Meaning

2 senses
  1. A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.

    Eigentor

    гол в свои́ воро́таgol v svoí voróta, автого́лavtogól

    (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal they are defending

  2. (figuratively)A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.

    Eigentor

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Ali scored on his own goal.

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  2. He uses others for his own goals.

  3. It was an own goal.

    deDas ist nach hinten losgegangen. — al_ex_an_der

  4. He scored an own goal.

    deEr schoss ein Eigentor. — Hans07

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  5. Ali scored an own goal.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
goal scored by player against their own team:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
goal scored by player against their own team:

Forms

plural: own goals

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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