Some Strange But True And Amazing
Football Facts.
1. When Barcelona’s Xavi was 19, he almost
signed for Milan. His father gave his “yes”
to him but his mother said “if Xavi leaves
Barca, I will divorce!”
2. While Zlatan Ibrahimovich’s youth team
was 4-0 down, he came in as a substitute
and scored 8 goals.
3. Juan Mata is the first player in history to
have joined Manchester United from
Chelsea.
5. Alex Song has 27 siblings – 17 sisters and
10 brothers.
6. Ryan Giggs is the only Premier League
player to score 100 goals without scoring a
hat- trick.
7. Cristiano Ronaldo was named after
former US President Ronald Reagan.
8. Steven Gerrard has swapped his jersey
with more than a hundred players, but
never with a Man United player.
9. Ronaldinho first gained media attention
when his youth team won 23 – 0. He scored
all 23 goals.
10. Chelsea have been relegated more times
than they have won the English league.
11. The difference in Messi’s age and
Ronaldo’s age is 869 days, the same
difference as between Messi’s son and
Ronaldo’s son.
12. Zinedine Zidane was never caught in
offside position in his whole career.
13. Only one GOLD Premier League trophy
has been awarded and it was to Arsenal
because in 2003/2004 season, they didn’t
lose any match.
14. Brazilian legend, Pele, scored 92 hat-
tricks, 4 goals on 31 occasions, 5 goals on 6
occasions, and 8 goals on an occasion.
15. When Mourinho says you have a bright
future, it means you can’t make his team at
the present.
16. Cristiano Ronaldo was expelled from
school at the age of 14 after throwing a
chair at his teacher for mocking his family’s
financial status.
17. CR7 has no tattoos because he
frequently gives blood and getting a tattoo
will render him unable to do so for 6
months.
18. Real Madrid sold 50,000 James
Rodriguez jerseys in one day. Juventus sold
0 (zero) Bendtner jersey in one season.
19. In January 2003, Louis Van Gaal was
SACKED by Barcelona after leaving them just
3 points above the relegation zone.
20. Louis Van Gaal and David Moyes
attended the same Tactical Management
School.
21. Arsenal bought Anelka, Overmars, Petit,
Henry, Vieira, Fabregas, RVP, Adebayor and
Nasri all together for £42 million. Then sold
them for £206 million.
22. Hearts of Oak never lost a game in the
Ghana Premier League but they couldn’t
clinch the league title.
Which One Of Them Do You Find
Interesting??
