måndag 20 april 2020

Belarus Premier League top scorers 2019

I know - its not featuring local legend (and global... aquientance) Aleksander Hleb, but there is plenty of other goodies here - like winner Ilya Shkurin, who left for CSKA Mosvka immediatly after the season. Another player for the future (at least in 2020, when this is written) could be Momo Yansane, the 22 year old Guinean U21 international who scored a bunch of goals last season.

Here's the list of everyone scoring 10 goals or more in the 2019 Belarus Premier League:

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Ilya ShkurinEnergetik-BGU Minsk19
2 Stanislaw DrahunBATE Borisov14
 Vitaliy KvashukGomel14
4 Dzyanis LaptsewDynamo Brest12
 Pavel NyakhaychykDynamo Brest12
6 Momo YansaneIsloch Minsk Raion11
 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk11
8 Elis BakajShakhtyor Soligorsk10
 Alyaksandr MakasIsloch Minsk Raion10
 Maksim SkavyshBATE Borisov10
 Ihar StasevichBATE Borisov10
 Oleksandr VasylyevMinsk10

onsdag 8 april 2020

The FIFA 100 selected by Pelé

In 2004 FIFA asked Pelé to select the 100 best players - 50 present and 50 from the past. Pelé couldnt just choose 50 from the past however, and was allowed to pick anothet 25 players. Thus the list is more a "FIFA 125" than a "FIFA 100".

Still.

Here is the players Pelé picked:

Argentina
Alfredo Di Stefano
Daniel Passarella
Diego Maradona
Gabriel Batistuta
Hernan Crespo
Javier Saviola
Javier Zanetti
Juan Sebastian Veron
Mario Kempes
Omar Sivori

Belgium
Franky van der Elst
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jan Cuelemens

Brazil
Cafu
Carlos Alberto
Djalma Santos
Falcao
Milton Santos
Junior
Pele
Rivaldo
Rivelino
Roberto Carlos
Romario
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Socrates
Zico

Bulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov

Cameroon
Roger Milla

Chile
Pablo Figueroa
Ivan Zamorano

Colombia
Carlos Valderrama
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Croatia
Davor Suker
Czech Republic
Josef Masopust
Pavel Nedved

Denmark
Brian Laudrup
Michael Laudrup
Peter Schmeichel

England
Alan Shearer
Bobby Charlton
David Beckham
Gary Lineker
Gordon Banks
Kevin Keegan
Michael Owen

France
David Trezeguet
Didier Deschamps
Eric Cantona
Jean-Pierre Papin
Just Fontaine
Lilian Thuram
Marcel Desailly
Marius Tresor
Michel Platini
Patrick Vieira
Raymond Kopa
Robert Pires
Thierry Henry
Zinedine Zidane

Germany
Franz Beckenbauer
Gerd Mueller
Jurgen Klinsmann
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Lothar Matthaeus
Michael Ballack
Oliver Kahn
Paul Breitner
Sepp Maier
Uwe Seeler

Ghana
Abedi Pele

Hungary
Ferenc Puskas

Ireland
Roy Keane

Italy
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Nesta
Christian Vieri
Dino Zoff
Francesco Totti
Franco Baresi
Giampiero Boniperti
Giacinto Fachetti
Gianluca Buffon
Gianni Rivera
Giuseppe Bergomi
Paolo Rossi
Paolo Maldini
Roberto Baggio

Japan
Hidetoshi Nakata
Liberia
George Weah
Mexico
Hugo Sanchez

Netherlands
Clarence Seedorff
Dennis Bergkamp
Edgar Davids
Frank Rijkaard
Johan Neeskens
Johan Cruyff
Marco Van Basten
Patrick Kluivert
Rene van de Kerkhof
Rob Rensenbrink
Ruud Gullit
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Willie van de Kerkhof

Nigeria
Jay-Jay Okocha
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Northern Ireland
George Best

Paraguay
Romerito

Peru
Teofilo Cubillas

Poland
Zbigniew Boniek

Portugal
Eusebio
Luis Figo
Rui Costa

Romania
Gheorghe Hagi
Russia
Rinat Disayev

Scotland
Kenny Dalglish

Senegal
El Hadji Diouf

South Korea
Hong Myung-Bo

Spain
Emilio Butragueno
Luis Enrique
Raul

Turkey
Emre Belozoglu
Rustu Recber

Ukraine
Andriy Shevchenko

Ururguay
Enzo Francescoli
United States (women)
Michelle Akers
Mia Hamm

Matches not lost by the San Marino national team

San Marino is a small country inside of Italy and has had very little success at the international stage over the years. Here is a list over games they didnt lose:

10 March 1993: San Marino - Turkey 0-0 (1994 WC qualifiers)
25 April 2001: Latvia - San Marino 1-1 (2002 WC qualifiers)
23 August 2003: Liechtenstein - San Marino 2-2 (friendly)
28 April 2004: San Marino - Liechtenstein 1-0 (friendly)
15 November 2014: San Marino - Estonia 0-0 (Euro 2016 qualifiers)


As seen, the San Marinese team has only won one game - against Liechtenstein in 2004. Scorer that day was Andy Selva, who scored eight goals in 74 caps between 1997 and 2016 and is considered one of the nations best players of all time, as one of the few ones to play professionally (mainly in Serie C and Serie D).

