He is widely regarded as one of the greatest free kick takers of all time.

Juninho has been described as "One of the world's most feared strikers of a static ball"[4]. As of November 5, 2008, Juninho has scored 40 goals from direct free kicks for Olympique Lyonnais, his latest being a 30 yard low strike against Steaua Bucharest which wrongfooted the keeper. [5]. The method he uses for long-range free-kicks is frequently "knuckle balling," where the ball has almost no spinning motion during flight. [6]. A successful knuckle ball will "move" or "wobble" in the air unpredictably, making it difficult for the goal keeper to save.[7]. He first made his name as a free kick taker to europe with a long range free kick against Bayern Munich in the 2003-04 champions league group stage in which the ball dipped viciously at the end of travel that deceived Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn. He has scored from free-kicks beyond 40 yards on three occasions: a 41 meter screamer against AC Ajaccio in 2006[8], a 45 meter goal against F.C.Barcelona in 2007.[9] and a 48 meter goal against OGC Nice in 2008 [10]. Even before Lyon, he displayed his talent in Vasco, scoring several free-kick goals for the club. Juninho has also scored memorable free-kick goals for Brazil, the most famous being a curling shot from 27 meters against Greece in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Brazil would go on to win the match 3-0.Also, Juninho scored 2 memorable free kicks against Nice in the 2007-2008 season as Lyon were losing 2-0. Juninho rapidly pulled back his team by scoring 1 free kick that flew in the top corner and 1 from 43 yards away. Lyon went on too win that game aswell with a converted penalty by Karim Benzema. [11]

Ok Ian Harte's with Cardiff now. Noticed that because he scored in their 2-1 defeat in the league cup.