DO YOU KNOW THE MOST CAPPED PLAYER FOR THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL TEAM?



Zanetti Mr. Longevity

With 145 caps so far, Javier Zanetti captain of Inter Milan holds the record of the most capped player in the history of the Albaceleste, the Argentine national team. Zanetti debuted for Argentina on November 16, 1994 against Chile under coach Daniel Passarella.

                                     

DO YOU KNOW THE HIGHEST GOAL-SCORING SUBSTITUTE OF ALL-TIME IN THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA?

During his time in the German Bundesliga mostly for Bayern Munich, Alexander Zickler broke the record as the highest goal-scoring substitute of all-time, scoring 18 times in 102 appearances off the bench.

DO YOU KNOW THE PLAYER BANNED BY FIFA IN 1994 FOR SIGNING FOR TWO ITALIAN SERIE A CLUBSIDES?

Portuguese football legend, Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, commonly known as Luis Figo signed for both FC Parma and Juventus from Sportin Lisbon in 1994. The ensuing furore caused FIFA to ban him from the Italian Serie A for two years. FC Barcelona under Dutch coach, Johan Cruyff then stepped in with a £2.25 million transfer fee and the rest is history.

DO YOU KNOW THE ALL-TIME TOP GOALSCORER IN THE AFC ASIAN CUP?

 Iranian Ali Daei is the all time top scorer in the AFC Asian Cup with 14 goals scored in all his participation in his while he got the Golden Boot award in the 1996 edition which was his first hosted by United Arab Emirates and won by Saudi Arabia. By the end of the 1996 Asian Cup, Daei had scored 29 goals in 38 appearances for Iran. which made the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), to name him the world's top scorer in official international competitions in the year 1996. 

                                        

DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST EVER PLAYER TO BE DISMISSED IN A FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH?



The Italia 1990 FIFA World Cup between Germany and Argentina which took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome witnessed the first ever dismissal in a final when Argentina's Pedro Monzon was sent off in the 65th minutes for a foul on Jürgen Klinsmann. The game also witnessed a second red card when in the closing moments, the Albaceleste were reduced to nine men after Gustavo Dezotti received the second red card of the game when he hauled Jürgen Kohler to the ground during a stoppage in play.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY TEAM TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO PENALTY KICK SHOOTOUTS IN THE SAME SEASON OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?

FC Barcelona led by English man Terry Venables is the only team to have been involved in two penalty shootouts in the same season of the European Cup (now UEFA Champions League). In 1985–86 season, they beat IFK Göteborg in the semi-final, but lost to Steaua Bucharest in that cursed final in Seville, no thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam, who after keeping a clean sheet, saved all four of FC Barcelona's penalties to win the cup.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY CLUB TO HAVE WON THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MORE TIMES THAN THEY HAVE WON THEIR DOMESTIC LEAGUE TITLE?

Nottingham Forest is the only club to have won the European Cup (now UEFA Champions League) more times (twice) than they have won their domestic league (once). Nottingham Forest won the English Division 1 League in 1978 before winning the European Cup in 1979 and defending it in 1980. Nottingham Forest are also the only previous winners of the European Cup to be later relegated to the third tier of their national league (in 2005).