{"id":15780,"date":"2025-07-28T14:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/?p=15780"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:44:47","slug":"nelinho-chooses-the-best-free-kick-taker-in-history-from-far-away-from-close-a-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/news\/nelinho-chooses-the-best-free-kick-taker-in-history-from-far-away-from-close-a-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelinho chooses the best free kick taker in history: &#8216;From far away, from close, a shot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nelinho-chooses-the-best-free-kick-taker-in-history-From-far-away-from-close-a-shot.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nelinho chooses the best free kick taker in history: &#039;From far away, from close, a shot&#039;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nelinho-chooses-the-best-free-kick-taker-in-history-From-far-away-from-close-a-shot.png 512w, https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nelinho-chooses-the-best-free-kick-taker-in-history-From-far-away-from-close-a-shot-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nelinho-chooses-the-best-free-kick-taker-in-history-From-far-away-from-close-a-shot-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Cruzeiro and Atl\u00e9tico idol analyzed great free kick takers throughout the history of Brazilian football<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the greatest free kick takers of all time, former right-back <strong>Nelinho<\/strong> ruled himself out of the running and named the best free kick taker in history. In an exclusive interview, the shared idol of <strong>Cruzeiro<\/strong> e <strong>Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro<\/strong> analyzed some of the players who stood out from the dead ball game. It&#8217;s estimated that Nelinho scored around 180 goals in his career \u2013 mostly from free kicks or penalties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Galo, he scored 52 in 254 games. For Raposa, he scored 105 in 411 matches (some records point to 106 goals). The former full-back also scored for Gr\u00eamio, Bonsucesso-RJ, Deportivo Anzo\u00e1tegui (Venezuela), the Minas Gerais national team, and the Brazilian national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelinho was captivated by one name: Marcelinho Carioca. When asked about the former Corinthians midfielder, he named him the greatest of all time. For the black and white idol, the &#8220;Angel Foot&#8221;&#8216;s variety and ability to vary his shots made him stand out throughout his career. &#8220;For me, he&#8217;s the best of them all. I like him because it was my style. I liked shooting the way he did, too. From distance, from close range, with a bang. He had a great ability to strike the ball. For me, he is, to this day, the best free-kick taker Brazil has ever had. In the world too, because if he&#8217;s from Brazil, he&#8217;s from the world,&#8221; said Nelinho, who sees Marcelinho above international soccer stars like Milan idol Andrea Pirlo and Manchester United legend David Beckham. &#8220;Something like Pirlo, I don&#8217;t know what, Marcelinho Carioca was extraordinary. Beckham hit the ball well too, but you can&#8217;t compare, for God&#8217;s sake.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruzeiro and Atl\u00e9tico idol analyzed great free kick takers throughout the history of Brazilian football [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15782,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15780\/revisions\/15782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}