Football (soccer), the king of sports, is always amazing and, more than that, always fabulous for its fans, captivating them year by year.

So we gathered below some fun and impressive facts for all football enthusiasts:

Most career goals: The most goals scored in a specified period is 1,279 by Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazil), known as Pelé, from 1956 to 1977 in 1,363 games.

Smallest affiliated football league: The smallest affiliated football league is The Isles of Scilly Football League (UK) which has two registered teams. The league was established in the 1920’s and currently involves the Garrison Gunners and the Woolpack Wanderers, who play each other 17 times over the course of the season.

The oldest active football player is Robert Carmona (Uruguay) who plays for Club Pan de Azúcar with an age of 53 years. Carmona began his football career playing with Pan de Azúcar in 1976.

The most football touches with the head in 30 seconds (male) is 187 by Erick Hernandez (Cuba) at the Hotel Melia Habana in Havana, Cuba, on 11 June 2011.

The longest time balancing a football on the sole of the foot (male) is 2 hrs 33 min 29 sec and was achieved by Mohamed Jamal (Germany) at the ZDF Fernsehgarten, in Mainz, Germany, on 12 June 2016.

Hope you find it interesting :),

Victory Hangers International Team