Football History

Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly as an 🇪🇬 Egyptian right-winger footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club had 293
Appearances with 184 total goals with 86 assists for the club.
He had three Golden Boots in 2017/18, 2018/19 and2021/22.

Salah has contributed to both the English Premier League and the Egyptian national team and his hard work and prolific scoring made him become famous.

Salah record of goals per each season from 2017 when he joined Liverpool till now.
2017/2018 36 appearances with 32 goals
2018/2019 38 appearances with 22 goals
2019/2020 34 appearances with 19goals
2020/2021 37 appearances with 22 goals
2021/2022 35 appearances with 23 goals
2022/2023 38 appearances with 19 goals
2023/2024 32 appearances with 18 goals
2024/2025 30 appearances with 27 goals

On 13 February 2025
Salah opened the scoring at the Etihad Stadium, and turned to provide assist for Liverpool’s second scored by Dominik Szoboszlai on 37 minutes, setting up Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Manchester City and taking them 11 points clear at the top of the table.
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Salah became the FIRST player in Premier League history to score AND assist in both matches against the reigning champions in a season.
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Salah also made it nine goals and six assists against sides managed by Pep Guardiola, the most by any player in the Spaniard’s top-flight league managerial career.

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The Egyptian scored his 16th away league goal of the season at the Etihad Stadium, moving him level with Kevin Phillips (1999/00) and Harry Kane (2022/23) for the most in a single Premier League campaign.
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Assist king

Salah’s pass to Szoboszlai was his 11th away assist of the season, a joint-record he now shares with Cesc Fàbregas, who achieved that total in 2014/15 with Chelsea.

Meanwhile, his 16 assists overall this season is more than ANY Liverpool player in Premier League history, overtaking Steve McManaman’s tally of 15 in 1995/96.

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Matching Messi

It shows Salah has scored and assisted in 11 Premier League matches in 2024/25, the most by a player in a single season in one of Europe’s big five leagues since Lionel Messi did so with 11 for Barcelona in 2014/15.
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Liverpool’s forward currently leads the way with 25 goals and 16 assists in the Premier League this season, for a combined total of 41 goal contributions.

Impressively, Salah is the FIRST player to register 25+ goals and 15+ assists in a Premier League season.
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Across all competitions, Salah became the FIRST player across Europe’s top five leagues to be directly involved in 50 goals in 2024/25.

Peter gulacsi is a 🇭🇺 Hungarian goalkeeper ,keeping for RB Lelpzig born 6 may 1990 . He had played 33 matches with 13 clean sheets. First in Bundesliga’s league.

Matz Willy Els Sels is a 🇧🇪 Belgium
Goalkeeper playing Nottm Forest had played 33matches with 14 clean sheets. First in English premier league.

Jan Oblak is a goalkeeper at Atlético Madrid from 🇸🇮 Slovenia . He player 45 matches with 18 clean sheets.first in laliga league.

Mile Svilar is a 🇷🇸 Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club As Roma. He had played 43 matches with 15 clean sheets.first in Series A.

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Brice Lauriche Samba Born in the Republic of Congo on 25 April 1994 but keeping for 🇫🇷 France national team. He had keep 28 match for the team he joined January this year with 11 clean sheets.first in French league 1.

Yann Sommer born 17 December 1988 is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan.
He had played 38 matches ,
27 Serie A with
9 UEFA Champions League with thad 20 clean sheets at this time .

Michele Di Gregorio is an 🇮🇹 Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Monza. Who was born 27 July 1997 , He had 35 matches with 16 clean sheets .

Álex Remiro is 30 years old keeping for Real Sociedad from 🇪🇸 Spain national football team .He had played 41 games this season with 15 clean sheets.

David Raya Martín (born 15 September 1995) is a 🇪🇸 Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Arsenal. He was rated among best because of his distribution, box command, and shot-stopping abilities.Out if 47matches played had 19 clean sheets.

Manuel Never Captain of Bayern München Born: 27 March 1986 is a 🇩🇪 German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper .
Has played 33 matches with 16clean Sheets .

