The best free-kick takers ever

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18. Juan Arango

Widely regarded as Venezuela’s best player of all time, Juan Arango spent a decade in Europe, making 195 appearances for Mallorca and 171 for Borussia Monchengladbach.

Nicknamed ‘Arangol’ (self-explanatory, we’d hope), the attacking midfielder scored 80 goals for those two clubs combined, many of which came from his supremely accurate free-kicks – of which he scored 15 in the Bundesliga, among the most ever.