Undoubtedly, football is the most popular sport around the world.
From the thrills of the FIFA World Tournaments to the engagements generated by the Football Leagues, the round-leather game is second to none.

However, a lot of facts and statistics have been generated from analyzing and dissecting the game.

Some facts are listed below.

Since the inception of the modernized English Premier League in 1992, no English Manager has won the league.

Enzo Fernandez of Argentina won the World Cup before playing a single World Cup Qualifier game

Bobby Zamora and Obafemi Martins are the only players to score penalties with both feet in the history of the Premier League.


Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in a natural year and assisted 24 times.


Kevin Debruyne has won the PFA Player of the twice but he has never won the Player of the Month.



Please let's contribute to this thread. Add your own fact in the comments section.

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Olivier Giroud was on the pitch of play for 90mins and never had a single contact with the ball been played .

Zonefree:

False.

True...stop showing ignorance online...DYOR.




Wittyness

- Thomas Sweswe is the only player to complete 90 minutes without touching the ball, but end up as Man of the Match.

- Eric Bailly‘s of Man U once shoot a ball that went outside the stadium.

- Sergio Ramos collected 26 yellow cards in 38 matches.

wittywriter:
Olivier Giroud was on the pitch of play for 90mins and never had a single contact with the ball been played .




Wittyness

False.

Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.

AC Milan striker, Olivier Giroud, was voted Goalkeeper of the week in Serie A after deputizing for his team's regular G.K who got a red card.

Ronaldo de Lima was so great in his playing days that it was difficult to believe that he never won the champions league.


Great Kanu Nwankwo of Nigeria never scored in all the Africa nations cup and world cups he featured in.

Zonefree:
- Thomas Sweswe is the only player to complete 90 minutes without touching the ball, but end up as Man of the Match.

- Eric Bailly‘s of Man U once shoot a ball that went outside the stadium.

- Sergio Ramos collected 26 yellow cards in 38 matches.

Damn!
Weird stuff

Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

Great!

nlfpmod...help me shoot to front page.

Omicron007:


Great!

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Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.

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Kyase:


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Amotolongbo:
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Edit that part

Do you know that failed football odd of 1.01 has sent people to village than 2.0 odds...

Kyase:


Edit that part

Why?

Amotolongbo:
Why?

You know why

nlfpmod

Napoli - spezia, spezia won without a shot on target.
Man city won bournemouth as they didnt make any attempt.
Fcsb lost a 2-1 lead after 90+4.
Fc Copenhagen has the longest streak of not conceding more than 1 in european competition.
Bodoe Glimt was the first club to humilate a Jose Mo. Side in Europe.
Shamrock Rovers didn't cause any foul vs Arsenal.
Man united drew Sevilla 2-2 without a Sevilla player on the scoresheet.

JasonNOTStatham:
Napoli - spezia, spezia won without a shot on target.
Man city won bournemouth as they didnt make any attempt.
Fcsb lost a 2-1 lead after 90+4.
Fc Copenhagen has the longest streak of not conceding more than 1 in european competition.
Bodoe Glimt was the first club to humilate a Jose Mo. Side in Europe.
Shamrock Rovers didn't cause any foul vs Arsenal.
Man united drew Sevilla 2-2 without a Sevilla player on the scoresheet.

Are these facts or Vawulence?

nlfpmod....

Psg only plays at night
Cristiano Ronaldo has more goals than games for real Madrid
Both Messi and Ronaldo won their first international trophy not more than two years after the death of the greatest players of their national teams ( maradona and eusebio)