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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cruijff Turn | 1 |
| Cruyff Turn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2797826 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cruyff Turn Context triple: [Johan Cruyff, hasSignatureMove, Cruyff Turn]
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A.
The Corner Kick
The Corner Kick is a method of restarting play in association football, awarded to the attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line last touched by a defender without resulting in a goal.
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B.
Cartwheel
Cartwheel was a major World War II Allied military campaign in the Pacific aimed at isolating and neutralizing the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul through a series of coordinated offensives.
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C.
Turnor
Turnor is a surname variant of "Turner," historically associated with the occupational name for someone who worked with a lathe or turned wood or metal.
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D.
The Goal Kick
The Goal Kick is a method of restarting play in association football, awarded to the defending team when the ball crosses their goal line last touched by an opponent without resulting in a goal.
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E.
tiki-taka
Tiki-taka is a possession-based football philosophy characterized by quick, short passing, constant movement, and positional interchange to control the game and break down opponents.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cruyff Turn Target entity description: 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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A.
The Corner Kick
The Corner Kick is a method of restarting play in association football, awarded to the attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line last touched by a defender without resulting in a goal.
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B.
Cartwheel
Cartwheel was a major World War II Allied military campaign in the Pacific aimed at isolating and neutralizing the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul through a series of coordinated offensives.
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C.
Turnor
Turnor is a surname variant of "Turner," historically associated with the occupational name for someone who worked with a lathe or turned wood or metal.
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D.
The Goal Kick
The Goal Kick is a method of restarting play in association football, awarded to the defending team when the ball crosses their goal line last touched by an opponent without resulting in a goal.
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E.
tiki-taka
Tiki-taka is a possession-based football philosophy characterized by quick, short passing, constant movement, and positional interchange to control the game and break down opponents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dribbling move
ⓘ
feint ⓘ football skill move ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cruyff Turn
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surface form:
Cruijff Turn
|
| associatedClub |
AFC Ajax
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FC Barcelona ⓘ |
| ballContactCount | single touch ⓘ |
| category |
ball mastery move
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football trick ⓘ |
| commonSurface | grass pitch ⓘ |
| counteredBy |
anticipation by defender
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staying on feet and not diving in ⓘ |
| difficultyLevel | intermediate ⓘ |
| directionChange | 180 degrees ⓘ |
| effectOnDefender |
forcing defender to overcommit
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wrong‑footing the defender ⓘ |
| eraOfPopularization | 1970s ⓘ |
| famousExponents |
Andrés Iniesta
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surface form:
Andres Iniesta
Johan Cruyff ⓘ Lionel Messi ⓘ Thierry Henry ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
coaching manuals
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football skills tutorials ⓘ |
| governingBodyRecognition | FIFA coaching materials ⓘ |
| keyAction |
dragging the ball behind the standing leg
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feinting a pass ⓘ feinting a shot ⓘ |
| movementType | change of direction ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johan Cruyff ⓘ |
| originCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
changing direction quickly
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creating space ⓘ evading a defender ⓘ |
| requires |
close ball control
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deception ⓘ good balance ⓘ |
| riskLevel | moderate ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| teachingContext |
technical skills drills
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youth football coaching ⓘ |
| trainingFocus |
body orientation
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timing of feint ⓘ weight transfer ⓘ |
| typicalBodyPart | inside of the foot ⓘ |
| usedIn |
attacking play
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midfield play ⓘ one‑on‑one situations ⓘ wing play ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cruyff Turn Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cruijff Turn