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'''Freestyle [[Association football|football]]''', also known as '''freestyle soccer''' in [[North America]], is the art of [[juggling]] with a [[football (ball)#Association football|football]] using [[foot|feet]], [[knee]]s, [[Human leg|lower leg]]s, [[chest]], [[shoulder]]s, and [[head]] while simultaneously performing creative, skillful moves and keeping the ball airborne. Similar in style to [[keepie uppie]] and [[kemari]], it has become a widespread [[sport]] across the [[world]] and is played by many people.<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1367289.ece Britain's Got Talent star Jeremy Lynch faces a new nerve-racking audition at a top football club | The Sun |Showbiz|TV<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

== Increase in popularity ==
Freestyle football has existed for some time, but it has seen a surge in popularity as a result of global advertising campaigns and digital media sharing. In the early 21st century, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] began an advertising campaign which relied heavily on the freestyle form of football, including video clips of freestyle performances. These advertisements featured famous players such as [[Ronaldinho]] and [[Edgar Davids]]. Many link such mass media attention to the(contracted; show full)
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