World football records that would impress anyone

 

Alexander Sabadash is a huge soccer fan. He truly believes that it is the most beautiful game and is the most watched and beloved sport in the world. From the World Cup to all the countless leagues around the globe, people go crazy for the sport.

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Today's blog is fun as Alexander Sabadash shares some of the most impressive football records by players in the game's history.

Most goals in a career: Josef Bican, a Hungarian footballer, holds a record that will surely impress even the most stoic football fan. In the span of his career, he scored 1,468 goals in 918 games. That's more than 1.5 goals a match, which is phenomenal any way you look at it.

Most goals in a single World Cup: Just Fontaine from France scored 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup. Alexander Sabadash says that no other football player has come remotely close to beating this insane record.

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Most goals in a single year: More recently, Lionel Messi broke the record of scoring the most goals in a single season. In 2012, the Argentinian scored a staggering 91 goals for Barca.

Most goals in a single European season: This record belongs, once again, to the great Lionel Messi. In 2011 and 2012, Messi set several goal-scoring records in those two unbelievable years, including one for most goals in a single European season.