Former Manchester City Striker Mario Balotelli Scores Spectacular Rabona As He Bags Five Goals in Game

• Italian-born Ghanaian striker Mario Balotelli scored five goals in a game for Adan Demirspor in the Turkish Super Lig
• Balotelli scored a first-half hat-trick for Adana before adding another two goals in the second half
• For his fifth strike, Balotelli produced seven step overs and then rabona to score a mind-boggling goal

Former Manchester City and Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli created highlights of his own in his match in Turkey.

The Italian forward scored five goals in one game for Adan Demirspor as they annihilated Goztepe in Turkish Super Lig on Sunday.

His fifth and final goal was a thing of beauty, as he danced by his marker and put it past the keeper in stunning fashion.

Balotelli produced seven step overs and finished off with a potential goal of the season winner.

After knocking the ball to his left, he then hit the rabona with his right foot, finding the bottom left-hand corner of the goal.

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It capped off a memorable day for the striker and highlighted just how talented the attacker is.

With that golazo, Balotelli became the first player to score five goals in a Super Lig match since Alex de Souza did it in 2011.

Balotelli's latest show of skills instantly caught the attention of football fans on social media, including for England legend Gary Lineker .

He commented by replying the video: "Filth!"

Another person wrote: “Mario Balotelli scored the most Mario Balotelli goal ever today.”

While a fellow fan said: “He was taking the p*ss a bit with this.”

While another tweeted: “He hasn’t changed!”

Another fan wrote: "This is probably one of the best goals I have ever seen."

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Sports Brief earlier reported that Football fans have identified the absence of Mario Balotelli from the Italy national team as the main reason why the Azzurri failed to go past North Macedonia in the World Cup play-offs.

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The maverick striker has been a long-term absentee from the Azzurri camp and following Italy's inability to score goals, football fans reasoned Roberto Mancini might include Balotelli in his squad for the crunch play-offs.

However, the former Manchester City and Inter Milan trainer opted against the decision to bring back Balotelli rather going in for Cagliari's Brazilian-born Joao Pedro in his 33-man squad for the play-offs.