100 Unique Facts About Football only a handful of people who know

Maybe you all know just as an interesting exercise, crucial, and presents techniques and scored a beautiful goal. But behind it all these years there are a few facts about football that is considered unique by some people, facts are facts, among others:

1. Zidane once said that he would rather die than have to apologize to Materazzi, referring to the incident in the 2006 World Cup final where Zizou butting Materazzi chest.

2. Joe Payne 6 times played as a defender at Luton Town, before finally plotted a striker at Easter 1936. Remarkably, he animates the role and scored 10 goals in a 12-0 victory over Bristol Rovers and scored 83 goals in 72 league games.

3. At the 1998 World Cup, the Romanian national team players have color and the same haircut.

4. Nigeria has 13 times into the African Nations Cup semi-finalists, but only two times won the tournament.

5. Club ASEC Abidjan (Ivory Coast) unbeaten for 108 matches from the year 1989-1994.

6. In 1993, the referee issued a red card for a total of 20 matches Ameliano Sportivo vs General Caballero in Paraguay.

7. Klaas Jan Huntelaar formerly known as the bicycle kick while still defending Ajax Amsterdam. Surprisingly, the hallmark was missing after he moved to Real Madrid season 2008/2009.

8. Ivory Coast won the 1992 African Cup thanks to two local shaman. When their salaries are not paid well, they cursed the national team. Government pay their salaries in 2004, Ivory Coast and then enjoy their first participation in the World Cup in 2006.

9. Goalkeeper Arthur Wharton was the first black professional player. He was born in Ghana and play for a Premier League team, Rotherham United in 1889.

10. In the 1999 Champions League final, Manchester United dramatically reverse the score 0-1 to 2-1 to Bayern Munich by two goals scored late in the game. Uniquely, the second goal was scored by substitute players, namely Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer.

11. In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because it was not allowed to play barefoot.

12. More than 300,000 fans and 5,000 Irish fans France joined the Facebook group supporting the holding of a rematch of the play-offs World Cup, France cons Ireland after Henry's handball which was a shame.

13. Kenny Dalglish has won everything in football. He was always successful in his career as a player and coach. As a performer, he was known as well as feeder sniper-class goalscorer. Nicknamed "Second Best Striker of All Time" it was more than enough to describe his greatness. As a coach, he was one of four coaches who took two different teams win the Premier League

14. In 1957, Charlton Athletic managed to reverse the score 1-5 of Huddersfield Town 7-6 when the game is only 30 minutes left.

15. Maradona made ​​his debut in the 2010 World Cup as a coach in the game against Nigeria, the same opponent he faced while undergoing his final match in the World Cup as a player in 1994.

16. Arsenal are unbeaten in 38 league games of the season 2003/2004.

17. In 1996, George Weah paid for their own shirts and salaries of all Liberian national team players.

18. Kicking technique "Rabona" was first introduced by Pele in 1957.

19. Nigeria international player, Celestine Babayaro broke his leg while celebrating a goal in the match with Chelsea's pre-season debut in 1997.

20. In 1998, referee Martin Sylvester himself by issuing a red card shortly after hitting a player.

21. The eve of the 2006 World Cup Final, none of the members of the Italian national team to sleep, except the captain Fabio Cannavaro.

22. Leganes coach Enrique Martin was sentenced to 10 matches after running to the opposing player who scored in 1999.

23. In April 2001, Archie Thompson scored 13 goals in qualifier between Australia and American Samoa, which ends 31-0 to Australia, the biggest score for the international category.

24. Only in Indonesia, the club funded by the Government and only in Indonesia anyway, regent / mayor / governor became chairman of the club.

25. World Cup 2006 Germany was the most extensive television coverage. The number of television viewers than the Olympics.

26. Algeria greatest players never wore a uniform instead of their pride. Zidane refuses Algerian national team in the 1990s, despite proudly wearing the symbol of origin on his arm.

27. German counter-England match in the World Cup 2010 is the game with the fewest violations within the period 1966-2010, the 13 violations.

28. AC Milan holds the record with a total of 58 matches played undefeated.

29. Alcides Ghiggia who scored the winner against Brazil in 1950, is the only surviving of the Uruguay national team in 1950 and became the oldest man alive who ever scored in the World Cup final.

30. Hugo Sanchez known as balls upon execution of a typical, or better known as "Bicicleta". He was said to have scored 26 goals bicicleta entire career, and he often celebrated with a somersault forward, who also became his trademark.

31. Michael Laudrup is part of the team Real Madrid 5-0 Barcelona at slaughter. Interestingly, he also included as part of the current Barcelona team slaughtered Real Madrid 5-0.

32. Henry scored 174 goals in 254 matches for Arsenal, and most of these are spectacular goal tally.

33. South Africa was the first country to host the World Cup who failed to qualify for the World Cup group phase, ie in 2010.

34. Martin Palermo who doubt many people after returning to Argentina national team actually care Maradona scored a crucial goal against Peru and Argentina to secure tickets to the 2010 World Cup.

