Rabona

Another scenario could be a right-footed winger sending a cross while playing on the left side of the pitch without having to turn first.

The name derives from its first documented performance by Ricardo Infante in a game between Estudiantes de la Plata and Rosario Central in 1948.

Giovanni "Cocò" Roccotelli is credited with popularising the rabona in Italy during the 1970s; at the time, this move was simply called a "crossed-kick" (incrociata, in Italian).

[4][5][6] In addition to the aforementioned players, some examples of various well known exponents of the rabona, who have successfully performed the skill in competitions and are also known to employ it frequently during matches, are: Fernando Redondo, Alan Ball, Diego Maradona, Romário, Roberto Baggio, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pablo Aimar, Raúl Jiménez, Claudio Borghi, Matías Fernández, Matías Urbano, Mário Jardel, David Villa, Ariel Ortega, Robinho, Alberto Aquilani, Eden Hazard, Joe Cole, Ronaldinho, Ángel Di María, Rivaldo, Neil Townley-Williams, Ricardo Quaresma, Erik Lamela, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Carlos, Matthew Kowalczyk,[1][3][7][8][9][10][11] Neymar,[12] Luis Suárez,[13] Jay-Jay Okocha.

[15] Other players who have also used this skill successfully during a competitive match are: Xavi Simons (Roemania - The Netherlands 0-3) Amr Elsolia, Andrés Vasquez, Djalminha, Fahad Al Enezi, Thomas Müller, Manolis Skoufalis,[1][3][7][8] Léo Lima,[16] Marcos Rojo,[17] Érik Lamela (once in the River Plate youth sides,[18] once in 2014,[18][19] and once in 2021[20][21]), Marcelo Carrusca,[22] Jordan Henderson,[23] Dimitri Payet,[24] Carlos Bacca,[25] Fabrizio Miccoli,[26] Mario Balotelli,[27] Jonathan Calleri,[28] Diego Perotti,[29] Mikael Lustig,[30] Eran Zahavi,[31] Robert Lewandowski,[32] and Jaden Philogene,[33] among many others; Johnny Giles of Leeds United also performed one in the famous sequence of possession against Southampton in 1972 during a 7–0 win.