Surprising Football Records and Stats

Dec 23, 2024

Unbelievable Football Stats and Records

Introduction

  • Football is full of surprising and hard-to-believe statistics and records.
  • Some records seem made up but are true.

Clean Records

  • Philipp Lahm: Went over 13 months without committing a foul in the Bundesliga.
  • Gary Lineker: Never received a yellow or red card throughout his career.
  • Sergio Ramos: Despite his club reputation, never got sent off while playing for Spain.

Scoring Records

  • Zlatan Ibrahimović and Cristiano Ronaldo: Scored in every minute of a football game.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo (2016): Ended the year with more trophies than games lost.

Home Record

  • Jose Mourinho: From 2002 to 2011, didn't lose a single home game across four clubs, totaling 150 games.

Bundesliga Record

  • Bayern Munich (2013-14 season): Could have conceded every shot on target and still won the league.

Interesting Goal-Scoring Stats

  • John Terry: Scored more Premier League goals for Chelsea (68) than Andres Iniesta for Barcelona (35 in La Liga).
  • Hugo Sanchez (1989-90 season): Scored 38 goals, all with first-touch finishes.
  • Theo Walcott: More Champions League goals than Ronaldo Nazário, Zinedine Zidane, and Alexis Sanchez.

Neymar

  • Reached Ballon d'Or top 10 without playing in Europe.
  • Won La Liga Player of the Month in 2013, before Messi in 2016.

Spain's 2010 World Cup

  • Scored only 8 goals in 7 matches during their World Cup win.

Real Madrid's Copa del Rey

  • In 1980, Real Madrid's B team played against their first team in the final.

English Football Oddities

  • Chelsea: Relegated six times, more than their Premier League title wins (five).
  • Steve Bruce: Top scorer for Manchester United in 1990-91 with 19 goals as a defender.

Humorous Fact

  • Stefan Schwarz: Sunderland included a no-space-travel clause in his contract.

Conclusion

  • The video shared several mind-blowing football facts.
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