21 of the best bicycle kicks of all time: Garnacho, Ronaldinho, Sinclair, Ibra…
Gary Neville declared Alejandro Garnacho’s outrageous bicycle kick against Everton as the best he’s ever seen.
It was a seriously special goal, and it belongs in the conversation, but there are are plenty of contenders for that particular debate – having been scored by some of the sport’s most iconic names.
We’ve compiled 21 of the best here. Be sure let us know on Twitter @planetfutebol if we’ve forgotten a classic you want adding to the list.
Alejandro Garnacho
WHAT A GOAL ALEJANDRO GARNACHO!!!! 🤯🤯🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/L9h1inY5rT
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 26, 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo
OH. MY. WORD! 😱
Cristiano Ronaldo with an outrageous overhead kick!
Insane! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/PYtT0uRTQ9
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 3, 2018
Wayne Rooney
.@WayneRooney likes to ride his bicycle 🚴#PL25 pic.twitter.com/VZe6HgO9GF
— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) August 16, 2017
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
#OnThisDay in 2012, Zlatan Ibrahimovic did something which, let's face it, only he can do. That thirty-odd yard overhead kick against England. Sizzled Joe Hart's brain in his head like it was a fried egg. Sensational. pic.twitter.com/Wj7vmmBB8n
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) November 14, 2020
Rivaldo
Barça-Valencia always a good opportunity to remember one of the best hat tricks of all time.
Rivaldo snatching a Champs League spot from Valencia at the death with a ludicrous overhead kick back in 2001.
— Fútbol es la leche (@futboleslaleche) October 17, 2021
Trevor Sinclair
22 years since Trevor Sinclair scored one of the great FA Cup goals for @QPR. pic.twitter.com/SD9Jkx4h5S
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) January 25, 2019
Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale’s worldie v Liverpool has not been nominated for UEFA’s 17/18 Goal of the Season award….
😳#FootballINDEX #FICommunitypic.twitter.com/7FH3mskJeA
— Football Index (@FootballIndex) August 15, 2018
Philippe Mexes
📅 OTD in 2012…
Philippe Mexès scored one of the most incredible bicycle kicks the Champions League has ever seen 😳👏
⚠️ Reminder: He was a centre-back! pic.twitter.com/qKxHRyNYHL
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) November 21, 2018
Ronaldinho
The perfect bicycle from Ronaldinho 🤤
Even Messi was impressed 👏pic.twitter.com/xrReP2G2xn
— GOAL (@goal) November 15, 2020
Marco van Basten
ON THIS DAY: In 1986, Marco van Basten scored *this* bicycle kick for Ajax.
What a strike. pic.twitter.com/MNESRfNmdA
— Squawka (@Squawka) November 9, 2018
Xherdan Shaqiri
In honor of #WorldBicycleDay, let's look back at Shaqiri's insane bicycle kick in his #LFC debut in Michigan 🚲🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/Xsx6f2dI1D
— Liverpool FC USA (@LFCUSA) June 3, 2021
Emre Can
We'll never get sick of this Emre Can bicycle kick 😍pic.twitter.com/wl6oOEyZzA
— GOAL (@goal) December 23, 2019
Stan Collymore
📽️ Who can possibly forget this bicycle kick scored by Stan Collymore against Leeds United back in the @premierleague days of October 2000?
🚲🌍 Special, special goal this one! #BCAFC pic.twitter.com/SQwlQUJaAU
— Bradford City AFC (@officialbantams) April 4, 2018
Eidur Gudjohnsen
It's Eider Gudjohnsen's birthday. Straight from the Icelandic aisle of our Volley Club Hall of Fame, here's his bicycle kick against Leeds United in 2003. pic.twitter.com/vxTwZbydza
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) September 15, 2020
Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch scoring a bicycle kick will forever be poetry in motion. Here's arguably his best one, scored against Galatasaray in the Champions League, back in 2006.#GoodMorningGoalspic.twitter.com/7gAx4f4P8q
— The Set Pieces (@thesetpieces) October 8, 2021
Dimitar Berbatov
✅ Overhead kick
✅ In off the bar
✅ Against your rivals✨ Dimitar Berbatov #GoalOfTheDay @ManUtd pic.twitter.com/dXqvtWTlW2
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 2, 2019
Christian Benteke
ON THIS DAY: In 2015, Christian Benteke scored a stunning overhead kick away to Man Utd. Just a shame we lost. #LFC pic.twitter.com/DsnaJztvvk
— LFC Stats (@LFCData) September 12, 2016
Benito Carbone
Fancy a 🚲 kick to get your week started?
Enter Benito Carbone…#GoalOfTheDay @SWFC pic.twitter.com/jPFswwZEXN
— Premier League (@premierleague) November 14, 2016
Andy Carroll
That Andy Carroll bicycle kick! 🚲😱
@BassetGold #GoldMoments pic.twitter.com/1lMyujdPwz
— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 8, 2018
Rory Delap
Scissor kick or bicycle kick? 🤔
Serious air-time for Rory Delap against #THFC at St Mary's in 2004! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NAWwM2qD8a
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) March 7, 2019
Ricky Drury
Ricky Drury of 9th tier side Holbeach United scoring a fantastic volley against a Worcester City team three divisions above them, in the 2015/16 FA Cup.
Thanks to @RyanDeeney2194 for this one.pic.twitter.com/cVnSM3JCzs
— GoalScorer Challenge ⚽️ (@GoalscorerC) May 17, 2021
Oscarine Masaluke
ON THIS DAY
😯 ⚽️ This goal was nominated for a FIFA Puskas Award.
👏 🙌 An injury-time bicycle kick by a goalkeeper.
We celebrate Oscarine Masuluke's moment of magic. pic.twitter.com/GeRhS1YrhF— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) November 30, 2017
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