Roberto Carlos' Top Ten Free Kicks

Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha more commonly known simply as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game". He was nicknamed "The Bullet Man" due to his powerful bending free kicks, which have been measured at over 105 miles per hour (169 km/h). If he is especially famous for a free kick against France in the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997 on 3 June 1997 at Lyon he scored many impressive other ones. For example after almost signing for Aston Villa side in 1995, Roberto Carlos chose a move to Inter Milan, in the Serie A, playing one season for the Nerazzurri. He scored an awesome  30-yard free-kick on his debut in a 1–0 win over Vicenza and one of the most important goal in his career is from another famous free-kick. On the final day of the 2002–03 season, with Madrid needing to beat Athletic Bilbao to overtake Real Sociedad and win their 29th La Liga title, Roberto Carlos scored from a free-kick only in the second minute of this crucial game ! And now in a two minute video the The top ten best ever free kicks from the Bullet Man : 


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