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SPORTS AND GAMES << SOCCER HEAVIEST GOALKEEPER (SOCCER)
The biggest goalkeeper in soccer was the England international Willie Henry “Fatty” Foulke (1874-1916), who was 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) and ... more LARGEST FOOTBALL (SOCCER)
A football made from artificial leather PV-PVC and hand-sewn by staff at Ihsan Sports of Hajipura, Sialkot, Pakistan, had a diameter of 4m (13ft 1in) ... more LARGEST FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE
The greatest recorded crowd at any soccer match was 199,854, for the Brazil v. Uruguay World Cup final in the Maracanã Municipal Stadium, Rio de ... more LONGEST CLEAN SHEET IN SOCCER
The longest any goalkeeper has succeeded in preventing goals being scored past him in top-class soccer competition is 1,275 min, a record held, as of ... more LONGEST UNBEATEN RUN (SOCCER)
Nottingham Forest were undefeated in 42 consecutive First Division matches from Nov 20, 1977, to Dec 9, 1978. In Scottish Football, Glasgow Celtic ... more MOST CONSECUTIVE FOOTBALL PASSES
The most consecutive football passes is 557 and was set by members of the McDonald's Youth Foootball Scheme, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China, on May 4, ... more MOST CONSECUTIVE SOCCER HAT TRICKS
The most consecutive top-flight games in which a player has scored a hat trick is four, achieved by Japanese League player Masashi Nakayama, of ... more MOST EUROPEAN CUP SOCCER WINS
The most European Champions Cup (instituted 1957) wins is nine by Real Madrid (Spain), in 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, ... more MOST EXPENSIVE SOCCER DEFENDER
Britain's Rio Ferdinand became the world's most expensive defender in July 2002 when he joined Manchester United from Leeds United in a deal worth ... more MOST EXPENSIVE SOCCER PLAYER
The highest transfer fee quoted for a player is a reported 13,033,000,000 Spanish pesetas (£47 million) for France's Zinedine Zidane from Juventus to madrid.SPORTS AND GAMES << SOCCER MOST FEDERATIONS IN FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
A record 198 federations registered to play the FIFA qualifiers for the 2002 soccer World Cup, to be played jointly in South Korea and ... more MOST GOALS IN A SOCCER CAREER
Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on October 23, 1940, in Tres Coracos, Brazil, Pelé is arguably the best soccer player ever. He scored more goals ... more MOST GOALS SCORED IN A SOCCER SEASON
The record for the most goals in a league season is 60 in 39 games, by William Ralph “Dixie” Dean (1907–80) for Everton (First Division), in 1927/28. ... more MOST GOALS SCORED IN AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH
During the 31-0 defeat by Australia of American Samoa in a World Cup qualifying match at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, on April 11, ... more MOST INTERNATIONAL CAPS IN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL
The record for the most international appearances for a woman for a national side is held by Kristine Lilly, who represented the United States 225 ... more MOST PENALTIES MISSED BY ONE SOCCER PLAYER
Martín Palermo of Argentina, missed three penalties during his team’s defeat by Colombia, in the 1999 Copa América in Paraguay. His first shot hit ... more MOST SOCCER BALL TOUCHES IN 30 SECONDS
The most touches of a football in 30 seconds, while keeping the ball in the air, is 141 by Ferdie Adoboe (USA). He achieved this result, beating his ... more MOST SOCCER BALL TOUCHES IN 30 SECONDS (FEMALE)
The most touches of a football in 30 seconds by a female, while keeping the ball in the air, is 137 by the USA's Tasha-Nicole Terani on the ... more MOST SOCCER CUP-WINNERS CUPS
The Cup-Winners Cup, contested until 1999 by the winners of the national cups in Europe, was won a record four times by Barcelona (in 1979, 1982, ... more
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