Mbappé: First to score 10 in a tournament since Gerd Müller Just Fontaine’s “unbreakable” record of 13 goals in a single World Cup remained intact after the 2026 tournament. However, a hero finally emerged who reached the double-digit goal mark (Kylian Mbappé, 10)—a feat not seen since 1970 (Gerd Müller).Mbappé became the first player in…

Marquinhos, already 2nd trophy-winner behind Messi  Paris Saint-Germain defender and captain Marquinhos (Marcos Aoás Corrêa) has won the 41st trophy of his career following his team’s victory in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup.In doing so, the Brazilian has become the joint-second most decorated player in the history of football, tying Dani Alves, who holds 41…

Messi and Vozinha created World Cup’s oldest goal The goal scored by Lionel Messi (39 years old) for Argentina in a 2026 World Cup Round of 32 game vs Cabo Verde (3-2) with goalkeeper Vozinha (40 years old) represented a combined age of two involved players as high as 79 years and 61 days.This is…

Cienciano, the first foreigners scoring 6 to Brazilian club! Cienciano (Peru) achieved on 14 August a historical win in the Copa Sudamericana’s Round of 16 first leg.Having smashed Botafogo 6-1, they became the first ever foreign team to score 6+ goals against a Brazilian rival in CONMEBOL competitions. *In both previous occasions when Brazilian clubs…

Madjo, new youngest scorer in European finals Aston Villa’s Brian Madjo set a series of new age records in the UEFA Super Cup game vs PSG (1-2) on 12 August.*Aged 17 years 212 days, Madjo became the youngest player to start a game in the competition history.*By notching the only goal of his team, he…

Bounou tied Schumacher’s record Morocco’s Yassine Bounou became at World Cup 2026 the new record co-holder of the competition for penalty saves, taking into account both penalties in playing time (PT) and in shootouts (SO).The attempt saved from Kylian Mbappe in a quarter-final vs France (0-1) was Bounou’s 4th successful, following his 3 shootout saves…

Barcelona’s 55-game scoring run in La Liga Picture : Raphina, Lewandowski, Yamal – Barcelona so efficient ! As the new Spanish league season approaches, we look back at an outstanding achievement by Barcelona from the previous campaign.Hansi Flick’s team managed to score in 55 consecutive league matches. This streak ranks second in the competition’s history,…

Mbappé matched Eusébio’s feat In the 2025-26 season, Kylian Mbappé became the top scorer in both of the season’s major international tournaments: the Champions League and the World Cup.He became only the second player in football history to achieve this feat.The first was Eusébio, sixty years earlier; in the 1965-66 season, he scored nine goals…

Griezmann & Simeone: most scoring player-coach duo in La Liga history Antoine Griezmann and Diego Simeone have recently become the player & coach duo with the most goals scored by the former under the other in La Liga history.Griezmann’s tally of the league goals for Atlético Madrid in this partnership, which lasted from 2014 to…

World Cup’s longest careers as player & coach Javier Aguirre and Hugo Broos (picture) made their mark at the 2026 World Cup by reaching a combined 40-year span of involvement in the tournament as players and coaches.Aguirre made his debut for Mexico as a player on 3 June 1986, and his last match as a…

Messi’s 100-percent qualification in group stages In the 2026 World Cup, Lionel Messi extended his feat, unique in the football history. Throughout his career at club in national team level, he took part in 35 group stages of various competitions with his teams, and has qualified in all 35 occasions!In particular with Argentina, Messi advanced…