Top Free Kick Takers of All-Time

Messi and Cristiano each scored 11 direct freekicks for their national teams. Looks like Platini only has 7 direct freekicks plus 4 more indirect. Pirlo has 8 direct freekicks for the Italy senior team.

 

OK. In respectively 187 and 212 games though. This said, the decision made here to make a distinction between direct and indirect FKs is rather pointless. A freekick is a freekick.
Take the one Platini scored vs Czechoslovakia in 1976: an indirect deaf leaf FK scored from inside the box. That's the most difficult of all. Naturally, I'm counting it.

At 2 mn 50:

 

was a nice goal by Platini !

 

perfect comment ! and perfect vision at all !

 

Fair enough point about direct vs indirect not always telling the whole story. Usually a live ball is not struck with the same technique as a dead ball but Platini does in the video here. Also for point about Messi and Ronaldo playing so many games comparatively.

 

Does anyone know which centre forward has scored the most free-kicks?

 

According to the list on the previous page, it was Dinamite, but he didn't do that many at international level (national team, libertadores, ucl).

 

I've found another direct FK he scored in his last game with Nancy in 1979:



So far I have 54 FKs -with a small margin of error- in 655 games, but lots of goals remain unchecked. His overall figure must be somewhere around 60.

 

Can you tell me how many direct free kicks not counting Ligue 2?

 

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Age at First Free-Kick (Game N°)
Maradona: 16y 4m (14)
Estêvão: 17y 7m (49)
Cristiano: 18y 8m (43)
Neymar: 19y 9m (166)
Puskás: 20y 5m (128)
Pelé: 21y (210)
Messi: 21y 3m (150)
Zico: 21y 5m (84)

Goal N°
Maradona: 3
Cristiano: 6
Estêvão: 15
Zico: 27
Messi: 58
Neymar: 86
Puskás: 108
Pelé: 264

 

Most Free Kicks Before Turning 20

Maradona: 18
Ronaldinho: 5
Dinamite: 4
Pernambucano: 2
Roberto Carlos: 2
Andrea Pirlo: 2
Mihajlović: 1
C.Ronaldo: 1
Nakamura: 1

 

Age at First Free-Kick (Game N°)

Maradona: 16y 4m (14)
Mastantuono: 16y 11m (21)
Estêvão: 17y 7m (49)
Cristiano: 18y 8m (43)
Neymar: 19y 9m (166)
Puskás: 20y 5m (128)
Pelé: 21y (210)
Messi: 21y 3m (150)
Zico: 21y 5m (84)


Goal N°:
Maradona: 3
Mastantuono: 3
Cristiano: 6
Estêvão: 15
Zico: 27
Messi: 58
Neymar: 86
Puskás: 108
Pelé: 264

 

Roberto Carlos is overrated. He scored one in 100.

 

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As I know Pele is one of all time best free kick taker.
From that list only Pele is center forward.

also this center forward was very good at that aspect - Pierre van Hooijdonk