Who has scored the most free kick goals? Opinions

Apr 22, 2018 11:31 AM

Taddo Tayeng

B.A Hons Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi (2021)

2w ago

Juninho, a Brazilian player know for his freekick taking abilities

He's Scored a total of 76 Goals from Freekicks as of 2013. 58 % of his total Goals come from Freekicks.

He used the knuckle ball technique for taking freekicks and even managed to convert corners into goals, He's also converted freekicks from as far as 40 yards on 4 Occasions - against Ajjacio, FC Barcelona, OGC Nice, Marseille

The longest distance from where he's scored is 52 Yards or 48 Metres, which came against OGC Nice

He's also put Goalkeepers like Oliver Kahn to shame, when he scored a freekick against him in 2003–04

Oliver Kahn certainly didn't expect the ball to dip that hard and was deceived and even hit the pole with his face while trying to save it

He holds the record for most freekick goals, Second placed I think Is David Beckham (who by the way is far behind Juninho)

Currently Playing, Messi would be the best freekick taker IMO, He's Scored 3 in his last 3 games and has a total of 5 this season, Highest by any player in 2017–18, Second placed are Neymar and Fekir with 3 Freekick Goal.

Vishal Verma

5w ago

Juninho Pernambucano, a retired brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder , is considered to be the best free kick taker of all time and has scored most number of free kicks i.e. 76 throughout his career. He scored 11 more free kicks than David Beckham who stands second in the list.

Juninho scored nearly 50 free-kicks for the Ligue 1 side(Lyon), with several coming from more than 40 yards out; even if you knew what was coming, there wasn't much you could do to prevent the inevitable. When a player is thatgood, they simply have to be admired.

Anshuman

St. Francis Xavier School Class 10

7w ago

Hello there…

Many of us would be thinking that one out of Messi or Ronaldo has scored most free kick goals. But hold on the answer is Brazilian footballer Junihno(my spelling might be wrong).

He has scored an impressive 73 free kick goals more than any player. He played his peak Football at Lyon.

Thanks..

And yesterday (30jan,2018) he turns 4

Software Engineer at REVER PRO (2016-present)

5w ago

David Beckham may have come from a lower number but he came later in time. Players are so much better today fields are bigger goalie boxes are bigger its harder to score. keepers are better to. also you have to put carer time into place Juninho Pernambucano Played for 20 years Beckham only 13 years so i would say Beckhams on top

Nick Thompson

I have been a fan, a sponsor, a club secretary and a club CEO

5w ago

I think it is Messi, but for me it is invariably going to be someone at the top of the game simply because of the volume of free kicks that are generated. For me I would be looking at the highest conversion percentage of free kicks and if my memory serves me correctly that honour sits with Juan Mata with a better than 1 in 5 ratio followed by Paolo Dybala only just behind him.