Cruyff Turn

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The Cruyff Turn is a famous football dribbling move in which a player feints a pass or shot before quickly dragging the ball behind their standing leg to change direction and evade a defender.

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Cruijff Turn 1
Cruyff Turn canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dribbling move
feint
football skill move
alsoKnownAs Cruyff Turn
surface form: Cruijff Turn
associatedClub AFC Ajax
FC Barcelona
ballContactCount single touch
category ball mastery move
football trick
commonSurface grass pitch
counteredBy anticipation by defender
staying on feet and not diving in
difficultyLevel intermediate
directionChange 180 degrees
effectOnDefender forcing defender to overcommit
wrong‑footing the defender
eraOfPopularization 1970s
famousExponents Andrés Iniesta
surface form: Andres Iniesta

Johan Cruyff
Lionel Messi
Thierry Henry
featuredIn coaching manuals
football skills tutorials
governingBodyRecognition FIFA coaching materials
keyAction dragging the ball behind the standing leg
feinting a pass
feinting a shot
movementType change of direction
namedAfter Johan Cruyff
originCountry Netherlands
primaryPurpose changing direction quickly
creating space
evading a defender
requires close ball control
deception
good balance
riskLevel moderate
sport association football
teachingContext technical skills drills
youth football coaching
trainingFocus body orientation
timing of feint
weight transfer
typicalBodyPart inside of the foot
usedIn attacking play
midfield play
one‑on‑one situations
wing play

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Johan Cruyff hasSignatureMove Cruyff Turn
Cruyff Turn alsoKnownAs Cruyff Turn
this entity surface form: Cruijff Turn