Ivan Rakitic scored the goal of the year during his first full season as a starter with Basel in the Swiss Super League. He was only 19 years old when he rifled home a snap volley from outside of the box against St. Gallen in October 2006.
It is not that goal, however, for which he is remembered by Swiss football fans. Instead, it's a near miss they recall.
"It was something very particular and strange. It became famous in Switzerland. Everyone talked about the incident," Eva Tedesco, a journalist with Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten, told Bleacher Report.