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Free kick taking keepers

  • 23-03-2010 8:26pm
    #1
    simonw
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    Are there any of these at any European clubs? You always see them in highlights of south american club football.

    I'd love to see some premiership team delegate free kicks to a keeper, it could add a bit of excitement to otherwise dull matches like stoke vs blackburn etc


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  • #2
    Mikeyt086
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    No not at European clubs really. Hans Jorg Butt takes some of Bayern's penalties though.

    Rogerio Ceni at Sao Paulo is still playing i think, not sure if he is still curling the frees in. The other one i remember is Jose Luis Chilavert, that absolutely mental keeper with the bulldog on his jersey, he scored on in a World Cup didnt he? France 98?
    Ceni:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v48Kti0_TOY


    Chilavert:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqsbbxA95mQ


  • #3
    Glico Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,282 ✭✭✭Glico Man


    Chilavert of Paraguay was one of the very best at taking free kicks. Had a fairly good record too

    *Bah beaten too it...


  • #4
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,267 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    José Luis Chilavert played in Europe, for Strasbourg I think.

    Claudio Bravo is currently at Real Sociedad and scored this a few weeks ago.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCEFcYwI5kU


    Both those are South American, of course.

    I recall Dan Connor scoring a penalty for Waterford United in a cup semi (during the game) a few year's back. That's the closest I can think of.

    Didn't Paul Robinson score from a free against Watford a while ago? I know it was a VERY long distance one.


  • #5
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    José Luis Chilavert played in Europe, for Strasbourg I think.

    Played his best football in South America though (had to look it up, Velez Sarsfield apparently). During the 90s he was probably the worlds best shot stopper.


  • #6
    CR 7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,709 ✭✭✭CR 7


    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    Didn't Paul Robinson score from a free against Watford a while ago? I know it was a VERY long distance one.

    :pac:

    Don't think frees inside his own box count.


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