Hugo Sanchez

Who? The ex-real Madrid goal machine, who notched 38 La Liga goals in 1989-90 to equal a record that had stood since the 1950-51 season. The Mexican helped Los Blancos capture five successive titles from 1985-86, plus the ’86 UEFA Cup, and he led hosts Mexico to the quarter-finals of the World Cup that year. Oh, and he’d always perform a somersault whenever he scored.

That’s 487 somersaults... It is. His gymnast sister represented Mexico at the 1976 Olympics, so it was in the blood. A man of many skills – with his acrobatic bicycle kick the party piece – Hugo trained to be a dentist and would later star in a bizarre set of adverts made for Colgate – to urge good dental hygiene.

So does he still practise? The dentistry or the somersaults? Well, neither these days. Now 58, he was last spotted weighing up a bid to take over the Mexican side, Puebla.