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Name some great long range(out of box to 40meters) and long long range(over 40 meters) shooters?
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Rainer Bonhof 
Hooijdonk and Mihajlovic.
Aye, he's scored some real beauties over the years, too. Including this vs. Esportivo in the Campeonato Gaucho:
To be honest, it's hard to accurately rate a lot of players without substantial data to get a sense of their conversion ratio from afar. e.g. Nani scored some jaw-dropping ones at both club and national level - but with him, you got the impression that he wasn't consistently accurate despite the volume of long range goals he scored:
Sneijder was good at it.
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Pogba.
Arangoal (Juan Arango)
Can't post videos yet because I don't have enough likes but search on Youtube for "The Special Juan - All of Juan Arango's Goals in the Bundesliga"
Can't post videos yet because I don't have enough likes but search on Youtube for "The Special Juan - All of Juan Arango's Goals in the Bundesliga"
Someone who repeatedly takes shots from +40 meters must be quite thick as the chances of those attempts going in are quite low. Taking the opportunity when a keeper is too far outside is one thing but repeatedly scoring from that far out?
Can anyone name a player who has scored 5+ Goals from that range?
Can anyone name a player who has scored 5+ Goals from that range?
Xabi Alonso?
Çalhanoğlu
Siniša Mihajlović
Batistuta would have a go from anywhere on the pitch.
Best free kick taker I've seen.
That thread title could probably be more succinct.
I was just about to post Diego Forlan, I was wondering how his name hadn't been mentioned in this thread yet. I think the majority of his goals were from long distance:
Nani?
Alvaro Recoba scored a fair few from outside the box didn't he?
Also some Shinsuke Nakamura free kicks were outstanding
Also some Shinsuke Nakamura free kicks were outstanding
Adriano had a thunder shot.
Especially in PES 5
Gheorghe Hagi
Outside the boot specialist! Not many were so consistent outside the boot, in fact possibly the most consistent fk taker of all time?
Despised the man but he was brilliant
My old PE teacher.
U mean inside?
Remember Arie Haan from the 78 World Cup?
Other than that Bobby Charlton was the greatest
Other than that Bobby Charlton was the greatest
I checked his stats really quickly now that we started talking about him.
71 goals in 467 club games and 10 goals in 63 international games.
Quickly looked at Roberto Carlos another great free-kick taker.
79 goals in 613 club games and 11 goals in 125 international games.
Mihajlovic had an average of 0.15 goals / game, Carlos 0.12 goals / game.
On top of that Mihajlovic played as a central defender while Carlos was playing as a wing-back in very offensive set-ups, Real, Brazil etc. Very underated free-kick taker at the least.
Eder.
Yep.. he was the best when it comes to long range shooting.
Mihajlovic, Alvaro Recoba (jesus what a feking shot he had)
Nah when you strike the ball with the outside of your foot. He scored some wonderous free kicks like that. Makes Roberto Carlos look like Chris Eagles on a free kick.
A comprehensive and accurate list. Good work my friend.
John Arne Riise and Adriano
I was going to mention Arie Haan. He is famous for his long range shooting. There was a Cameroon player called Kunde, who can really hit them.
Ronaldo should be there he's scored quite a few 40+ yard goals
Jesus H Christ, that made me wet. I forgot how good Pogba really is, and I rate him very, very highly. We need to sign another world class midfielder, play him in a 3 and tell Pogba to go out on the pitch and do whatever the feck he wants. Completely free role.
Two whole pages and Juninho Pernambunco has only been mentioned once and Le Tissier not at all.
Those are the two major standouts in this category for me. Others banged in the odd goal from distance but those two feckers did it for fun!
Those are the two major standouts in this category for me. Others banged in the odd goal from distance but those two feckers did it for fun!
Le God is an obvious miss, Juninho I have not seen much from open play, like say Beckham who has nearly 40 from outside of the box.
When that form arrow was pointing up you just gave him the ball and took shots from anywhere in the opposition half, good fun that was.