Wesley Sneijder , Rafael van der Vaart , and Pierre van Hooijdonk are regarded as free-kick specialists .
Free kick specialists such as Shunsuke Nakamura , Michael Ballack , Cristian Chivu , Frank Lampard , Steven Gerrard , Riquelme , Francesco Totti , Fabio Aurelio , Ronaldinho , David Beckham , Claudio López , Wesley Sneijder , Rafael van der Vaart , Pierre van Hooijdonk and Alessandro Del Piero employ this method .