jalether:

Do you factor in free kick conversion rate or your opinion is solely based on quality of free kicks, whatever the case maybe

Stoichov shits on beckham 7 days a week, 365 days a year

Stoichkov is not better than Cristiano Ronaldo, let alone David Beckham
Beckham scored 30 freekicks for Man Utd. . . . .He scored 2 for Preston North End making 30 goals from Freekicks in England alone @ club level.
That is discounting the ones scored for the National Team and the ones scored in Spain(La Liga) and USA(LA Galaxy).
Apart from Mihaljovic and Juninho, there's no better freekick specialist than Beckham in the history of football.

~Sauron~:

Stoichkov is not better than Cristiano Ronaldo, let alone David Beckham
Beckham scored 30 freekicks for Man Utd. . . . .He scored 2 for Preston North End making 30 goals from Freekicks in England alone @ club level.
That is discounting the ones scored for the National Team and the ones scored in Spain(La Liga) and USA(LA Galaxy).
Apart from Mihaljovic and Juninho, there's no better freekick specialist than Beckham in the history of football.

Go and do your research on a certain "Zico" before you make your conclusion

jalether:

Go and do your research on a certain "Zico" before you make your conclusion

ZICO my arse.
I will wager he didn't score directly from 30 free-kicks.
As at 2 years ago, Beckham has scored about 50 in all competitions.
By now, he should be crossing the 70-goal mark via freekicks alone.

dayokanu:

Beckhma wont make top 5

Mihajlovic, Koeman, Stoichkov,Rivaldo, Juninho and Ronaldinho are all better

Rivaldo, Ronaldinho better free-kick takers than Becks?? You even added Koeman because he scored a random goal in a European Cup final!! I laugh in Papieluwe

I woulda given you some credit if you even included Thomas Hassler your list

I have seen Rivaldo score brilliant freekicks before from almost halfway line vs Lyon in the CL

I have seen Rivaldo score a brace of Freekicks vs AC Milan at San Siro.

I have seen several freekicks of Rivaldo vs top keepers,

Tell us about the exploits of Beckham vs top teams

dayokanu:

I have seen Rivaldo score brilliant freekicks before from almost halfway line vs Lyon in the CL
I have seen Rivaldo score a brace of Freekicks vs AC Milan at San Siro.
I have seen several freekicks of Rivaldo vs top keepers,

Name em.
Beckham has scored more freekicks than Rivaldo ever did.

Tell us about the exploits of Beckham vs top teams

Did Casillas move a muscle in OT in 2003?
What about his fantastic freekick against Barca @ Camp Nou in 1999?

Why wont Beckham be in the top 5 FFS? Are you people smoking paraga?

Name em.
Beckham has scored more freekicks than Rivaldo ever did.

David healy probably scored more goals than Ronaldo Lima.

Rivaldo scored a brace vs AC Milan in San Siro. Beckham I doubt.

Rivaldo scored a free kick vs Santiago Canizares in 2001

[flash=400,300]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/M2ujBOUQIxw[/flash]

dayokanu:

David healy probably scored more goals than Ronaldo Lima.

Healy scored more goals than Ronaldo Lima?
Are you high on drugs?

Rivaldo scored a brace vs AC Milan in San Siro. Beckham I doubt.
Rivaldo scored a free kick vs Santiago Canizares in 2001

Rubbish. . . . . .Beckham scored 30 freekicks for Man Utd.
Pull out Rivaldo's stats and lets have a proper debate.

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There are 47 freekicks scored from Beckham from this clip alone and it excludes the ones he's scored for LA Galaxy and few of the ones he scored for Man Utd/Preston North/Real Madrid and the 3 Lions.
Apart from Juninho and Mihaljovic, Beckham is the deadliest with freekicks.

chamotex:

Why wont Beckham be in the top 5 FFS? Are you people smoking paraga?

LMAO

Fernando Hierro deserves a mention

una no sabi anything bout freekicks. How would u mention freekick takers and leave out Roberto Carlos, Andrea PIrlo, Shunsuke Nakamura, Fernando Hierro Hristo Stoichkov, Okocha, Sebastian Larsson or even Drogba? Now i dont really rate C. Ronaldo to be a quality freekick taker because of his technique. He just powers them in. He scores though but there is the aesthetic side to football. I rate top spinners like Beckham, Van Persie, Juninho and Nakamura very highly. They make the ball take a beautiful curve. Thats the beauty of freekicks. But the best is Juninho. Scored 19 freekicks in a single season. Far more than the goals some strikers score in their entire career. Sebastian Larsson scored a brace of freekicks for Birmingham against Wigan

how now? Zico is the best freekick taker ever. I wonder how u included Lampard, understandable though but Gerrard, I've only seen him score a freekick once, maybe twice. The other one was disallowed. Now u didnt not include Rivaldo, Diego, Nakamura or even Geremi Njitap

is anyone still having issues about C.ronaldo position about the current best free kick taker?

I can understand nuccahs hating on CR a few years ago but as we speak he has one of the highest conversion-rates in Europe!

How come no mention for Rogerio Ceni, the goalkeeper who has scored 56 freekicks in his career to date?

ritchboy:

I can understand nuccahs hating on CR a few years ago but as we speak he has one of the highest conversion-rates in Europe!

You're joking right? He has only scored one this season from over 30 attempts in all competitions.

Last season he scored 4 from 52 attempts.

Seb Larsson is currently the king of freekicks. I doubt anyone has a better conversion ratio.

Back then, my kid brother bought Juninho's Lyon jersey cos of his free-kicks

medjai:

You're joking right? He has only scored one this season from over 30 attempts in all competitions.

Last season he scored 4 from 52 attempts.

Seb Larsson is currently the king of freekicks. I doubt anyone has a better conversion ratio.

Maybe "conversion-rate" wasn't the appropriate term. The point is he scores more than most

In any case, you'd struggle to find a player that scores more than 1 in 13, especially when you consider the angles/distances CR has a go from.

Off the top of my head, Larsson has been the king since 2007.

Pederson is my personal favorite.

Sinisa Mijhailovic anyone? ? ?

Pirlo should be among the top 3 (active) best free-kick takers. Juninho IMO is the best. Ronaldo lacks consistency. I won't even place him in top 5.