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Just a little bit of football history

 

 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-doodle-celebrates-fancy-footwork-of-footballer-leonidas-da-silva-8801116.html

 

 

 

Today's Google Doodle features a frame-by-frame sketch of Brazilian footballer Leonidas da Silva performing a 'bicycle kick' on what would have been his 100th birthday.

 

Click on the gallery above to see a collection of recent Doodles.

 

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1913, the player was seen as the inventor of the bicycle kick after first using it in a 1932 match between his club Bonsucesso and Carioca. The unusual move caught on and was most notably used during his time playing for São Paulo in a 8-0 victory over Juventus.

 

He played for Brazil's national team 19 times, scoring 21 goals and continued to delight spectators with his acrobatic displays on the pitch until his retirement from the game in 1950.

 

In his later years he managed São Paulo before quitting football to become a radio reporter. He died in 2004 after complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.

 

 

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Interestingly, over here we credit a Spanish-born Chilean as the inventor of the bicycle kick and that's why in Spanish we call it "La chilena".

 

A "bicycle" in Spanish football slang is a stepover.

 

Who was that?

 

I like in (I think) Italy they call a nutmeg a "little tunnel".

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Interestingly, over here we credit a Spanish-born Chilean as the inventor of the bicycle kick and that's why in Spanish we call it "La chilena".

 

A "bicycle" in Spanish football slang is a stepover.

 

Who was that?

 

I like in (I think) Italy they call a nutmeg a "little tunnel".

 

We call it a "túnel" or - my favorite - "sotana" (cassock) since the defender would have avoided it had he worn one.

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Interestingly, over here we credit a Spanish-born Chilean as the inventor of the bicycle kick and that's why in Spanish we call it "La chilena".

 

A "bicycle" in Spanish football slang is a stepover.

 

Who was that?

 

I like in (I think) Italy they call a nutmeg a "little tunnel".

 

We call it a "túnel" or - my favorite - "sotana" (cassock) since the defender would have avoided it had he worn one.

 

Love stuff like this.

 

You lot call goals direct from corners olimpico's n all?

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Interestingly, over here we credit a Spanish-born Chilean as the inventor of the bicycle kick and that's why in Spanish we call it "La chilena".

 

A "bicycle" in Spanish football slang is a stepover.

 

Who was that?

 

I like in (I think) Italy they call a nutmeg a "little tunnel".

 

We call it a "túnel" or - my favorite - "sotana" (cassock) since the defender would have avoided it had he worn one.

 

Love stuff like this.

 

You lot call goals direct from corners olimpico's n all?

 

Yeah, called that way because Argentina scored it against the then-Olympic champions Uruguay in the 1920s, and used the word to mock them.

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http://imgur.com/Er1CM.jpg

 

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLcF0QxVzKsjGJ2MWFqA_now1URBni4xEk7t-CS6GEZVj0AWB6yA

 

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1364282.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Chelsea%20v%20Norwich%20City%20-%20Premier%20League-1364282

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/03/article-2226996-15D527B1000005DC-296_634x392.jpg

 

http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Gareth+Bale+West+Ham+United+v+Tottenham+Hotspur+3DeLyh2cTR4l.jpg

 

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02214/leap_2214634k.jpg

 

http://img.webme.com/pic/p/petercrouch/peter-crouch-airbound.jpg

 

 

We love a good overhead kick like.

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