Daily Mail's best free kick takers ever

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1168803/THE-LIST-Nos-10-1-greatest-free-kick-kings-history.html

10 Sinisa Mihajlovic (Yugoslavia/Serbia & Montenegro)
9 Zinedine Zidane (France)
8 Zico (Brazil)
7 Paul Gascoigne (England)
6 Rivelino (Brazil)
5 Roberto Carlos (Brazil)
4 Ronaldinho (Brazil)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2 Juninho Pernambucano (Brazil)
1 David Beckham (England)



More chance to bash Ronaldo.
Though Roberto Carlos in 5th is just as bad.

wow ronaldo at 3 i mean he has his moments but blimey. I cant defend him on this one.

Where's Aurelio

There have been more than 3 better than Ronaldinho over the years too.

Del Piero?

What a crap list!

They've got loads of other lists too at the bottom of that page -

Best winger
Best goal poacher
Best manager
Best keeper
Best defender

etc, etc, etc.

LoL @ C.Ronaldo being better than

Dinho,Rivaldo and zidane at anything on a football pitch.

No van Hooijdonck??? THis list is SHITE!

And what about Yildirim, that guy is actually World champion in free kicks!

Only one of the top 10 played football before the 90s!

Fey wrote:No van Hooijdonck??? THis list is SHITE!

And what about Yildirim, that guy is actually World champion in free kicks!

PVH is at 27 between Gerrard and Stuart Pearce. Also behind Ian Harte.

It's a farce, no Robert, and Solano only at 46.

I don't really know anyone before 1990 of course, but I'd say Juninho probably is the best I've seen in my lifetime, closely followed by an at his prime Del Piero.

Tweedle wrote:I don't really know anyone before 1990 of course, but I'd say Juninho probably is the best I've seen in my lifetime, closely followed by an at his prime Del Piero.

No Gianfranco Zola either!

Fey wrote:No van Hooijdonck??? THis list is SHITE!

And what about Yildirim, that guy is actually World champion in free kicks!

If Van Hooijdonck does not make the top 5, I don't want to see the list....it's as simple as that

He won an entire fucking Uefacup *campaign* singlehandedly based on his superb freekicks !

No one else can make such a claim

(where's EMP's favourite manager on that list btw, he wasn't bad either)

Axeslammer wrote:

Fey wrote:No van Hooijdonck??? THis list is SHITE!

And what about Yildirim, that guy is actually World champion in free kicks!

If Van Hooijdonck does not make the top 5, I don't want to see the list....it's as simple as that

He won an entire fucking Uefacup *campaign* singlehandedly based on his superb freekicks !

No one else can make such a claim

(where's EMP's favourite manager on that list btw, he wasn't bad either)

QSF was a defender. Wasn't aware that he was so good at free-kicks

No Dutchie in the top 10 is a disgrace, and Ronaldo isn't even the third best free kick taker currently playing, let alone of all time.

Roberto Carlos only scored 2 direct free kicks in his international career unless I'm mistaken.

Indeed, Van Huouijgdonk is probably the best I've seen. I dunno about winning the UEFA cup singlehandedly off the back of them, but he did score some stupendous goals from set pieces.

Stimulus Package wrote:No Dutchie in the top 10 is a disgrace, and Ronaldo isn't even the third best free kick taker currently playing, let alone of all time.

Roberto Carlos only scored 2 direct free kicks in his international career unless I'm mistaken.

Indeed, Van Huouijgdonk is probably the best I've seen. I dunno about winning the UEFA cup singlehandedly off the back of them, but he did score some stupendous goals from set pieces.

He DID win it singlehandedly!! Yeah, we had RVP and a young JDT and that team was quite good. But the bulk of it was scored by him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooUOdDDtsac&NR=1

Now I'm not saying he was the best, but 27 is too low tbh.

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