At the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s, Franck Sauzée unblocked numerous situations with free kicks, in the Marseille jersey. The native of Aubenas is also among the best L1 players in history, in this exercise. The site Ligue1.fr recently published the ranking of the best free kick scorers in the history of the championship. Sauzée is 2nd.
Ranking of the best free kick takers
- Juninho (Lyon) : 30 buts
- Franck Sauzée (Sochaux, ABOUTMonaco, Strasbourg, Montpellier) : 18 buts
- Alain Caveglia (Sochaux, Le Havre, Lyon): 16 goals
- Frédéric Meyrieu (Toulon, Lens, Metz): 15 goals
- Wendel (Girondins de Bordeaux): 14 goals
- Pedro Pauleta (Girondins de Bordeaux, PSG): 14 goals
- Michel Bastos (Lille, Lyon): 12 goals
- Teddy Bertin (Le Havre, Strasbourg): 11 goals
- Aljosa Asanovic (Metz, Cannes, Montpellier): 10 goals
- Corentin Martins (Brest, Auxerre, Strasbourg): 10 goals.
Franck Sauzée played 164 matches and scored 39 goals in the OM jersey, between 1988 and 1993. He was notably decisive in the Champions League run in 1993.
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