and/or takes his shirt off after scoring a goal he is likely to get booked by the referee (e.g., Bastian Schweinsteiger during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Marlon Harewood for West Ham after scoring in the 2006 FA Cup Semi-Final against Middlesbrough, and Carlos Alberto during the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final). This rule was created because football is a global game, and in some countries the removal of the shirt is considered offensive. This can cause huge controversy if the player has already been booked, since he would then be sent off. Preston North End midfielder Ross Wallace made quite a habit out of getting sent off after celebrating a goal whilst at Sunderland.

In the 2006-07 season of the SPL, Aberdeen played away to Hearts in the 3rd last game of the season that would greatly determine the outcome of which of the teams finished 3rd and therefore qualified for Europe. In the 90th minute, Barry Nicholson equalised for Aberdeen (that all but secured European qualification for Aberdeen) and took off his shirt celebrating. Having already been booked, he was sent off.[2]

Carlos Tevez for Boca Juniors was even sent off when celebrating a goal against archrivals River Plate during 2004 Copa Libertadores, imitating a chicken, clearly mocking the opposite crowd, in spite of not being booked previously. Similarly, in American women's soccer at school and collegiate levels, the practice of taking the shirt off to celebrate a goal (made popular by Brandi Chastain), has been prohibited. However, some players get around this rule by pulling the hem of their shirts over the head, without taking the shirt off entirely, but this is not always overturned by the referees. Everton midfielder Tim Cahill celebrated scoring his first goal for the toffes at Manchester City in 2004 by pulling his shirt onto his head for a second before pulling it back down onto him. The referee that day was still quick enough to see what had happened, and Cahill, who was already booked for an earlier foul on Joey Barton, went down in history as the first player to be sent off for celebrating a goal. Another player to be sent off for pulling his shirt onto his head after scoring was Internazionale hardman Marco Materazzi in the San Siro derby in October 2006 won 4-3 by Inter.

Jumping into the crowd is also a bookable offence ("deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee's permission", as identified in Law 12), one which caused Arjen Robben to be sent off in a Premier League match in 2006. Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack were both shown yellow cards after they jumped into the crowd to celebrate their goals for Chelsea against Portsmouth in the 2006-07 season. Carlos Tevez also got booked when he dived into the crowd in a Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. He had also removed his shirt which should have warranted another yellow card, however he was only given a single booking and thus not sent off. The same thing happened to Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, when he celebrated the goal that gave Celtic the SPL title in the 2006-07 season

In 1999 former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler was fined £60,000 by his club and the FA Premier League for having celebrated his penalty goal against Everton by getting down on all fours and miming the snorting of cocaine off of the white touchline. Although it was seen as Fowler's response to being accused of drug abuse in the tabloid press, then-manager Gérard Houllier famously claimed that he was merely imitating "a cow eating grass" which, Houllier claimed, teammate Rigobert Song had regularly joked about in training.

Players like Paolo di Canio (celebrating his first goal for Wednesday in 1997), Stephen Ireland (celebrating a goal for Manchester City against Sunderland in November 2007) and Robbie Blake (celebrating a late goal for Burnley against Reading in October 2008) dropped their shorts after scoring. Di Canio and Ireland were fined, but the undies Blake wore when he dropped his shorts became available to buy in the Turf Moor shop.

Ipswich player David Norris received a fine after using a hand cuff gesture to celebrate scoring against Blackpool in November 2008, dedicating the goal to ex-team-mate Luke McCormick who was jailed for Drink-driving, although people are never arrested with their arms crossed and held aloft. Similarly Everton midfielder Tim Cahill received a similar fine for a similar gesture in a match on 2 March 2008, a similar incident took place in Chelsea vs Middlesbourgh when teammate Salomon Kalou scored a brace amd thereafter crossing hands with teammate Didier Drogba, it was later revealed that he said he wanted to try out a new celebration and not supporting an Ivorian convictionist.

Thierry Henry was fined by UEFA after he removed his Arsenal shirt to reveal a T-shirt reading "To the new-born Kyd." This was a comment directed to his friend, Texas lead singer Sharleen Spiteri, who had just given birth.

Italian and A.C. Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso achieved a fair amount of notoriety for his post-match goal celebration during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. After Italy won the final against France, he ran around the pitch without his shorts on until FIFA officials forced him to cover up.

See also

References

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