DO YOU KNOW THAT AFTER 13 YEARS OF RETIRING FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FOR SPAIN, ANDONI ZUBIZARRETA IS STILL THE MOST CAPPED PLAYER FOR THE LA FURIA ROJA?

Zubizarreta in action for Spain

Andoni Zubizarreta, the legendary Spanish and F.C. Barcelona goalkeeper is still the most capped player for the La Furia Roja with 127 which started on 23rd of January 1985, in a 3–1 friendly victory over Finland. It ended on the 24th of June, 1998 in their last France 98 FIFA World Cup Group D game against the Лъвовете (The Lions) of Bulgaria in Lens after an infamous blunder in his first match against the Super Eagles of Nigeria that led to a shock defeat. He is now the Director of Football at FC Barcelona.

    

                                 

                                                                                                                               

DID YOU KNOW WHEN LIONEL MESSI MADE HIS DEBUT AND SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL FOR F.C. BARCELONA?

The great Lionel Messi made his senior team debut for F.C. Barcelona in a Spanish Primera Liga match with with bitter Catalonian neighbours R.C.D. Espanyol on 16 October, 2004. He however scored his debut goal seven months later in the match against Albacete on May 1st 2005.

DID YOU KNOW THIS MAN IS THE MOST EXPERIENCED MANAGER IN SPANISH FOOTBALL.

Before Luis Aragones was appointed manager of the La Furia Roja otherwise known as the Spanish National team in 2004 (where he won the UEFA European Championship in 2008) from RCD Mallorca, he was was arguably the most experienced manager in the Spanish game.


He steered Atletico Madrid to their 8th league title in 1976/1977 season and has won the Spanish Copa Del Rey four times (three times with Madrilenos in 1976, 1985, 1992 and once with F.C. Barcelona in 1988. He also won the Intercontinental Cup now the (FIFA World Club Cup) in 1974, Supercopa de España in 1985, Segunda Division in 2002 and Iberian Cup in 1991 all with Atletico Madrid in all his spell with the club.

His previous clubs have included Real Betis Balompie, city rivals F.C Sevilla, Real Oviedo, Valencia CF and  RCD Espanyol. He also managed Turkish side Fenerbache in the 2008/2009 season where he had a bad spell.