Who was the Japanese guy at Celtic? Nakanara or something? Class at free kicks.
Then you have to include two of the biggest legends. Chilavert and Ceni - will we ever see goalkeepers taking free kicks again?
Juninho trumps all. I remember ample times seeing Lyon bring him on as a sub simply to take a free kick.
That said, it doesn't get any better than keepers taking free kicks. The balls you must need.
Take roberto Carlos out. He's all hype after that tournoi one.
Have to put Ronald Koeman in there.
Hagi! That guy was brilliant with dead ball delivery.
But Juninho was excellent.
Savecevic wasn't bad either.
Gerrard has scored plenty.
Eriksen and Seb Larsson hit mean free kicks with accuracy.
Ron... Nakamura anything from closer than 30 yards was practically a penalty!
Juninho was class as well, remember him pinging one from 40 yards into the top corner like it was nothing. Genius.
Special mention, based on versatility and consistency.
In no particular order:
Ronaldinho
Alessandro del Piero
P.van Hooijdonk
Nakamura
Assuncao
Rogerio Ceni
Zola
Koeman
Has R.Carlos ever scored more than 1 freekick?
Surprised no one as Googled yet
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mata-named-most-deadly-premier-8482163
Haven't look for the whole world yet
I ask anyone to watch a compilation of Juninhos free kicks on YouTube and not be convinced.
Some of them were outrageous.
Best of all time without doubt.
Juninho and Ceni are the best followed by Pirlo, dinho, Messi, Nakumara.
Anyone who mentions Beckham needs a slap. He was good but nothing special.
comment by A Bitton the GMS bandwagon (U13244)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Ron... Nakamuraanything from closer than 30 yards was practically a penalty!
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I celebrated the one vs United as if he had scored for England in the world cup.final
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 38 minutes ago
Juninho and Ceni are the best followed by Pirlo, dinho, Messi, Nakumara.
Anyone who mentions Beckham needs a slap. He was good but nothing special.
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True but mentioning C. Ronaldo is far FAR worse though.
For me current players its Ronaldo, although he is now struggling with fks. Retired players its Roberto Carlos.
comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 19 minutes ago
For me current players its Ronaldo, although he is now struggling with fks. Retired players its Roberto Carlos.
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sneaky
Roberto Carlos wasnt very good at free kicks bar the very rare spectacular.
Juninho is the greatest with Zico not far behind.
comment by DreamTeamBlue ! J-Mou Knows Best (U5861)
posted 3 hours, 45 minutes ago
I can't go against Juninho, pirlo, and ronaldinho.
They're just out of this world when it comes to free kicks.
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These three, plus Mihajlovic, for me.
Has anyone mentioned Recoba? Not as the best ever, but certainly deserves to be in the list ahead of some of the names mentioned.
Zico too, but that's obvious.
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From a very biased point of view, and I'm not saying hes one of the great ever, but I'd argue that Santi Cazorla deserves a mention with current players. Very few in world football are as ambidextrous as he at set pieces - its effortless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAFiRRlcbG8
Forget the title, 3 touches of footballing class.
Zidane wasn't too shabby either. Can't believe I didn't put him on my hipster's list.
comment by RonAlvinho (U6117)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
From a very biased point of view, and I'm not saying hes one of the great ever, but I'd argue that Santi Cazorla deserves a mention with current players. Very few in world football are as ambidextrous as he at set pieces - its effortless.
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That isn't biased, Santi's perfect in every way.
gheorghe hagi was fantastic as was Zola and although i never liked the guy David Beckham was class at free kicks
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posted on 6/4/15
Who was the Japanese guy at Celtic? Nakanara or something? Class at free kicks.
Then you have to include two of the biggest legends. Chilavert and Ceni - will we ever see goalkeepers taking free kicks again?
Juninho trumps all. I remember ample times seeing Lyon bring him on as a sub simply to take a free kick.
