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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 start of the freestyle craze. In the [[YouTube]] era, however, many previously non-famous players have risen to prominence, and internet searches easily yield thousands of videos by amateur "freestylers" around the world.



== Freestyle Competitions ==
Shortly after, Nike launched a freestyle football competition on the internet "Nike Football", in which participants could submit their own clips and receive feedback from a worldwide audience.

In December 2006 the "Masters of The Game" competition, held in [[Amsterdam]] and was won by [[John Farnworth]]. [[Nutmeg (football)|Nutmeg]] or Panna and other street football competitions have been held featuring street soccer players such as Edward Van Gils 'Edje', Issy Hitman, Jermaine Vanenburg 'Vaantje'.

In 2007 there was a competition in Latin America called [[Red Bull]] Reaccion.

==Freestyle in the media==
*[[Urban freestyler]] (2006), a [[United Kingdom|UK]] freestyle DVD featuring [[Abbas Farid]], [[Billy Wingrove]], Mike Delaney, Dan Magness, Rob Walters, Faton Gerbeshi, Paul Wood, Joe Davies, Scott Griffiths, [[Craig Dobson]], Al Johnson and Tommy Baker
*"Learn freestyle football", featuring Billy Wingrove
*[[In the Hands of the Gods]], a 2007 documentary that follows five British freestyle footballers as they try to raise money by showcasing their skills, in order to fund a trip to [[Buenos Aires]] to meet their idol [[Diego Maradona]]
*[[Joga Bonito]], ("Play Beautifully" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is a football-oriented social network service created by Nike and [[Google]], based upon Google's [[orkut]]
*Nike Stickman TV commercial, featuring [[Hee Young Woo]]

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