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World Records

 

This page has not all, but a lot of soccer records from the Guinness Book of World Records.

Some of these records are mind blowing and we hope they will inspire you to go out and set your own goals. The records of the world are here and people work for years to achieve these feats. We hope you will appreciate these records and and the time that has been put into them.

Fastest Expulsion: 56 sec. by Jose Batista ( Uruguay)

Fastest Goal: 11 sec. by Hakan Sukur (Turkey)

Oldest Scorer: 42 yrs 39 days by Albert Roger Milla (Cameroon)

Youngest Scorer: 17 yrs 239 days by Pele (Brazil)

Largest Attendance at a Game: 199,854 at Marcana Stadium, Brazil

Most Goals by an Individual : 5 by Oleg Salenko (Russia)

Most Goals by a Team: 27 by Hungary

Most Appearances in the World Cup by a Team: 5 by Brazil

Most Women's World Cup Championships: 2 by the USA

Heaviest Goalie: 364 lbs by Henry "Fatty" Foulke

Most Valuable Soccer Jersey: Pele's No. 10 Jersey, worth $225,109

Most Expensive Player : Zinedine Zidane, $66 million transfer fee

HIghest Annual Earnings: $32.5 million by David Beckham

 

Records current as Guinness World Records 2007 © 2006  by Guinness World Records Limited

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