{{Short description|Terminology in association football}} {{About|a football dribbling move|other meanings of the term|Stepover (disambiguation)}} thumb|150px|Argentine forward Pedro Calomino is regarded as the inventor of the ''step over'' movement The '''step over''' (also known as the '''''pedalada''''', the '''''denílson''''', or the '''''scissors''''', or the '''''roeder shuffle'''''{{sfnp|Simpson|2013|p=35}}) is a dribbling move, or feint, in association football, used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction they do not intend to move in.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/4187702.stm |title = Football | Skills | The step over |work = BBC News |date = 30 August 2005 |access-date = 20 May 2014 }}</ref>
According to several sources, the move was invented by Argentine winger Pedro Calomino in the 1910s<ref>[https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/%C2%A1habla-memoria!/8077/creadores-de-lujo%28s%29 Creadores de lujo(s)] at ''El Gráfico''. 22 Mar 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.vision360.bo/noticias/2024/05/03/3710-el-inconfundible-calomino-el-inventor-de-la-bicicleta El inconfundible Calomino, el inventor de la bicicleta] at vision360bo. 3 May 2024</ref> Other Argentine player, Luis Indaco, became famous for the same skill during his career at Rosario Central in the 1920s and early 1930s.<ref>[https://cenital.com/tirala-como-quieras-el-futbol-tambien-anda-en-bicicleta/ Tirala como quieras: el fútbol también anda en bicicleta] by Roberto Parrottino at ''Cenital''. 22 June 2025</ref>
The movement was first used in Europe by Dutch player Law Adam, who was famous for it in the late 1920s/early 1930s, which earned him the nickname "Adam the Scissorsman".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Simpson|first1=Paul|last2=Hesse|first2=Uli|title=Who Invented the Stepover?: and other crucial football conundrums|date=2013|publisher=Profile Books|location=London|isbn=9781847658425|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQecAQAAQBAJ&q=law+adam+scissors+man&pg=PA38-39|access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> It was later also used in Italy by Amedeo Biavati in the 1930s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2007/marzo/07/italiano_padre_della_finta_ga_3_070307012.shtml|title=Ma è un italiano il padre della finta|publisher=La Gazetta dello Sport|language=Italian|date=7 March 2007|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> and was used by former Newcastle United player Glenn Roeder in the 1980s.{{sfnp|Simpson|2013|p=35}}
The step over was popularised in the mid-1990s by Brazilian footballer and global superstar Ronaldo.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110222101316/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sid_lowe/02/18/ronaldo.retirement/ "Ronaldo was simply a phenomenon"]. ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved June 2, 2014</ref> Nowadays, the technique is in widespread use by attacking players all over the world, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/aug/30/europeanfootball.sport |title = A star is born in Madrid | Football |work = The Guardian |last = Lowe |first = Sid |date = 30 August 2005 |access-date = 20 May 2014 }}</ref>
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==Source== ;Books * {{cite book| last = Simpson| first = Paul| title = Who Invented the Stepover?| publisher = Profile Books| year = 2013| language = English| isbn = 9781847658425}}
==External links== {{portal|Association football}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/4187702.stm BBC Sport | Football | Skills | The Step over]
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