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.

4. Xherdan Shaqiri has so
far won league titles
in every year of his
professional career.

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;;!

I order lalasticlala to move this to front page

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11. If true.
See serious research. No one involving Nigeria. Abeg find one for us now.

OP you have a bright future on nairaland

Chelsea has the most lugubrious fans across the globe

Nice one

India beat Nigeria 99-1 using magic, thatz why FIFA ban them till date.

Thunder Balogun scored the only goal after his mum shouted, 'Thunder, don't forget your left leg'! He then hit the ball which had already turned to a lion with his left leg to score the only goal for Nigeria.

(I didn't know who cooked this story, but kudos to him)

interesting

Ronaldinho scoring 23 goals. That guy know fit know anythn for skul. Ronaldinho the most skillfull footballer ever(I miss watching him play)

Shakiri's own is a lie. Did he win any thing last season?

This post has a "bright future"