AMAZING FOOTBALL FACTS IN HISTORY >Brazil is the only country to appear in every single World Cup tournament. >Famous Cricketer Viv Richards is the only person to play at both Cricket and Football World Cups. >At 42, Cameroon Legend Roger Milla is the oldest player to play and score in World Cup history. >Turkey’s Hakan Sukur holds the record for the fastest goal in World Cup history in Korea 2002, after an amazing 11 seconds. >Geoff Hurst is the only player to score a World Cup Final Hatrick. >The first televised game was an Arsenal practice match at the Highbury ground in 1937 >Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff, aged 40, became the oldest player ever to win a World Cup at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. >Brazil’s Pele is the only player to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970). >In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot. >Maradona scored an incredible 311 career goals. >Zinedine Zidane was never caught offside in his career >In 1975 an international match between Chile & Uruguay was abandoned after 19 players were sent off. >The highest scoring soccer game was 149-0!
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