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Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 921 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [1] [note 1] Most overall goals: 1917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [3] [note 2] Most club goals: 786 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [4] [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo ...
In total, 628 men's footballers from 114 nationalities have officially played in 100 or more international matches. The record for the most official men's international appearances is currently held by Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal with 217 caps, surpassing Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait's previous record total of 196 caps in March 2023. [1] [2] [3]
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 ...
FIFA said it will consider changes to its policy that blocks league matches from being played in other countries as part of an agreement with a soccer promoter to dismiss the world governing body ...
With 115 m 2 each, the stadium's two video walls before rebuilding were the largest in Europe. [ 18 ] The Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion was one of the four stadiums hosting games during the 2006 FIFA World Cup whose name were not changed to FIFA World Cup Stadium XYZ , as the dedication to Gottlieb Daimler was not interpreted as advertisement (i.e ...
FIFA moved Wednesday toward ending decades of soccer tradition by ordering a review of its policy that currently blocks domestic league games being played in other countries. Fans are likely to ...
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
Association football, more commonly known as "football" or "soccer" is the most popular sport at 3.5 billion fans. [1] [2] Significant association football attendance records listed below include those with over 100,000 attendance.