Greatest player ever?

[doc]

But since we talkin bout great players.  Anybody know who scored the longest goal.  Not no chip thing....... a mean bullit.,,,30-45 yards type thing.

Aarie Haan, de dutchman scored some real bullets.

[Observer]

But since we talkin bout great players.  Anybody know who scored the longest goal.  Not no chip thing....... a mean bullit.,,,30-45 yards type thing.

Aarie Haan, de dutchman scored some real bullets.

Talk about a bullit I actually think he scored two of those in the same game. Beckham scored one from his own half against Wimbledon. Seedorf own was special. De La Pena scored one for Barca from inside the center circle. Nayim scored one from an outragous range on Seaman in a UEFA Cup.
Too many to remember

[Savannah boy]

I agree with NC. Man have video and dvd and saying they eh see Pele too much. If yuh want to see anybody, yuh could see dem these days...no excuses. I also do not agree wit fellas who say dat Pele eh get de kinda hacking dat Maradona get so Maradona better. Pele dealt with the hand he was given and so did Maradona. If de old players were playing modern football, they would have adjusted...is simple as dat. Talent doh hide...it does always show up wit results.

[Observer]

I agree with NC. Man have video and dvd and saying they eh see Pele too much. If yuh want to see anybody, yuh could see dem these days...no excuses. I also do not agree wit fellas who say dat Pele eh get de kinda hacking dat Maradona get so Maradona better. Pele dealt with the hand he was given and so did Maradona. If de old players were playing modern football, they would have adjusted...is simple as dat. Talent doh hide...it does always show up wit results.

Anyone who loves football should see the movie Pele Eterno. It was a major hit at teh Cannes Film festival.
All Pele footage digitally restored. All the big European Cup winners like Benfica with Esuebio & Inter with Fachetti getting 5 and 4 from Santos & Pele. Truly an amazing movie it will leave you with your mouth open. Yes from 1958 de man step on the seen and remained the Teacher to this day. Name it he did it.

[FF]

Anyone who loves football should see the movie Pele Eterno. It was a major hit at teh Cannes Film festival.
All Pele footage digitally restored. All the big European Cup winners like Benfica with Esuebio & Inter with Fachetti getting 5 and 4 from Santos & Pele. Truly an amazing movie it will leave you with your mouth open. Yes from 1958 de man step on the seen and remained the Teacher to this day. Name it he did it.

They've been reviewing it on bigsoccer... I am ordering my copy

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144015&page=1&pp=15

[Tallman]

But since we talkin bout great players.  Anybody know who scored the longest goal.  Not no chip thing....... a mean bullit.,,,30-45 yards type thing.

I eh know who has de record, but here are some good ones:

Arie Haan (HOL)
Holland vs Italy (2-1) in 1978
Courtesy planetworldcup.com
This must be the most impressive goal from long range in World Cup history. Arie Haan had scored from 30 yards in the match against West Germany earlier in the tournament, but with this magnificent strike from 40 yards, he sent Holland to the final against Argentina.

August 2003
Blackburn Rovers vs Manchester City
Courtesy manchesteronline.co.uk
From a range of forty–yards, Michael Tarnat arrowed a vicious, curling free-kick which flew like a bullet beyond Friedel’s flailing grasp.

Ah know yuh say yuh eh want no chip ting but ah go include dese:

May 1, 2003
Courtesy ussoccer.com
After coming off the bench in the 89th minute, midfielder David Testo puts the nail in Mexico's coffin by scoring perhaps the most unlikely goal you'll ever see. With Mexico attacking with their 'keeper drawn up, Testo collects a teammate's clearance at the top of the area and turns to unleash an 85-yard chip that bounces twice and rolls slowly toward the goal, only to knick the post in trickle into the back of an empty net in the waning seconds of stoppage time -- U.S. U-23 MNT 3, Mexico 1

April 7, 1999
Courtesy virtual-soccer.com
J-League goalkeeper Shigetatsu Matsunaga kicked a record 90-meters (300 feet) goal into the J-League records books, scoring the longest goal by a Japanese premier league player. Matsunaga of Kyoto Purple Sanga punted the ball from the edge of his penalty area down a rain-drenched field in the 80th minute of a night match against Montedio Yamagata in Yamagata. The ball landed 20 meters (66 feet) from the goal line and bounced over the Montedio keeper's head and into the opponent's net. Kyoto won the Pamazaki Nabisco Cup first round match 5-0.

1967 Charity Shield
Courtesy thefa.com
On a hot summer's day, a packed Old Trafford crowd witnessed that footballing rarity - a goalkeeper scoring. The Spurs and Northern Ireland legend Pat Jennings hoisted a massive left-footed clearance from his own penalty area deep into Manchester United's half. One huge bounce on the bone-hard surface completely out-foxed his opposite number, Alex Stepney, who was unable to react quickly enough to prevent the ball crossing the goal-line. In one of the better Shield matches, Champions Manchester United and Cup Winners Spurs contested an enthralling 3-3 draw and shared the silverware for six months each.