Football is the most popular sport in the world. Every four years, the entire world is united in cheering for their favorite countries in the World Cup. This is such a year. In celebration of the World Cup, we’ve chosen a few of the most jaw-dropping records ever in football.
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Most career goals
Hungarian Josef Bican holds the record for most career goals with 1,468 in 918 matches. While some of the matches are unofficial, this is still a staggering number, which means Bican averaged over 1.5 goals a game.
Most goals in a World Cup
The 1958 World Cup saw Just Fontaine score an astounding 13 goals. The record has never even come close to being broken. Sadly, this was the only World Cup appearance for the Frenchman.
Most goals in a year
The record for most goals in a calendar year belongs to Lionel Messi. In 2012, Messi scored a whopping 91 goals.
Most goals in a European season
In line with his record of most goals in a year, Messi also broke the record for most goals in a European season, from 2011 to 2012.
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A great trip down memory lane.
ReplyDeleteLionel Messi is arguably in the conversation as one of the best to ever play football.
ReplyDeleteIn modern day football, you rarely see a prolific goalscorer stay with one club for almost the entirety of their professional career and even if someone did, then they would have to be as good as Messi or even better than him to surpass the Argentine’s tally for Barcelona.
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