Scoring from the free-kicks has been one of the most difficult parts of football because you have to beat the player walls and goalkeeper, but before that, you have to strike the ball with pinpoint accuracy, which is why so many great strikers of the balls fail to do it every time they get the free kick.
Many players score every free-kick during their practice time or have been in the practice games, but when it comes to the real-time game, the nerves take on the player, and most of the time, he fails to convert the free-kick into a goal. However, some players still managed to convert 10-15% of free-kicks into goals, and we are going to list down the 10 players who scored the most free-kick goals in football history.
| # | Player | Nationality | Number of Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juninho Pernambucano | Brazil | 637 | 77 |
| 2 | Pele | Brazil | 739 | 70 |
| 3 | Victor Legrotaglie | Argentina | – | 66 |
| 4 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | 608 | 66 |
| 5 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 1080 | 66 |
| 6 | David Beckham | England | 638 | 65 |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 1248 | 64 |
| 8 | Diego Maradona | Argentina | 582 | 62 |
| 9 | Zico | Brazil | 404 | 62 |
| 10 | Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | 613 | 60 |
Juniho Pernambucano is the sporting director of the French club Lyon, but before becoming the director, he was one of the most successful free-kick takers, and he still holds the record of 77 goals from the free-kick spot. The other amazing fact is that it took him only 637 matches to score 77 goals whereas for Messi and Ronaldo, it took 1000+ matches for them to even stand in this table.
The two active players who are still in the race and might be able to break it are Lionel Messi with 66 goals and Cristiano Ronaldo with 64 goals, but it is going to be quite hard for both because they don’t have much time left in their professional player career.
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