Why Bruno Guimaraes has been handed ‘Olimpico’ tag

Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimaraes has been awarded with the ‘Olimpico’ tag.

This follows the match at St James’ Park on Saturday.

Bruno Guimaraes scoring an astonishing effort direct from a corner.

Interesting to read below the origins of why ‘Olimpico’ is the label given to such a goal.

This Bruno goal against Burnley is only the 20th in the entire Premier League era of 33+ years to have been scored direct from a corner.

BBC Sport reporting that the last nine have all been scored by players from either Brazil or England.

BBC Sport report – 8 December 2025:

‘The term ‘Olimpico’ is used to describe a rare goal where a player scores directly from taking a corner without any other player getting a touch on the ball.

Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes scored an Olimpico goal on Saturday during their 2-1 win over Burnley.

The term comes from the first ever recorded goal of its kind, scored by Cesareo Onzari in 1924 for Argentina against Uruguay.

Because Uruguay were the current reigning Olympic champions, the goal was described as ‘Gol Olimpico’ and the term Olimpico has been used since.

Prior to Onzari’s strike, goals scored in this manner had come under question, but have been permitted since.

Guimaraes’ goal was the second Olimpico goal in the Premier League this season, after Marcus Tavernier scored one for Bournemouth against Nottingham Forest in October.

A total of 20 Olimpicos have been scored in Premier League history, 12 of which have been since December 2015. The last nine have all been scored by players from either England or Brazil.

Neil Pointon and Ashley Westwood are the only two players in Premier League history to have scored two Olimpico goals.‘