5 players with unusual free-kick stances in Football 

Brazil v Costa Rica: Group E - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

2) David Beckham

David Beckham

Steeped in the deep memories of England's history is that astounding free-kick David Beckham whipped against Greece to register England's name in the World Cup finals. This list would not be complete without his inclusion, one of football's most hard-working players who worked constantly on his skill and technique and sharpened his game.

It was said that even after several practise sessions, Beckham would take extra sessions to practise more of his free-kicks and that came in handy throughout his career. In a career where he went to the top cities from Manchester to Madrid to Milan and to Paris, Beckham netted 65 free-kick goals and some of them have been truly beautiful.

Giving rise to a very popular slogan " Bend it like Beckham ", his stance stands out and it wouldn't really be peculiar even today if some of the youngsters tried to imitate his style and tried to improvise on it. Leicester City's James Maddison for example has a Beckham like posture. Beckham's stance is definitely unusual but there is no imagining him without it.

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