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Karimov & CR7 age difference record  At the 2026 World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bekhruz Karimov (picture) set together a new record of the competition, as a pair of opponents with the largest age difference between them: 22 years and 183 days.This occurred in the group stage game Portugal vs Uzbekistan (5-0) on 23 June.The…

Most decorated coaches in European club competitions By beating Aston Villa (2-1) in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup with PSG last month, Luis Enrique has won his sixth European title as a coach (3 Champions League, 3 UEFA Super Cup), raising to historical top 5 among his colleagues.Only Carlo Ancelotti (10) and Pep Guardiola (7)…

Messi’s another sparkling game in MLS Past night, Lionel Messi delivered another amazing performance in the MLS match against Montreal (7–1). Let’s take a closer look at his exploits. 4 goals scoredMessi achieved his first ever poker for Inter Miami.His previous poker at club level came back on 22 February 2020 for Barcelona against Eibar…

Bayern’s vice-record for goals in a season As the new German Bundesliga season approaches, we look back again at Bayern’s remarkable goal-scoring record during the 2024–25 campaign.Vincent Kompany’s (PICTURE) team netted 184 goals across all competitions: 122 in the league (significantly improving the league’s record), 17 in the cup, 2 in the Super Cup, and…

Haaland, new World Cup’s top one-edition scorer (qualification + finals) This year, Erling Haaland became the first player in history to score 20+ goals in a single World Cup campaign, combining the qualifying and final stages.Eusébio was in 1966 the first to reach the 15-goal milestone (7 in qualifying, 9 in the final stage, for…

Lewandowski: the third in XXI CENTURY This month, Robert Lewandowski became the third player in XXI century to score 700 goals in top-level games. (picture RL with his 4 IFFHS Awards won in 2021 !)He reached this milestone on 10 August in the Leagues Cup game for his new club Chicago Fire vs Santos Laguna (3-1).…

World Cup’s largest age gaps between starting team-mates  Bosnia and Herzegovina used in the starting lineup in the World Cup 2026 games two players, Edin Džeko and Kerim Alajbegović (picture) , age difference of which was 21 years 188 days.In the Croatia’s starting lineup, Luka Modrić and Luka Vušković had slightly shorter age gap, 21…

Bayern’s scoring record for Top 5 in XXI century In the 2025–26 season, Bayern set a new scoring record for Europe’s top five leagues in the XXI century: 122 goals in a single domestic league season.The Munich club surpassed the achievement of Real Madrid, who scored 121 goals in the 2011–12 season.They also shattered the…

Dante, Ligue 1 second-oldest player in XXI century As the new French league season approaches, let us pay tribute to one of the heroes of the previous campaign. Although he played no part in PSG’s brilliant run of victories on the domestic and international stages, he nonetheless deserves recognition for his own achievement.Brazilian defender Dante…

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…