own goal

own goal

Noun

1. Soccer a goal scored by a player accidentally playing the ball into his or her own team's net

2. Informal any action that results in disadvantage to the person who took it or to his or her associates: the minister's admission was the latest in a series of own goals by the government

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

own goal - (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game" goal - a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" association football, soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

Translations

own goal n (SPORT) → autogol m;

to score an own goal → marcar un gol en propia puerta, marcar un autogol

own goal n he scored an own goal (Sport) → il a marqué un but contre son camp (fig); cela s'est retourné contre lui

own goal n (also fig) → Eigentor nt

own goal n (also fig) → autogol m inv