Monday 27 November 2023

Some up to date records for that Christmas quiz (courtesy www.)

 


Association Football: Goals and goalscoring records.

RecordPlayerNationalityYear(s)Details
Player with most official goals of all timeCristiano Ronaldo Portugal2002–presentCristiano scored 867 goals in his career.
Player with most club goalsJosef BicanAustria Austria
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1931–1957Bican scored 781 goals in 493 matches with ten different clubs during his 27-year long career.
Player with most international goalsCristiano Ronaldo Portugal2003–present128 goals International goals in 205 games.
Player with the most goals scored in a calendar yearLionel Messi Argentina2012Messi scored 91 goals in 69 matches in 2012 for Barcelona and Argentina
Player with most club-goals scored in a football seasonLionel Messi Argentina2011–12Messi scored 73 goals with Barcelona during the 2011–12 season.
Player with most international goals in a calendar yearSándor Kocsis Hungary1954Kocsis scored 23 goals in 14 games in 1954 with the Hungary national football team.
Player with most goals scored for a single clubLionel Messi Argentina2004–2021Messi scored 672 goals for Barcelona during 17 seasons.
Player with most goals scored in an international matchArchie Thompson Australia2001On 11 April 2001, Thompson scored 13 goals, in the Australia 31–0 American Samoa match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Player with most goals scored in a top tier league matchHacène Lalmas men Algeria1962Scored 14 goals in the match Ruisseau 18–0 Birtouta in 1962–63 Algerian Championnat National.
Shokhan Salihi women Iraq2022Scored 15 goals with Al-Hilal against Sama in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League.
Player with most goals scored in any division tier league matchYanick Manzizila Democratic Republic of the Congo2014Scored 21 goals in the match Kongo United 30–0 Balrog Botkyrka.
Player with most goals scored in a domestic cup matchStefan Dembicki France1942In the preliminary round of the 1942–43 French Cup, Dembicki scored 16 goals in the RC Lens - Auby Asturies match (32–0).
Player with most penalty kick goalsCristiano Ronaldo Portugal2002–presentCristiano scored 158 penalties goals.
Player with most free kick goalsJuninho Brazil1993–2013Juninho scored 77 free kicks goals.
Highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all timeRogério Ceni Brazil1990–2015Ceni scored 129 goals in 1,236 games.
Youngest international goalscorerAung Kyaw Tun Myanmar2000On 6 November 2000, Aung Kyaw Tun scored for Myanmar in the 2000 AFF Championship match against Thailand (3–1 defeat) at 14 years and 93 days.
Oldest international goalscorerBilly Meredith Wales1919On 11 October 1919, Billy Meredith scored for Wales in the 1919–20 British Home Championship match against England (6–1 win) at 45 years and 73 days.
Longest distance goal scoredTom King Wales2021On 21 January 2021, goalkeeper King scored from own six-yard box, a distance of 96.01 meters (105 yds) for Newport County in the 1–1 draw with Cheltenham Town, in League Two.

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