Video: Top 40 free-kicks of 2017

2017 was a glorious year of football. Replete with glorious goals, nail-biting matches, and some incredible achievements, football fans had plenty to cheer about in the previous year.

Of all the ways you can score a goal, seeing a wonderfully taken free-kick is probably the most aesthetic of them all. There have been a number of footballers who have made their names as brilliant free-kick takers. From Juninho to the likes of Andrea Pirlo, Steven Gerrard, and Frank Lampard, we have been blessed with some really amazing free-kick takers.

In this current era as well, we have some real masters of the art. While some famous names like Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Paulo Dybala obviously make this video, there are some lesser known names as well who have scored some absolute worldies last year.

There can be a variety of free-kicks like curling around the wall, over the wall or under the wall. No matter how they go in, they always send the crowd into raptures. Full of glorious free-kicks, this video is sure to put a smile on your faces.

Sit back and enjoy the top 40 free-kick goals of 2017.

Note: Premier League and Bundesliga footage is absent because of copyright issues.