35. Real Madrid holds the record of winning the Champions League most, which is 9 times. 5 of whom achieved El Real in a row.

36. Otto Rehhagel, Greece coach holds a Greek of the Year shortly after bringing Greece won Euro 2004. He became the first foreigner to win the title.

37. Japan only made 3 shots win over Cameroon in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup.

38. In the midst of a pretty slick performance, this time Nani turns playing with one finger broken leg. Nani was raised in the tough environment in Portugal. He was used to playing barefoot, toes Nani broke when he tried to kick the ball as a teenager.

39. Vladimir Weiss Trio coloring is always football. Vladimir senior won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics with the national team of Czechoslovakia. His son, who served as coach of Slovakia at the 2010 World Cup, also played for Czechoslovakia at the 1990 World Cup. His grandson, also named Vladimir Weiss played for Slovakia in 2010.

40. Silvio Velo dubbed "Blind Maradona". Argentina's Men was the top scorer in the competition with visual impairments in the 2008 Olympics.

41. Majed Abdullah has international caps in the world of all time, he has defended the Saudi Arabia national team as much as 139 times.

42. Mexico is the first country to host the 2 times World Cup, namely in 1970 and 1986.

43. Rory Fallon, the former England youth national team players, then move on to the senior national team New Zealand ahead of the World Cup play-offs 2010 against Bahrain. Interestingly, he scored a goal in the game and passed the New Zealand World Cup 2010.

44. He began his career as a center forward, Jesper Christiansen and continued his career as a goalkeeper just because of a bet. As a result, she was hired by a club and maintain its position as a goalkeeper.

45. Rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid (El Clasico) has a long history. The heat of competition is motivated by competition both cities, namely Barcelona (Catalonia) and Madrid. Competition heats up immediately after soldiers envoy Franco (General who was then in power, and administration based in Madrid) Josep kidnapped Sunyol, leaders Barcelona and trigger civil war in the 1930s. These political tensions affected the football competition involving Barcelona and Real Madrid until now.

46. Just a few days before the start of the 1966 World Cup, the Jules Rimet Trophy (World Cup Trophy) is lost, and rediscovered by a dog named Pickles.

47. The shortest player in the world is Anthony De Avila, with height 157 cm. While the tallest player in the world is The Changpeng, height 206 cm.

48. Cristiano Ronaldo contributed goals as Portugal crush North Korea 7-0 at World Cup 2010. It was Ronaldo's first competitive goal for Portugal since Euro 2008.

49. Italy collected 21 times at the World Cup draw, the most compared to other countries.

50. Since the goalless draw against Spain in 1978, Brazil has always scored goals in every game in a row. The record is stopped when detained Portugal 0-0 in the group phase of the 2010 World Cup.

51. Frank Lampard had shed 39 kicks without scoring, most of the other players.

52. Red card and yellow card was first officially used in 1970 World Cup Mexico.

53. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals for Manchester United, and the only one that he had printed from outside the box.

54. At the 1974 World Cup, when Zaire dealing with Brazil. Zaire Government threatened the players with was saying that they should not return home when lost more than 3 goals against Brazil. In the middle of the game, Brazil had a 3-0 lead, and the referee gave a free kick for Brazil. Players Zaire, Mwepu out of the defensive wall and kick the ball as far as he thought the action was good enough to play for time.

55. Argentina won the 1986 World Cup thanks to a goal a big hand "Hand of God" Maradona when Argentina bend England 2-1.

56. Mario Kempes scored in the final of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina sparked a storm of paper throughout the stadium.

57. World Cup trophy created by Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga and began to be used officially in the 1974 World Cup, replaced the Jules Rimet trophy.

58. Greek third division, bulldoze Xylofagou Olympos Ayios Athanasios 24-3 in May 2007. Attackers Olympos, Panagiotis Pontikos scored 16 goals in the process.

59. Crouch and Defoe are often seen playing together in the front row Tottenham Hotspur. They also had a duet on the front lines against Andorra England in September 2006. Crouch plays the body 201 cm, 169 cm, while Defoe. There never was a contrasting blend of height like that.

60. Belgian referee, Jean Langenus wear suits, golf pants, and red striped tie as a referee at the 1930 World Cup final.

61. Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Michel Platini holds the joint record for winning three times European Footballer.

62. Martin Palermo had missed a penalty kick in the first three games while playing for Argentina face Colombia in the Copa America 1999.

63. Messi had a poor record when the teams met Jose Mourinho. He never scored a goal in eight meetings with Mourinho. And Messi has been known as a defensive nightmare for any opponent facing Barcelona.

64. Carlos Caszely (Chile) is the first player gets a red card in the history of the World Cup, June 14, 1974.

65. Paul Warhurst is a true defender. Hurricane injuries forced him to fill the Sheffield Wednesday striker position. Paul scored just 12 goals in 12 games with 1 goal per game average, to be called by Graham Taylor for England national team.

