15. Zinedine Zidane and Kareem Benzema are Algerians


14. Fernando Torres started his career as a goalkeeper

13. For the price of Arsenal’s Male season’s ticket, you could watch their female team play for 29 seasons

12. Liverpool was originally named Everton Athletic but had to change it because two teams couldn’t bear the same name

11. Arsenal is the only team to collect a Special Edition trophy because of their Invisible season in 2004 where they went unbeaten.


10. Rashford scored on the 3rd minute on his England Debut

9. Salah is the first ever Egyptian to play for Liverpool

8. West Ham were the first English Club to bid for Neymar in 2010 for 12million pounds

7. Neymar holds the record for scoring the fastest goal in 14 seconds in the Olympics


6. Neymar scored his 100th career goal on his 20th birthday in 2012

5. Ronaldo is 869 days older than Messi, so is his son and Messi’s son.

4. Mo Salah was a full back in his younger days until he convinced his coach one day to play him up front

3. Pogba is the first Manchester United Midfielder to ear the Number 6 Jersey

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