OTHER SOCCER RECORDS

WORLD RECORDS

1. 1. Most clubs in career

Clubs	Players	Countries	Years
21	SCHAFFER Alfred	Hungary	1910-1925
17	MAS Oskar	Argentina	1964-1984
17	BEST George	Northen Ireland	1964-1984
14	SCHACHNER Walter	Austria	1974-1998
14	DIRCEU Jose	Brazil	1968-1995

1.2. Champions in 3 or more countries

Number	Year	Players	Countries	Championships	Years
4	1939	ORSI Raimundo	Argentina	Argentina Italy Uruguay Brazil (Rio)	22, 26 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 38 39
4	1955	MORENO Jose Manuel	Argentina	Argentina Mexico Chile Colombia	36, 37, 41, 42 46 49 55, 57
4	1998	ETCHEVERRY Marco	Bolivia	Bolivia Chile USA Ecuador	91, 92 93 96, 97 98
3	1924	SCHAFFER Alfred	Hungary	Hungary Germany Austria	17, 18, 19 20, 21 24
3	1935	DOMINGOS da GUIA	Brazil	Uruguay Brazil (Rio) Argentina	33 34, 39, 42, 43 35
3	1954	DI STEFANO Alfredo	Argentina	Argentina Colombia Spain	47 51, 52, 53 54-58, 61-64
3	1969	ARTIME Luis	Argentina	Argentina Uruguay Brazil (Rio)	67 69, 70, 71 73
3	1978	FIGUEROA Elias	Chili	Uruguay Brazil Chili	67, 68 75 78, 84
3	1980	NEESKENS Johan	Holland	Holland Spain USA	70, 72, 73 74 80, 82
3	1981	MANGA	Brazil	Brazil Uruguay Ecuador	12 time in 5 state 69, 70, 71, 72 81
3	1987	STIELIKE Ulrich	Germany	Germany Spain Swiss	75, 76, 77 78, 79, 80 87, 88
3	1992	STEVEN Trevor	England	England Scotland France	85, 87 90, 91, 93, 94, 95 92
3	1995	LAUDRUP Brian	Denmark	Denmark Italy Scotland	87, 88 94 95, 96, 97
3	1998	LAUDRUP Michael	Denmark	Italy Spain Holland	86 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 98
3	2001	EKELUND Ronnie	Denmark	Denmark Spain USA	90, 91 94 01,03
3	2004	LEHMANN Jens	Germany	Italy Germany England	99 02 04
3	2004	SEEDORF Clarence	Holland	Holland Spain Italy	94, 95 97 04
3	2005	MAKELELE Claude	France	France Spain England	95 01, 03 05, 06

1.3. Best scorers more than 3 countries

Number	Year	Players	Countries	Championships	Years
3	1944	LANGARA Isidoro	Spain	Spain Mexico Argentina	34, 35, 36 44, 46 40
3	1954	DI STEFANO Alfredo	Argentina	Argentina Colombia Spain	47 51, 52 54, 56, 57, 58, 59
3	1994	ROMARIO	Brazil	Brazil (Rio) Holland Spain	86, 88, 96, 97, 98 89, 90, 91 94

1.4. GAA (Goals Allowed Average) (at least 25 games for national team)

GAA	Keeper	Country	Years
0,414	ZENGA Walter	Italy	86-92
0,622	LEAO Emerson	Brazil	69-86
0,630	WALDIR PEREZ	Brazil	73-82
0,664	SHILTON Reter	England	70-90
0,693	TAFFAREL Claudio	Brazil	88-98
0,741	CAÑIZARES José Santiago	Spain	93-01
0,768	MAIER Joseph	Germany	66-79
0,839	ZOFF Dino	Italy	68-83
0,841	SCHMEICHEL Peter	Denmark	87-98
0,849	ZUBIZARRETA Andoni	Spain	85-98
0,853	ALBERTOSI Enrico	Italy	61-72
0,908	SCHUMACHER Toni	Germany	79-86
0,923	YASHIN Lev	USSR	54-67
0,936	ZAMORA Ricardo	Spain	20-34
0,947	FELIX	Brazil	68-72

1.5. Best GPG (goals per games) among best goalscorers in national championships

GPG	Players	Country	Years
2,56	RESMIYA Refic	Albania	51
2,50	BICAN Josef	Chech	39/40
2,48	BICAN Josef	Chech	43/44
2,11	ROBERTS Frederick	Northen Ireland	30/31
1,97	DEAK Ferenc	Hungary	48/49
1,94	DEAK Ferenc	Hungary	45/46
1,92	BAMBRIC Joe	Northen Ireland	29/30

EUROPE RECORDS

2.1. Most national champions

Number	Players	Countries	Clubs
16	SCHAFFER Alfred	Hungary	Ferencvaros, MTK
12	EUSEBIO	Portugal	Benfica
12	GENTO Francisco	Spain	Real Madrid
12	COLUNA Mario	Portugal	Benfica

2.2. Best GPG (goals per games) in national team (at least 10 games)

GPG	Players	Country	Years	Goals	Games
1,50	FONTAINE Just	France	56-60	30	20
1,45	DEAK Ferenc	Hungary	46-49	29	20
1,42	LANGARA Isidoro	Spain	32-36	17	12
1,37	NIELSEN Poul 'Tist'	Denmark	10-25	52	38
1,36	MAES Eugene	France	11-13	15	11
1,30	NORDAHL Gunnar	Sweden	42-48	43	33
1,27	BUITENWEG Wout	Holland	13-28	14	11
1,22	BLOOMER Steven	England	1895-1907	28	23
1,22	BAKHUYS Bep	Holland	28-37	28	23

About this document

Information about Etcheverry thanks to Phil Schoen; info on Cañizares (up to date as of July 15, 2001) thanks to Emmanuel Castro Serna; information on Orsi, Lehmann and Seedorf thanks to Daniele Paserman; information on Makelele thanks to Chantal Janssen; information on Ekelund and various corrections thanks to Cris Freddi

Prepared and maintained by Maxim Olenev for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Maxim Olenev (jonny@rbcmail.ru)
Last updated: 14 Jun 2007