66. Mark Hughes is an expert in shoulder-high volley. Goal volley into the net Oldham in 1994, is one of the goals of the most memorable FA Cup.

67. Rocky Baptiste ever free-standing in front of an empty goal. He prefers to show off the power and kick wide at the far post. The action was caught on camera this was a favorite of accessor Youtube video.

68. In 1980, Garry Birtles move to Manchester United with a tag of 1.25 million Pounds (price is quite expensive in the 1980s). But quality does not match the price, he needs 1 year to score his first goal at Manchester United. Not long ago it was sold at a low price.

69. In 1968, the club Penarol only conceded 5 goals in 18 games and were unbeaten throughout the season.

70. Norman Whiteside was the youngest player to start a career as a professional footballer. He broke the record with his debut Pele in football at the age of 17 years 47 days.

71. Luigi Riva once broke the arm of a spectator through a very hard kick.

72. Pants legendary Italian striker Giuseppe Meazza slipped when he was taking a penalty in the semi-finals of the World Cup 1938.

73. The rules of football (Laws of the Game) was first developed by The Football Association (FA) in 1938 in London.

74. In 2002, the Stade Olympique L'Emyrne (Madagascar) 149 scored an own goal against AS Adema in protest at the decision of the referee in the previous game.

75. Fear Dennis Bergkamp is traveling by plane caused him to lose a lot of international and European pertandigan for Arsenal.

76. Sir Alex Ferguson was fired by St.. Mirren in 1978 for swearing at a woman.

77. Sir Stanley Matthews never received a card even though the whole 33-year career.

78. Under the leadership of Herbert Chapman, Arsenal changed the name from "The Arsenal" to "Arsenal" that emerged as the top of the list Alphabetical Division 1 England.

79. The first game is broadcast on television ooleh practice match Arsenal at Highbury in 1937.

80. West Germany was the first European country to win the World Cup, the year 1954.

81. Surprisingly, Cameroon won the gold medal in football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

82. Ivory Coast is one of the poorest countries in the world. Even so, the quality of his football talents among the best in the world. They gave birth to the world-class players such as Didier Drogba, brothers Kolo and Yaya Toure, Emmanuel Eboue, etc.. The next golden generation brought Ivory Coast to qualify for the World Cup two times in a row, in 2006 and 2010.

83. The 2002 World Cup was the first World Cup in Asia, and also the first held in the two countries.

84. South Africa 2010 is the first World Cup in Africa, South African Residents further clean up by renovating the stadium, even built several new stadiums. Towards implementation, Nelson Mandela, the South African leader had a visit from some football beings, such as Portugal national team visits, etc..

85. 2 biggest stars of football, Pele and Johan Cruyff had a different career World Cup. Pele played in four World Cups, in 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970. While Cruyff only appeared in the first World Cup of her career, the year 1974.

86. Nigeria is surprisingly won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics after beating Argentina 3-2 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

87. South Korea became Asia's most often to qualify for the World Cup finals. They escaped 8 times, and 7 of them in a row. They have qualified for the World Cup in 1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010.

88. On 28 November 1996, Genclerbirligi drew 1-1 with Galatasaray in the Turkish Cup Quarterfinals. The match continued with penalties and ended with a score of 17-16 to win Genclerbirligi.

89. In 1966, Libya Oman slaughtered 21-0 in the Arab Cup in Iraq.

90. In the season 1995/1996, Stan van den Buijs scored 3 own goal while defending Germinal Ekeren against Anderlecht.

91. A tribute to the 21 victims killed in Love Parade was held at the headquarters of the 2nd German division, MSV Duisburg. Similar activities were also held throughout the church in Germany. Love Parade was held in the city of Duisburg July 25, 2010.

92. Ajax had massacred 0-8 by Bayern Munich in the testimonial game in honor of Johan Cruyff.

93. Kenneth Kristensen moved from Vindbjart to Floey, division 3 with the official Norwegian heavy weight of fresh shrimp in 2002.

94. Ronaldo de Lima change her hair style after beating England in the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals. The reason, he wants to look different from Roberto Carlos. The problem is, kids think Roberto Carlos Ronaldo is the father through the television screen.

95. In 1993, the national team shirts Albania banned the exchange after playing against Spain in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers, because they do not have enough money to make a new shirt and intend to wear the shirt in the next game.

96. Legendary Italian players, Raimundo Orsi back to the stadium the day after the 1934 World Cup Final to kick curled a spectacular show. But more than 20 times as he tried to kick, none of the curved kick.

97. Thousands of supporters of Argentina failed to watch the 1930 World Cup Final as the vessel in which they were delayed due to heavy fog. Fortunately the match referee who boarded the ship reached the destination.

98. Exchange shirts ever banned by FIFA in 1986 because they banned shirtless in the field.

99. Edinaldo Grafite long and arduous journey before becoming a footballer. He did not come from a wealthy family. Instead, it would never sell bags of garbage from house to house.

100. Andrei Arshavin had a theme song shows children with FALS in a national television station. This incident immortalized on the website Youtube.

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