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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 ...
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
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 ...
Often rated by several pundits as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, [105] [106] and considered by some in the sport as the best in the history of CONCACAF, [107] Navas is an energetic keeper, who is primarily known for his agility, speed, and athleticism in goal, as well as his quick reflexes and excellent shot-stopping ability, which ...
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] Prior to Bader Al-Mutawa, the record was held by Soh Chin Ann of Malaysia, with 195 caps. This was only ratified by ...
On 24 February 2019, during the 2019 EFL Cup final against cup holders Manchester City, with the match at 0–0 and a penalty shootout imminent, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to be substituted off for Caballero to face his old club as the team went on to lose 3–4. [36] [37]
A three-time winner of the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Award, Zenga is regarded by pundits as one of the best goalkeepers of all time, [4] and in 2013 was voted the eighth best goalkeeper of the past quarter-century by IFFHS. [5] In 2000, he also placed 20th in the World Keeper of the Century Elections by the same organisation. [6]