Top 10 set-piece takers in Europe

#7 Gylfi Sigurdsson

Gylfi Sigurdsson will be hoping to create and score plenty of goals at Everton this season

Everton's newest big money signing, Gylfi Sigurdsson is undoubtedly one of the best exponents in the art of striking a dead ball. The Iceland international scored plenty of stunning free-kick goals for Swansea and his incisive corners and set-pieces were a major reason for the Welsh side's survival in the Premier League last season.

A playmaker par excellence, Sigurdsson is known for his vision, passing skills and technical ability. It was no wonder Everton paid over the odds to secure his signing. Always a threat from dead ball situations, Sigurdsson is equally effective both at scoring from direct free-kicks and setting up teammates from long distance free-kicks and corners.

What makes Sigurdsson such an effective set-piece taker, is the fact that he has so many different ways of taking a free-kick. Capable of curling the ball well away from the goalkeeper’s reach, Sigurdsson is definitely one of the best free-kick takers in world football at the moment.