Soccer World Records
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Highest goal scorer: Pelé with 1,283 goals in 1,384 games
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Player who has scored the most official goals for a single club: Lionel Messi with 672 goals for Barcelona
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Highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all time: Rogério Ceni with 131 goals
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Player to score most goals in international club competitions: Cristiano Ronaldo with 150 goals
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Player to win most FIFA World’s Best player awards: Lionel Messi with 7 awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022
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Most international goals: Cristiano Ronaldo with 117 goals in 191 games
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Fastest goal in history: Gavin Stokes with a 2.1 second goal
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Most hat tricks (3 goals in a game): Pelé with 96
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Fastest hat trick: Alex Torr with a 70 second hat trick
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Most penalty kicks: Cristiano Ronaldo with 143/172 penalties scored
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Longest distance goal scored: Ubirajara Alcântara with a 91.9 meter goal
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Longest headed goal scored: Jone Samuelsen with a 58.13 meter goal
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Player who played the most official games in history: Peter Shilton with 1,390 games
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Youngest player to play professional: 11-year-old Liberian Eric Godpower Marshall
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Oldest player to play professional: 55-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura
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Oldest professional player according to the Guinness Book of World Records: 74-year old Ezzeldin Bahader
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Longest career span: Robert Carmona with 45 seasons
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Heaviest player: William Foulke (165 kg)
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Tallest player: Simon Bloch Jørgensen (6 ft 10&1/2 in)
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Shortest player: Bimbinha (4 ft 10 in)
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Player who played for most clubs during his professional career: Sebastián Abreu with 31 clubs
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Longest-serving manager: Amadeu Teixeira (53 years)
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Shortest-serving manager: Leroy Rosenior (10 minutes)
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Manager who won the most league titles: Bill Struth with 18 league titles
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Club that has scored the most goals in history: 12,691 goals
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Club with most international major trophies won: Real Madrid with 28 trophies
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Club with most trophies won: Linfield with 272 titles
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Longest winning streak for a first division club: The New Saints with 27 wins
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Longest losing streak for a club: Corintians de Casa Branca with 62 losses
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Most own goals scored in a single match: 149 (protest)
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Highest score in a single match: 44-1
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Highest score in a single match (international): 0-38
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Most red cards given in a match: 36
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Largest audience in a match: 199,854 spectators