Crystal Palace’s Jason Puncheon joined the mile-high club over the weekend, but not in the way he’d have wanted – his spot-kick miss in the 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur is one of the highest penalties we’ve ever seen…
Yowsers. At least Puncheon can take solace in the fact that he’s far from the only one to have skied it so spectacularly.
Join us in looking back at some of the world’s highest penalties, and perhaps pick your own winner of what we’re calling the ‘Balloon d’Or’ (geddit?)…
Edin Džeko for Manchester City v Sunderland, July 2013
André Santos for Grêmio v Juventude, April 2013
Jonathan Soriano for Red Bull Salzburg v Rapid Vienna, August 2012
Sergio Ramos for Real Madrid v Bayern Munich, April 2012
Charlie Adam for Liverpool v Cardiff City, February 2012
André Santos for Brazil v Paraguay, June 2011
Lukas Jutkiewicz for Coventry City v Reading, September 2011
Wayne Rooney for Manchester United v Arsenal, December 2010
Obafemi Martins for Newcastle United v Everton, December 2006
David Beckham for England v Portugal, Euro 2004
David Beckham for England v Turkey, October 2003
Jaap Stam for Holland v Italy, Euro 2000 (skip to 1.08)
Roberto Baggio for Italy v Brazil, 1994 World Cup final penalty shootout
HAVE YOUR SAY: Are there any notable absentees in our list of the world’s highest penalties? Let us know in that comments bit, downwards…