Manchester United Player of the Season 1988-


Manchester United player of the year, officially known as Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year as a tribute to the legendary manager, has been awarded since 1988 and is a fan vote based award. Four time winner David de Gea has managed to pick up the trophy the most times, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo (3).

Sorry about the table looking a bit wack, I f-cked up in making it.

Manchester United Player of the Season

1988
Brian McClair
1989
Bryan Robson
1990
Gary Pallister
1991
Mark Hughes
1992
Brian McClair
1993
Paul Ince
1994
Eric Cantona
1995
Andrei Kanchelskis
1996
Eric Cantona
1997
David Beckham
1998
Ryan Giggs
1999
Roy Keane
2000
Roy Keane
2001
Teddy Sheringham
2002
Ruud van Nistelrooy
2003
Ruud van Nistelrooy
2004
Cristiano Ronaldo
2005
Gabriel Heinze
2006
Wayne Rooney
2007
Cristiano Ronaldo
2008
Cristiano Ronaldo
2009
Nemanja Vidić
2010
Wayne Rooney
2011
Javier Hernández
2012
Antonio Valencia
2013
Michael Carrick
2014
David de Gea
2015
David de Gea
2016
David de Gea
2017
Ander Herrera
2018
David de Gea
2019
Luke Shaw


1996 Major League Soccer top scorers

1996 Major League Soccer top scorers


1. Roy Lassiter (USA), Tampa Bay Mutiny - 27 goals
2. Raul Diaz Arce (El Salvador), DC United - 23 goals
3. Eduardo Hurtado (Ecuador), LA Galaxy - 21 goals
4. Preki (USA), Kansas City Wiz - 18 goals
5. Brian McBride (USA), Columbus Crew - 17 goals

The 1996 incarnation of the MLS was the first professional soccer (or football) league in USA since 1984.

Roy Lassiter had his best career in the season, scoring 27 goals and winning the top scorer league ahead of Salvadorian striker Arce, who is his countrys best ever goal scorer with 39 in 68 appearances for his national team.

Yugoslavian born attacking midfielder Preki, who also had a tenure in England, also takes place on the list, just like the perhaps most recognnizable name of the list - Brian McBride, who later had success in Everton and Fulham and made 30 goals in 95 international appearances. He also made three World Cups (1998. 2002, 2006), just missing out on the 1994 squad.

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship top scorers

1. Ramon Diaz, Argentina - 8 goals
2. Diego Maradona. Argentina - 6 goals
3. Andrzej Palasz, Poland - 5 goals
4. Julio Cesar Romero, Paraguay, Igor Ponomaryov, Soviet, Ruben Paz, Uruguay - 4 goals

Ramon Diaz went on to have a great career, among other things scoring 10 goals on 22 caps and representing teams like Napoli, Fiorentina, Inter and Monaco, aside from his home club River Plate. He did miss the 1986 and 1990 World cups because of a feud with Diego Maradona.

Maradona needs less of an introduction. As for the others, they all had fine careers.

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship top scorers

1. Guina, Brazil - 4 goals
2. Hussein Saeed, Iraq - 3 goals
Agustin Menzo, Mexico - 3 goals
Luis Placencia, Mexico - 3 goals
Vladimir Bessonov, Soviet - 3 goals

Guina went on to represent Spanish and Portuguese clubs and made one senior cap in 1979, but never fulfilled the promises from the 1977 youth world cup.

Hussein Saeed on the other hand went on to become the all time best scorer in the Iraq national team, with 78 goals in 137 caps between 1976-1990. He spent the entirety of his club career with Al Talaba.

Clubs in South America playing at 2000+ meters

As expected, Bolivian clubs in the top - with Always Ready beating the 4000 meter line.
1Always Ready (Bolivia)El Alto4,095 m
2Nacional Potosi (Bolivia)Potosi3,895 m
3Real Potosi (Bolivia)Potosi3,895 m
4Binacional (Peru)Juliaca3,830 m
5San Jose Oruro (Bolivia)Oruro3,727 m
6Bolivar (Bolivia)La Paz3,598 m
7The Strongest (Bolivia)La Paz3,598 m
8Cusco FC (Peru)Cusco3,362 m
9Cienciano (Peru)Cusco3,362 m
10Mushuc Runa (Ecuador)Ambato3,255 m
11Sport Huancayo (Peru)Huancayo3,255 m
12SD Aucas (Ecuador)Quito2,873 m
13Univ. Catolica (Ecuador)Quito2,780 m
14El Nacional (Ecuador)Quito2,780 m
15CD Olmedo (Ecuador)Riobamba2,771 m
16Ayacucho (Peru)Ayacucho2,770 m
17LDU Quito (Ecuador)Quito2,733 m
18Dep. Llacuabamba (Peru)Cajamarca2,710 m
19Cajamarca (Peru)Cajamarca2,710 m
20Boyaca Chico (Colombia)Tunja2,691 m
21Patriotas (Colombia)Tunja2,691 m
22Macara (Ecuador)Ambato2,620 m
23Tecnico Universitario (Ecuador)Ambato2,620 m
24Aurora Cochabamba (Bolivia)Cochabamba2,579 m
25Atletico Palmaflor (Bolivia)Cochabamba2,579 m
26Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia)Cochabamba2,579 m
27La Equidad (Colombia)Bogota2,557 m
28Millionarios (Colombia)Bogota2,553 m
29Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia)Bogota2,553 m
30Deportivo Pasto (Colombia)Pasto2,547 m
31Deportivo Cuenca (Ecuador)Cuenca2,525 m
32Independiente del Valle (Ecuador)Sangolqui2,505 m
33Melgar (Peru)Arequipa2,375 m
34Cobresal (Chile)El Salvador2,217 m
35Once Caldas (Colombia)Manizales2,128 m
36Aguilas (Colombia)Rionegro2,082 m

