From stats about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to groundbreaking facts about the beautiful game itself, you won’t believe some of these facts are real.
We are lucky enough to be treated to more football now than ever before and over the past few decades we have seen some truly incredible football stats.
We have gone back through the years and picked out 11 football stats that you won’t believe are real.
1. Neymar won La Liga Player of the Month before Lionel Messi
This one makes out brain hurt a little bit. Believe it or not, the Argentine genius didn’t actually win the Player of the Month award until January 2016.
The slight caveat to this stat is that the award itself didn’t exist until September 2013, but it’s still a baffling fact nonetheless. As many as 17 different players won the award before Messi finally got his hands on it in early 2016.
2. Dundee United have a 100% win ratio against Barcelona
The Scottish side has come up against the Catalan club on four occasions and they have been victorious each time. Dundee United are the only British side to boast this amazing record against Barcelona.
They did the double over them in the 1966-67 season, beating the Spanish giants home and away in the Europa League. Then they managed to pull off the same feat again in 1986-87.
3. Philipp Lahm didn’t commit a foul for an entire year
The German legend was a master of reading the game and he didn’t dive in unnecessarily. In the Bundesliga, he somehow managed to go from September 2014 to October 2015 without conceding a single foul.
After learning that stat it will come as no surprise to learn that Lahm wasn’t sent off throughout his entire career for club or county. He was a gem of a player.
Clean tackles, by Philipp Lahm 🚫@philipplahm || #UCL pic.twitter.com/mLwWlxh7bn
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 31, 2023
4. Mark Hughes played two matches in one day
These days he is known for being a manager, but back in the day Hughes was one hell of a player. Amazingly, he played in two matches on the same day back in November 1987.
He first played for Wales in a midday kick-off against Czechoslovakia, before he was rushed onto a plane to play for Bayern Munich later that day. Hughes didn’t arrive in time for the first half but was used as a second half substitute and subsequently made history.
5. Chris Nicholl scored all four goals in a 2-2 draw
Back in March 1976, Nicholl somehow managed to score four…
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