Footy World Records
MOST CAREER GOALS!
The most goals scored in a specified period is 1,279 by Edson Arantes do Nascimento – AKA Pele – from September 1956 to October 1977 in 1,363 games! His best year was 1959 with 126 goals – the 1,000th came from a penalty for Santos at the Maracana Stadium in November 1969 when playing his 909th first-class match. He later added two more in special games!
OLDEST FOOTBAG PLAYER!
A footbag is a small, round bag usually filled with plastic pellets or sand, and the oldest competitive footbag player is Ken Moller! He’s 72 years and 354 days old, as verified in Washington in July 2020. Legend!
MOST CLIPPER TRICKS!
A “clipper” trick is when one leg is raised and the foot then travels behind the back of the standing leg! The ball is then controlled using the instep of the raised foot, and flicked back into the air. The most football clipper tricks performed in one minute (male) is 60 by Marcel Gurk in Mauritius, in September 2018!
MOST HEEL TOUCHES!
The most football touches with the heel in one minute (female) is 110, by Kitti Szasz in Budapest in August 2020. Tekkers!
FOOTBALLS ON A PITCH!
The most footballs placed on a football pitch, all conforming to FIFA regulations, is 142,393 at Borussiapark in Monchengladbach, by 320 employees of Deutsche Postbank AG in 2005. Wow!
YOUNGEST CL PLAYER!
The youngest player to play in a Champions League match is Youssoufa Moukoko, who was just 16 years and 18 days old when he played for Borussia Dortmund against Zenit in St. Petersburg in December 2020!
HEADING HEROES!
The longest time heading a football between two people is 34 minutes and one second! It was achieved by Agim Agushi and Bujar Ajeti in Kosovo in April 2021!
FEMALE HISTORY MAKER!
The first female football coach to win a top-flight men’s championship is Chan Yuen-ting, who coached Eastern to the 2015-16 BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League title! The title was confirmed with a game to spare when Eastern defeated South China 2-1 in April 2016. Get in there!
FASTEST MARATHON!
The fastest marathon dressed in a football kit (male) is 3 hours, 28 minutes and 34 seconds, and was achieved by Bruno Gustavo Macaneiro in Toronto in October 2019!
MOST FOOTBALLS JUGGLED!
The most footballs juggled simultaneously is five and was achieved by Victor Rubilar at the Gallerian Shopping Centre in Stockholm back in November 2006! This was equalled by Marko Vermeer in Amstelveen, in August 2014, and then by Isidro Silveira in Tenerife in November 2015. Wowzers!
JUGGLING DISTANCE!
The longest distance juggling a football is 21.2 km! It was achieved by Arash Ahmadi Tifakani in Iran in December 2020.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC!
The most goals scored at the World Cup as captain is six and was achieved by Diego Maradona from 1986-1994! It was equalled by England’s Harry Kane at the 2018 WC!
MOST WSL GOALS!
The most goals scored in a Women’s Super League game by a single player is six and was recorded by Vivianne Miedema! She was playing for Arsenal Women v Bristol City Women in December 2019. Baller!
VIRTUAL STADIUM ATTENDANCE!
The most users to visit a virtual stadium is 1,112, achieved by Gazprom Football for Friendship in May 2021!
FASTEST FOOTY KICK!
The fastest football kick is 129 km/h, achieved by Francisco Javier Galan Marin at the studios of El Show de los Records in Madrid in October 2001. It would’ve broken the net!