That said, it doesn't get any better than keepers taking free kicks. The balls you must need.
posted on 6/4/15
Take roberto Carlos out. He's all hype after that tournoi one.
Have to put Ronald Koeman in there.
posted on 6/4/15
Hagi! That guy was brilliant with dead ball delivery.
But Juninho was excellent.
Savecevic wasn't bad either.
posted on 6/4/15
Gerrard has scored plenty.
posted on 6/4/15
Eriksen and Seb Larsson hit mean free kicks with accuracy.
posted on 6/4/15
Ron... Nakamura anything from closer than 30 yards was practically a penalty!
Juninho was class as well, remember him pinging one from 40 yards into the top corner like it was nothing. Genius.
posted on 6/4/15
Special mention, based on versatility and consistency.
In no particular order:
Ronaldinho
Alessandro del Piero
P.van Hooijdonk
Nakamura
Assuncao
Rogerio Ceni
Zola
Koeman
posted on 6/4/15
Has R.Carlos ever scored more than 1 freekick?
posted on 6/4/15
Surprised no one as Googled yet
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mata-named-most-deadly-premier-8482163
Haven't look for the whole world yet
posted on 6/4/15
I ask anyone to watch a compilation of Juninhos free kicks on YouTube and not be convinced.
Some of them were outrageous.
Best of all time without doubt.
posted on 6/4/15
Juninho and Ceni are the best followed by Pirlo, dinho, Messi, Nakumara.
Anyone who mentions Beckham needs a slap. He was good but nothing special.
posted on 6/4/15
comment by A Bitton the GMS bandwagon (U13244)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Ron... Nakamuraanything from closer than 30 yards was practically a penalty!
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I celebrated the one vs United as if he had scored for England in the world cup.final
posted on 6/4/15
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 38 minutes ago
Juninho and Ceni are the best followed by Pirlo, dinho, Messi, Nakumara.
Anyone who mentions Beckham needs a slap. He was good but nothing special.
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True but mentioning C. Ronaldo is far FAR worse though.
posted on 6/4/15
For me current players its Ronaldo, although he is now struggling with fks. Retired players its Roberto Carlos.
posted on 6/4/15
comment by Grand Cannon (U18697)
posted 19 minutes ago
For me current players its Ronaldo, although he is now struggling with fks. Retired players its Roberto Carlos.
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sneaky
posted on 6/4/15
Roberto Carlos wasnt very good at free kicks bar the very rare spectacular.
Juninho is the greatest with Zico not far behind.
posted on 6/4/15
comment by DreamTeamBlue ! J-Mou Knows Best (U5861)
posted 3 hours, 45 minutes ago
I can't go against Juninho, pirlo, and ronaldinho.
They're just out of this world when it comes to free kicks.
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These three, plus Mihajlovic, for me.
posted on 6/4/15
Has anyone mentioned Recoba? Not as the best ever, but certainly deserves to be in the list ahead of some of the names mentioned.
Zico too, but that's obvious.
posted on 6/4/15
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posted on 6/4/15
From a very biased point of view, and I'm not saying hes one of the great ever, but I'd argue that Santi Cazorla deserves a mention with current players. Very few in world football are as ambidextrous as he at set pieces - its effortless.
posted on 6/4/15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAFiRRlcbG8
Forget the title, 3 touches of footballing class.
posted on 6/4/15
Zidane wasn't too shabby either. Can't believe I didn't put him on my hipster's list.
posted on 6/4/15
comment by RonAlvinho (U6117)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
From a very biased point of view, and I'm not saying hes one of the great ever, but I'd argue that Santi Cazorla deserves a mention with current players. Very few in world football are as ambidextrous as he at set pieces - its effortless.
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That isn't biased, Santi's perfect in every way.
posted on 6/4/15
Chilavert.
posted on 6/4/15
gheorghe hagi was fantastic as was Zola and although i never liked the guy David Beckham was class at free kicks
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