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penalty kick

type of direct free kick in association football
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Summary

penalty kick is a rule[1]. It draws 2,839 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #12 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: free kick[3]
  • Followed by: throw-in[4]
  • Subclass of: direct free kick[5], penalty shot[6]
  • Part of: Laws of the Game[7]
  • Commons category: Penalty kick (association football)[8]
  • Sport: association football[9]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Pso[11]
  • Different from: penalty shoot-out[12]

Why It Matters

penalty kick has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Pso
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic has template: Template:Pen., adding inverse claim"
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