own goal
A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own teamA 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.
» Ali scored on his own goal.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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
(figuratively)A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.
Eigentor
Examples
10 sentencesAli scored on his own goal.
He uses others for his own goals.
It was an own goal.
deDas ist nach hinten losgegangen. — al_ex_an_der
He scored an own goal.
deEr schoss ein Eigentor. — Hans07
Ali scored an own goal.