1.) when Barcelona's Xavi was 19, he almost signed for AC Milan. His father gave his yes to him but his mother said if Xavi leaves Barcelona, I will divorce.
2.) While Zlatan Ibrahimovic's youth team was 4-0 down, he came in as a substitute and scored 8 goals.
3.) Juan Mata is the first player in history to have joined Manchester United from Chelsea.
4.) Xherdan Shaqiri has so far won league tittles in every year of his professional career.
5.) Alex Song has 27 sibblings. 17 sisters and 10 brothers.
6.) Ryan Giggs is the only premier league player to score 100 goals without scoring a hat-trick.
7.) Cristiano Ronaldo was named after former US president, Ronaldo Reagan.
8.) Steven Gerrard has swapped his jersey with more than a hundred players but never with a Manchester United player.
9.) Ronaldinho first gained media attention when his youth team won 23-0. He scored the 23 goals.
10.) Chelsea has been relegated more times than they have won the league.
11.) The difference between Messi's age and Ronaldo's age is 869 days. The same difference between Messi and Ronaldo's son.
12.) Zinedine Zidane was never caught offside in his entire career.
13.) Only one GOLD premier league trophy has been awarded, and it was to Arsenal because in 2003/2004 season, they didn't lose any match.
14.) Brasilian legend, Pele scored 92 hat-tricks, 4 goals in 31 occassion, 5 goals in 6 occasion and 8 goals in an occasion.
15.) When Jose Mourinho says you have a bright future, it means you can't make his team at present.
16.) Cristiano Ronaldo has no tattos because he frequently gives out blood and getting a tattos will refrain him from doing so in six months.
17.) Real Madrid sold 50,000 James Rodriguez jersey in one day. Juventus sold 0 (zero) Nicklas Bentner's jersey in one season.
18.) Cristiano Ronaldo was expelled from school at the age of 14 after throwing a chair at his teacher for mocking his family's financial status.
19.) In January 2003, Louis Va Gal was sacked by Barcelona after leaving them 3 points behind relegation.
20.) Chelsea is the first premier league team to have remianed at the top of the table from week 1 till week 38.
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Cristiano Ronaldo loves charity.

Hate him, love him for his cocky persona but he is by far the most charitable sports personality.

wow!!! scintillating facts.. imagine how that teacher that mocked CR7's family then will feel now. nothing is permanent indeed.

Please explain fact no. 11 or reconstruct you grammar if you meant the age difference was for the kids.

histemple:
Please explain fact no. 11 or reconstruct you grammar if you meant the age difference was for the kids.

Both (Ronaldo & Messi) have dame age difference as their sons.

Proxy001:
wow!!! scintillating facts.. imagine how that teacher that mocked CR7's family then will feel now. nothing is permanent indeed.

Na so life be