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01st Jun 2015

Video: Ronaldinho shows he still has a mischievous side with disallowed goal

Tom Victor

He might be nearing the end of his career, but Ronaldinho will never stop trying new and cheeky things on the football pitch.

Playing for Mexican club Queretaro, the 35-year-old Brazilian flicked the ball out of the hands of Santos Laguna goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin and tapped it into the empty net.

Sadly the referee did not see the funny side and disallowed the goal, as Queretaro lost the title play-off 5-3 on aggregate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I73P1Hwc6W4

Ronaldinho is not the first player to attempt to embarrass an opposing goalkeeper in this manner, and we’ve picked out some of our favourites.

Neymar’s effort against Real Sociedad this season was almost identical…

While Thierry Henry tried the same thing during his time at Arsenal.

Former Nottingham Forest striker Gary Crosby was more creative with his attempt.

But top of our list has to be this ‘he’s behind you’ effort from everyone’s favourite daytime TV presenter Dion Dublin.