Graziano Pelle. Remember him? Well you will now.
The former Southampton striker scored a worldie of a goal in the Chinese Super League for his club Shandong Luneng.
Eyebrows were raised when the Italy international swapped Southampton and the Premier League for a switch to China, but he has clearly kept his goalscoring prowess with him.
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After netting five goals in 12 games so far this season, this was certainly the most impressive.
A ball is lumped into the box and Pelle, under pressure from a defender, expertly chests the ball down.
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With his back still to goal, he flicks the ball over his, and the defender's head, before crashing a right-foot volley past the opposition goalkeeper.
That wonder-goal came in the 76th minute and was worthy of winning any game.
Sadly for Pelle and his team-mates, Chongqing Lifan's Emmanuel Gigliotti had other ideas, and levelled things up with five minutes to go to salvage a point.
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