RIVALDO
One of the best players in the world during the late 1990s,
Rivaldo - like most on this list - had a quite delicious left
foot. Often he made use of this from set-piece situations,
both for club and country. One of his most memorable
strikes was a stunner for Barcelona against Turkish outfit
Fenerbahce.

PELE
Football royalty that he is, it is often forgotten just how good
at free kicks Pele was - particularly those just outside the
area, which were hit with fierce power and swerve. Not
many players have scored free kicks in successive World
Cups, but ‘The King’ did. His effort against Romania in 1970
was particularly noteworthy.

EDER
A star member of the brilliant 1982 Brazil team, which also
included Socrates, Falcao, Cerezo and Junior, Eder was
known as ‘The Cannon’ due to his rocket of a left foot. During
Espana ’82 he scored two wonder-goals, but he will be best
remembered for his astonishing free kick that hit the bar
against Argentina, and led to Zico breaking the deadlock.
Quite possibly the greatest free kick of all time that never
went in.

ROBERTO CARLOS
Roberto Carlos was always hit and miss with his free kicks,
but he simply has to be on this list - purely due to the fact
that he scored possibly the best free kick of all time against
France during Le Tournoi in 1997. Everyone who witnessed
this goal 'live' had the same reaction – pure disbelief!

DIRCEU
The silky-skilled attacking midfielder spent the best part of a
decade in Italy, where he became famous for his dead-balls
- particularly during one season with Avellino in 1986-87
where he led them to a club-record eighth place with a
whole host of free kicks. Dirceu played in three World Cups
for Brazil and scored a beautiful set-piece curler against
Peru in 1978.

BRANCO
The dead-ball successor to Rivelino and Eder and
predecessor to Roberto Carlos, the left-footed Branco was
one of the world’s premier free kick experts of the late 1980s
and early 90s. The ex-Porto, Genoa and Middlesbrough left
back used the valve of the ball in order to increase
movement and swing. He booked Brazil’s place in the semi-
finals of the 1994 World Cup with a blockbuster against
Holland.

RIVELINO
Rivelino was feared by goalkeepers for possessing a
disturbingly powerful left foot shot, a potency that earned
him the nickname ‘Atomic Kick’. One of the pioneers of the
banana shot, due to his ability to swerve the ball obscene
proportions, the elastico-inventor scored a truly unique free
kick during the 1974 second round World Cup win over East
Germany. He fired the ball through a gap in the wall that was
created by a team-mate.

DIDI
Voted best player at the 1958 World Cup, Didi was one of the
first Brazilian free kick masters. The ex-Fluminense,
Botafogo and Real Madrid star was the inventor of the ‘dry
leaf’ free kick, so-called because it would dip and swerve in
unpredictable directions. Of the 20 goals he scored for the
Selecao, a dozen came from dead-balls, including one in the
5-0 thrashing of Mexico at the 1954 World Cup.

JUNINHO
The now-retired midfielder is regarded by many to have
been the world’s best free kick taker of his generation. Short,
medium or long range, curlers, swervers, dippers, blasters -
Juninho was a master in every way. Upon leaving Lyon in
2009, the midfielder had scored more than 40 goals from
direct free kicks during his eight years with the club -
working out at over five a season.

ZICO
The best player in the world during the early 1980s, no one
could curl a ball over a defensive wall with such unerring
accuracy as Zico. The ‘White Pele’, who starred for Flamengo,
Udinese, Sumitomo Metals and Kashima Antlers, scored one
of the best World Cup free kicks against Scotland in 1982.
While once playing for Udinese against Juventus, it took five
minutes for him to take a free kick, as the Turin-outfit were
so scared they kept illegally pushing the wall forward

If Rodgerio Ceni isn't on this list,then it is a diluted list.

where is Ronaldinho?

seriously?? when I saw the thread, I smiled and said "ronaldinho must make this list " and this op didn't even remember him. the only freekick taker greater than ronaldinho in the selecao is juninho. lol quack list.