Records

Three World Cup’s national oldest-youngest scorers There are now three players each of whom is both the youngest and the oldest goal-scorer for his country at the World Cup.Until the 2026 edition, Michael Laudrup (Denmark) was unique in this distinction.During the current tournament, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo joined him. They both updated a record…

Arsenal’s second-longest winning run in UCL group stage Arsenal failed to set a new Champions League record for the longest winning streak in the group (or league) stage. The Gunners were stopped at 14 consecutive victories—the second-longest such streak in the competition’s history.The record remains held by Bayern Munich (17 consecutive wins between 2020 and…

Rashford, used in most World Cup games as a sub England’s Marcus Rashford became during the World Cup 2026 the competition’s new record holder for the most appearances (12) as a substitute. He added another 3 such games to 9 he had in editions of 2018 and 2022 combined. Rashford beat the previous record of Denilson…

Rangel’s run without conceding since debut, longest in XXI Century  Mexico goalkeeper Raúl Rangel, making his World Cup debut in 2026, did not concede a goal until his fifth match (a 2–3 loss to England). He maintained a clean sheet for 383 minutes from the moment of his tournament debut.This is the longest such streak…

Real Madrid continue their record away winning run vs Italians  By beating Roma (4-3) away from home in the last Champions League round, Real Madrid with a great Arda Guler (picture) became the first team to achieve 10 consecutive away wins against opponents from the same country (Italy) in the history of European competitions.It is…

World Cup’s longest scoring runs This is the updated ranking of the longest scoring streaks by players in World Cup history.In the 2026 edition, Lionel Messi extended the record for such a streak by three games—from six to nine.His streak is so extraordinary that it is unlikely to be matched by anyone in the foreseeable…

Kylian Mbappé has played on 14 October (a 4-3 win vs Roma) his 100th Champions League match, becoming the youngest player to reach this milestone in the hictory of the competition (including European Cup era).Real Madrid’s striker reached the landmark at 27 years and 298 days old, surpassing the previous record holder Lionel Messi who…

Goal-scorers in most editions  A number of players who managed to score at 4+ World Cup editions has increased after the 2026 tournament from 5 to 7.    Ivan Perišić and Neymar entered this exclusive “Club” scoring one goal each for Croatia and Brazil respectively.Lionel Messi has scored in his 5th edition (he failed to do…

Marc Pujol, first ever player in 7 World Cup editions The 2026 World Cup have not only produced the first ever participants of 6 final stages (Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi) but also the first ever participant of 7 editions, considering qualifying stage as well.Marc Pujol, an Andorra’s midfielder, has played in the 2026 campaign only…

Fastest goal in Bundesliga history Augsburg midfielder Robin Fellhauer entered yesterday the German Bundesliga history (since 1963) by scoring in just 8.4 seconds after kick-off against Bayern Munich (2-2).Fellhauer capitalised on a Manuel Neuer’s blunder. The Bayern veteran goalkeeper received the ball from the center circle in what was the first pass of the game,…

Father & son playing for different teams in World Cup The 2026 World Cup saw the second generation of Zidanes in the tournament’s history. While his famous father played in three World Cups for France, Luca Zidane chose Algeria and guarded their goal in three matches (picture).This is the fourth father-son duo in World Cup…

Messi leaves Argentina as record holder for free kick goals in NT Past night, Lionel Messi bade farewell to the Argentina national team, playing his final match against Benin (3-0).He retired from international football holding the world record for the most goals scored directly from free-kicks for a national team (12).Messi set the new record…

Picture : Luka Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo entered in the club ! “Club 40+ years” doubled Prior to the 2026 World Cup, seven players in the tournament’s history had played at the age of 40 or older. The latest edition doubled that figure, adding another seven players from this age group.Nevertheless, the historic top three…

Ruiz and Cucurella on the top While Spain extended their record unbeaten run to 39 matches by defeating England (3–2) in an away game during the opening round of the 2027 Nations League, key midfielder Fabián Ruiz extended his own personal record streaks—which are even more impressive.Ruiz remains unbeaten with the national team, a streak…

Santa Cruz, the 4th in history to score at 45 in top division On August 24, Roque Santa Cruz scored a goal in the Paraguayan league for Nacional Asunción against Sportivo Luqueño (2–0). He achieved this feat shortly after celebrating his 45th birthday (his exact age at the time of the match was 45 years…

Haaland’s exceptional goal/game ratio for Norway With the new European season for national teams starting tonight, here is some curious statistics regarding Erling Haaland’s astonishing and unique scoring record for Norway.His current stats for the national team stand at 62 goals in 55 games. This yields an average of 1.127 goals per match—a figure that…

Messi, the third in history to reach 75 free kick goals Yesterday, Lionel Messi scored a direct free-kick goal for Inter Miami in an MLS match against San Diego (2–2).This is the 75th goal of his career scored in this manner. He is the third player in football history to reach this milestone.Only two Brazilians…

Raphinha’s feats in La Liga Raphinha has just scored for Barcelona hat-tricks in two consecutive La Liga matches: against Racing (7–2) and Sevilla (3–1).This marks the 11th time such a feat has occurred in the competition this century (see table for the list) and the first time since 2018 (Antoine Griezmann).All 10 previous instances took…