Arsenal title winner, 45, rolls back the years with effortless 30-yard strike into top corner during legends’ clash
LUIS BOA MORTE was one of Arsene Wenger’s first Arsenal signings all the way back in 1997.
Now 45, the former midfielder rolled back the years with a wondergoal in a legends’ game over the weekend.
A Rangers XI took on a World XI at Ibrox.
Jermain Defoe played and scored twice for Rangers in a 4-3 win over a World XI squad that includes the likes of Boa Morte, Jack Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Kanu, Yakubu and Jaap Stam.
Kris Boyd also scored for the Gers, while a Van Persie brace plus a goal apiece from Wilshere and Boa Morte secured victory for the World XI.
And Boa Morte’s goal was the pick of the bunch.
With the score level at 2-2 the former Arsenal, Southampton, Fulham and West Ham man picked up the ball well outside the box.
He looked up and decided to have a crack at goal from all of around 30 yards out.
Boa Morte effortlessly curled an effort into the top corner past former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll.
Rangers’ Twitter account posted footage of the goal with the caption: “What a hit from @luisboamorte11.”
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Fulham, another of his former teams, replied to the tweet saying: “Never lose it.”
Boa Morte is currently an assistant manager to Marco Silva at high-flying Fulham.
As a player he won the Premier League title with Arsenal in 1998 and played 37 times for the club in a two-year spell.
He also went on to play 250 games for Fulham and 109 times for West Ham.