Wycombe Wanderers all time top scorers

On February 29 Adebayo Akinfenwa broke the record for the most number of goals in the Wycombe Wanderers shirt.

The top scorers are now:

1. 
Adebayo Akinfenwa - 54
2. Nathan Tyson - 53
3. Matt Blomfield - 42

Teams with most trophies won

As of 2020-04-08.

30. Club Atletico Independiente - Argentina - 43 trophies
29. Fenerbahce - Turkey - 43 trophies
28. Deportivo Saprissa - Costa Rica - 46 trophies
27. River Plate - Argentina - 48 trophies
26. CSKA Sofia - Bulgaria - 48 trophies
25. AC Milan - Italy - 48 trophies
24. Grasshopper Club Zurich - Switzerland - 49 trophies
23. Zamalek - Egypt - 52 trophies
22. Deportivo Colo-Colo - Chile - 54 trophies
21. Boca Juniors - Argentina - 55 trophies
20. Club Olimpia - Paraguay - 57 trophies
19. FCSB - Romania - 58 trophies
18. Liverpool - England - 59 trophies
17. Anderlecht - Belgium - 60 trophies
16. Galatasaray - Turkey - 61 trophies
15. Juventus - Italy - 63 trophies
14. Bayern Munich - Germany - 70 trophies
13. Ajax - Netherlands - 70 trophies
12. Manchester United - England - 71 trophies
11. Al-Faisaly - Jordan - 74 trophies
10. Porto - Portugal -74 trophies
9. Olympiacos - Greece - 75 trophies
8. Benfica - Portugal - 82 trophies
7. Real Madrid - Spain - 90 trophies
6. Barcelona - Spain - 91 trophies
5. Celtic - Scotland - 105 trophies
4. Atletico Penarol - Uruguay - 108 trophies
3. Club Nacional de Football - Uruguay - 113 trophies
2. Rangers - Scotland - 115 trophies
1. Al Ahly - Egypt - 118 trophies

onsdag 31 oktober 2012

Longest Premier League game ever

On the 27th October 2012, Manchester City - Swansea was played for 102 minutes due to injuries to Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm och Manchester City defender Micah Richards.

fredag 26 oktober 2012

First black player representing Holland

The first black player to play in the Dutch national team was Suriname-born Humphrey Mijnals on 3 April 1960. He scored an own goal in that game and only made two more caps.

First black player representing Wales

The first black player to represent Wales was Eddie "Ted" Parris who in December 1931 made his first and only cap for the Wales national team.

Youngest Bundesliga player

The youngest Bundesliga player ever was Nuri Sahin who at the age of 16 years and 335 days made his debut for Borussia Dortmund on the 6th of August 2005. In November that same year, he also broke the record of being the youngest Bundesliga scorer of all time.

Youngest Ligue 1 player

The youngest Ligue 1 player ever is Laurent Paganelli who on 25 August 1978 made his debut for Saint Etienne at the age of 15 years and 10 months in a game against Paris SG.

torsdag 25 oktober 2012

First black player representing France

The first black player to play in the French national team was Raoul Diagne, who on 15th February 1931 made his debut against Czechoslovakia. His parents were from Senegal. In addition to the honor of playing 18 caps for the national team, he also had a four month long stint as a goalkeeper in his club team.

måndag 22 oktober 2012

First black player representing Norway

On 18 December 1998 John Carew, who has a Gambian father, became the first black player to represent the Norwegian national team. To date, the heavy striker has played 91 caps and scored 24 goals for his country.

First black player representing Spain

The first black player representing Spain was defensive midfielder Vicente Engonga, who in 1998 (September 23) at the age of 33 made his debut. He was also chosen for the Spanish Euro 2000 squad. In total, he made 14 caps and one goal. He is from Equatorial Guinean descent.

First black player representing Greece

Cap Verde-born striker Daniel Batista Lima became the first black Greece national team player when he made his debut on 12 October 1994. The player, who spent his whole career in Greece, made a total of 14 caps and two goals.

First black player representing Belgium

Dimitri M'Buyu was the first black player playing for Belgium. The striker, with Congolese roots, made his first and only cap in 1987, having just left Lokeren for Standard Liegé.