Messi, Zlatan, Beckham: What are the most watched goals on YouTube ever?

Scoring goals looks rather straightforward, but it’s actually the hardest job to do on a football pitch.

If it were easy, top strikers wouldn’t be so jaw-droppingly invaluable and command such insane transfer fees.

That means when a good goal is scored, we all know about it. And the best goals are hung up in football’s collective mental museum.

What constitutes a ‘good goal’ changes for everyone, though. The strikers among us will appreciate the scruffy, poacher’s tap-in and the work that goes with that, while others will prefer those speculative efforts that turn into unforgettable, long range net rippers. And that’s without even mentioning volleys, set pieces, bicycle kicks, mazy runs from deep – you get the idea.

And while we’ve probably all got our favourites for some reason or another, livefootballtickets.com has been putting together research to find out which goals make up that hall of fame through the public vote.

You know a goal is an all-time classic when it bangs on YouTube. Using that idea, livefootballtickets.com has created data to compile a list of the 15 most viewed goals on YouTube, correct as of the time of writing.

Seriously, there are some absolutely ferocious goals in here. From forgotten Premier League strikes and peak La Liga wizardry, to goals on the international stage and more, here are the 15 most popular goals on YouTube.

Views: 2,782,068

Marta earned Pele comparisons for her wizardry level of skill, and ability in possession of a football.

Bagging her second of the game in 2007 Women’s World Cup semi-final, Marta takes in a bobbled pass with her back to goal by flicking it around her marker, juggles the ball down to settle, drops another defender and then slots it past the goalkeeper. It’s