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George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.A skillful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time, [2] along with being considered one of the most talented to play.
18-year-old Jocky Petrie scored 13 goals for Arbroath in the first round of the 1885–86 Scottish Cup and held the record for most goals in a single game for more than half a century. Sandro Tau: 2023 Pirae 22–0 Papenoo: 13 M Sandro Tau scored 13 goals for Pirae in the ninth round of the 2023–24 Tahiti Ligue 1. [15] Ekaterina Frolova: 2024
Team that played most games on the same day: 3 matches – Grêmio; On 11 December 1994, Grêmio played three matches on a single day during the 1994 Campeonato Gaúcho, with kick-off times of 2PM, 4PM, and 6PM, due to their extensive schedule. They won two and drew the third match, using a total of 34 different players. [108]
The Football League 100 Legends is a list of 100 great association football players who played part or all of their professional career in English Football League and Premier League football. [1] The players were selected in 1998 by a panel of journalists, including veteran reporter Bryon Butler , and the list was intended to reflect the League ...
Appearances made in youth football are not deemed to be official. War-time results are also excluded if they were later regarded as unofficial by the relevant Football Association(s); if they were included, Billy Meredith would be the first ever player to have played in 1,000 official matches, [1] and Stanley Matthews would also make the list. [2]
The following tables include various statistics for players on the United States men's national soccer team (featuring all caps, goals, assists and goalkeeper wins and shutouts) from the team's first match in 1916 through the November 18, 2024 game against Jamaica.
Greatest football player to have ever played the game, by Golden Foot: 2012 [340] FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur: 2013 [341] World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013 [342] Legends of Football Award: 2013 [343] [344] South America's Best Player in History, by L'Équipe: 2015 [345] Inspiration Award, by GQ: 2017 [346]
Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the best strikers of all time. [4]