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. With 3 more in Cup ties and 19 in representative matches, Dean's total that year was 82. 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, 2001, Archie Thompson scored an international record 13 goals. When they went up against the Australian team, the American Samoans were ranked 203rd in the world, and are now in the bottom 3 (2001). They went into the record-breaking World Cup qualifying match with less than high hopes of winning, but lost a record 31-0! Most Individual Goals In A Soccer Career The most goals scored in a specified period is 1,279 by Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento, otherwise known as Pele, from September 7, 1956 to October 1, 1977. His best year was 1959 with 126 goals. His Milesimo (1000th) came from a penalty for his club Santos at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, on November 19, 1969 when playing his 909th first-class match. He later added two more goals in special appearances. 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 time between 1987 and 2000. The sign on the road into Kristine's hometown reads "Welcome to Wilton - Hometown of Olympic gold medallist Kristine Lilly". The folk of Wilton, Connecticut, USA, have dedicated a day to their gold medallist, named the Wilton High School soccer field after her, and held a big parade after she won the gold medal. Being this popular, it's no wonder Kristine returns home every summer to run the Kristine Lilly Soccer Academy. Kristine debuted for the USA in the 16th match ever played by the US women's soccer team on August 3, 1987, at the age of 16 years, 12 days, making her the second youngest player ever to don a US jersey behind Mia Hamm. 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 the crossbar, the second landed in the stands, and the third was saved. 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, 1989, and 1997). Most Soccer Goals Scored By A Goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert, who plays for Paraguay and Vélez Sarsfield of Argentina, scored a record 54 official and international goals between July 1992 and August 2000. Chilavert often takes free kicks and penalties - he once scored a hat-trick of penalties for Vélez Sarsfield in their 6-1 defeat of Ferro Carril Oeste in the Argentine professional league. Off the field he is an outspoken and controversial figure whose comments have regularly angered both fans and officials alike.
Most Soccer World Cup Wins The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) instituted the first World Cup on July 13, 1930, in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is held quadrennially. Brazil has won a record five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Most Valuable Soccer Club Manchester United Football Club, in the English Premier League, had a market capitalization over £1 billion ($1.59 billion) on March 8, 2000 – the first football club to ever reach that milestone. They've won virtually every soccer title, and have twice been crowned kings of Europe. But if dominating the game wasn't enough, Manchester United are also the richest club on the planet! Under manager Matt Busby in the 1950s and 1960s, they became the first English side ever to win the coveted European Cup, beating Portuguese giants Benfica 4-1 in May 1968. During the 1990s, the club won 14 major trophies, including six of the first eight English Premiership titles. Their star performance came in 1999, when having already topped the English Premiership and claimed the FA Cup, they proceeded to the final of the European Champions League. Most Valuable Substitutes Bench For a game against Celta Vigo on January 9, 2000, FC Barcelona coach Louis Van Gaal created a sub's bench laden with over US$168-million worth of talent. Club captain Pep Guardiola, keeper Ruud Hesp, defender Frederic Dehu, Dutch twins Frank and Ronald de Boer, and 1999 European Player of the Year Rivaldo were all retained as substitutes. Most Widely-Supported Football Club The Official Supporters Club of Manchester United (UK) has 152,000 paid up members in addition to 45,000 season ticket holders. There are 108 branches in the UK, 78 in Ireland and 24 worldwide, taking in countries as far afield as Mauritius and Australia. In unofficial terms, a Mori poll of 2001/02 suggests that the number expressing an allegiance to Manchester United – the world's most valuable football club – could be as high as 50 million worldwide. Most Women's Soccer World Cup Wins The women's World Cup soccer competition was initiated in 1991 and is held quadrennially. On the three occasions the event has been held, the USA has won twice, in 1991 and 1999. The winner in 1995 was Norway. The USA Women's team also won an Olympic Gold at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Most World Cup Finals Appearances The record for appearances in the soccer World Cup finals is five. The record is jointly held by Mexico's Antonio Carbajal - who played in the 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962 , and 1966 finals; and Germany's Lothar Matthäus - who played in the 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998 finals. Matthäus has played in a record 25 World Cup games. Oldest Player In A Soccer World Cup Match The oldest is Albert Roger Milla (b. 20 May 1952) for Cameroon v. Russia on 28 June 1994, aged 42yr 39days. During this match he also scored making him the oldest scorer in the finals. Africans are very proud of Albert Roger Milla. The people of Cameroon voted him best player of all time and he was awarded African footballer of the year in 1976 and in 1990. In his many years playing soccer, Albert Milla has seen big changes in the soccer scene - some of which he's not very happy about. "In our time you played with great individuals who could handle the ball, but now many players, if not all, think initially of their pocket before football," he says.
Youngest Player In A Soccer World Cup The youngest footballer to play in a World Cup finals match is Norman Whiteside, who was 17 years, 41 days old when he played for Northern Ireland against Yugoslavia on June 17, 1982. Whiteside also played for Manchester United, and later for Everton. Youngest Scorer In The World Cup Finals The youngest scorer in a World Cup finals match is Pelé, who was 17-years, 239-days old when he scored for Brazil against Wales, in Gothenburg, Sweden, on June 19, 1958. He made his debut with the Santos Football Club in 1956. His sporting triumphs include several South American clubs' cups, the 1962 world club championship, and three World Cups. Heaviest Goalkeeper 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 weighed 141 kg (310 lb). Largest Football 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) when measured on 30 June 2002. The super-sized soccer ball – an exact replica of the company's standard football – was made from 32 separate panels that were laminated, printed then hand-stitched together. It was unveiled at the Al Faysaliah shopping mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by members of the Disabled Children's Society. "I was amazed at the size of the football," said one spectator, "and I imagine it would be really hard to actually play with." 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 Janeiro, Brazil, on July 16, 1950. 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 April 1, 1991, by Abel Resino of Atlético Madrid, Spain. Longest Professional Career In Soccer Peter Shilton of England, made a record 1,390 senior appearances in the course of his career. 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 Jubilo Iwata, on April 29, 1998. He scored five goals against Cerezo Osaka at Nagai Stadium on April 15, 1998; four goals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Jubilo Iwata Stadium on April 18, 1998; four goals against Avispa Fukuoka at Kumamoto City Stadium on April 25, 1998; and three goals against Consadole Sapporo at Jubilo Iwata Stadium on April 29, 1998. 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, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000 and 2002. Probably the greatest club in the history of football, Real Madrid has a history littered with trophies, having won 28 Spanish League titles, 17 Spanish Cups, and even a couple of UEFA Cups. Their current squad (September 2001) boasts the world's two most expensive players, Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo. 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 £30 million ($46.9 million). When he was 16, Ferdinand joined English soccer club West Ham and two years later made his debut. He quickly became one of the most exciting prospects in English soccer and was part of England's 1998 and 2002 World Cup squads. 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 Real Madrid on July 9th, 2001. 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 Japan. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com
I remember Chilavert scored a penalty against Colombia in 1990 World Cup qualifiers,why doesn't it count?
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The youngest player record has already been broken by a Nigerian forward in World cup 2002 he was only 16 - Joe