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Record number of penalty goals in a single professional league of Europe (26 in 1. Bundesliga); includes three goals in UEFA Champions League (record for a goalkeeper), one in the German League Cup, one in the 2. Bundesliga, one in the 2. Bundesliga play-off, and one in the 3. Liga. [34] [35] Misael Alfaro El Salvador: 1988–2010
List of footballers with 500 or more goals; List of players with the most goals in an association football game; List of most expensive association football transfers; Lists of hat-tricks; Progression of association football caps record; European association football club records and statistics; List of longest managerial reigns in association ...
Goalkeeper Ned Doig, who spent most of his career with Sunderland, set a 19th-century world record by not conceding any goals in 87 of his 290 top division appearances (30%). [ 57 ] Rogério Ceni has scored the most goals for a goalkeeper , having recorded 131 goals through free kicks and penalties across his 23-year career. [ 58 ]
The world's tallest man, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was born in 1918 in Alton, Ill. Standing at a colossal 8'11.1″ (2.72 m) and weighing in at ...
The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first confirmed record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 [1] (equivalent to £14,000 in 2023).
Shilton joined Stoke City in November 1974 for £325,000, a world record for a goalkeeper at that time. [9] Shilton played in 26 matches for Stoke in 1974–75 as they narrowly missed out on the league title. [9] He was an ever-present in 1975–76 playing in all of the club's 48 fixtures that season. [9]
Rogério Ceni. Rogério Ceni is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for São Paulo during 22 years (1993–2015), totalizing 1237 appearances. In addition, having scored 131 goals (129 according to IFFHS), he has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the professional goalkeeper to have scored the most goals in football history.
There are other claims to the record; Guinness World Records credits Pelé as the scorer of the "most career goals", with 1,279, [45] and Brazilian striker Romário celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1,000th goal in 2007 but later admitted his tally included friendly matches; [46] they are reported to have scored 767 and 772 goals ...