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Bosh! The 10 best goals from defenders

It's 20 years since Philippe Albert scored with THAT chip in Newcastle's 5-0 win over Manchester United. Greg Evans provides more players who provided ripsnorters from the back

Ronald Koeman vs Sampdoria, 1992

The current Everton manager still holds the record for most goals scored by a defender (with a net-busting 193 to his name), but this effort against Sampdoria in the 1992 Champions League Final is surely among his best.

With the game at Wembley stuck in a 0-0 stalemate deep into extra-time, Koeman thumped home a set-piece past Gianluca Pagliuca to win the Catalan club their first-ever European Cup.