🇦🇷 Argentina: 8 Ballon d’Ors – 1 player Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi
🇵🇹 Portugal: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 3 players
Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Eusebio, Luis Figo
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 3 players
Johan Cruyff (3), Marco van Basten (3), Ruud Gullit
🇩🇪 Germany: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 5 players
Franz Beckenbauer 2 ,Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2 ,Lothar Matthäus , Matthias Sammer ,Gerd Müller
🇫🇷 France: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 5 players
Michel Platini (3), Raymond Kopa, Zinedine Zidane, Jean Pierre-Papin, Karim Benzema

🇮🇹 Italy 5 with 5players
Gianni Rivera, Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi, Omar Sivori, Fabio Cannavaro

🇧🇷 Brazil 5 with 4 players
Ronaldo (2), Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Kaka

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 5 with 4players
Kevin Keegan (2), Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Stanley Matthews, Michael Owen

🇪🇸 Spain 4 with 3 players
Alfredo Di Stefano (2), Luis Suarez, Rodri

🇷🇺 Russia 2 with 2players
Lev Yashin, Oleg Blokhin

🇺🇦 Ukraine 2 with 2 players
Igor Belanov , Andriy Shevchenko

🇨🇿 Czech Republic
Pavel Nedved

🇸🇰 Czecho slovakia
Josef Masopust
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov

🇭🇷 Croatia
Luka Modric

🇩🇰 Denmark
Allan Simonsen

🇱🇷 laberia
George Weah
I🇮🇪 North Ireland
George Best

🇭🇺 Hungary
Florian Albert

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
Denis Law

Based on the fact that the Soviet Union is not exiting again, we trace the origin of players from the Soviet Union clearly showing that two are from Russia and the other one Ukrainian.

Africans have it all in world football.
I know when I say Africans have it all, some people will criticize the statement, but this is a reality from the view of performance and gifts embedded in African players. Even with a substandard pitch, lack of equipment and poverty level, we still have many great African players.
If you said no, check the whole list, so call a first-class country that has not seen an African player and check that record.

The fastest hat-trick in the history of the English Premier League
Scored by African player Sadio Mané for net three within two minutes and 56 seconds for Southampton against Aston Villa

African players. Who has? Won ELP golden boot
Mohamed Salah 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22
Didier Drogba 2006/07, 2009/10
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2018/19
Sadio Mané 2018/19

Samuel Eto’o – 162 goals in Laliga. He won the Golden Boot in 2005-06 and had a 30-goal haul in 2008-09.

Victor Osimhen is the first African player to win the Serie A golden boot with 26goals in 32matches.

The best goal so far in the Bundesliga was the Jay-Jay Okocha goal against Oliver Kahn in 1993.

(Tony Yeboah won the Bundesliga golden boot back-to-back at Frankfurt, 1992-94.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang won both the Bundesliga and English Premier League golden boot, and recently we still have the below contribution in some major leagues.

Mo Salah is the leading goalscorer in the English Premier League.

Premier League 2024-25 goal-scoring leaders

Mohamed Salah, Liverpool — 27.
Erling Haaland, Manchester City — 21.
Alexander Isak, Newcastle United — 19.
Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest — 18.
Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford — 15.
Cole Palmer, Chelsea — 14.
Yoane Wissa, Brentford — 14.
Matheus Cunha, Wolves — 13.

Victor Osimhen is the highest goalscorer in the Turkish league in the 2024/25 season.
1 V Osimhen 20
2 K Piatek 18
3 S Banza 17
4 Y En-Nesyri 16
5 A Sowe 14
6 E Dzeko 12
7 M Thiam 12
8 C Immobile 11
9 Yilmaz
10 Rômulo

Ademola Lookman finds in 4th position with the same goal as a person in 3rd position with 13 goals.
Name Team G
Mateo Retegui Atalanta 22
Moise Kean Fiorentina 15
Marcus Thuram Internazionale13
Ademola Lookman Atalanta 13

The GOAT of the millennium should be traced to Lionel Messi or Christiana Ronaldo apart from the fact that both were fighting for the ballon d’or award for 13 good years. Both players had set different craziest records in football.

Let’s flash back balloon d’or award from the year 2000.
2000 Luís Figo
2001 Michael Owen
2002 Ronaldo
2003 Pavel Nedvěd
2004 Andriy Shevchenko
2005 Ronaldinho
2006 Fabio Cannavaro
2007 Kaká
Messi holds the record for most Ballon d’Ors with eight (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023).
Cristiano Ronaldo with five:2008,2013,2014,2016and 2017.
2018 Luka Modrić
2020 not awarded
2022 Karim Benzema
2024 Rodri

Record set by Lionel Messi
Messi holds the records for most European Golden Shoes (6), most goals in a calendar year (91), most goals for a single club (672, with Barcelona), most goals (474), hat-tricks (36) and assists (192) in La Liga, most assists (18) and goal contributions (32) in the Copa América, most goal contributions (21) in the World.

Ronaldo’s individual records
Most UEFA club competition appearances: 197.
Most UEFA club competition goals: 145.
Most UEFA Champions League goals: 140.
Most goals in a UEFA Champions League season: 17 (2013/14)
Most goals in UEFA Champions League knockout stages: 67.
Won four Golden Shoes,
Top goalscorer of all time with 900 with 66 hat-tricks.
Only player to score three goals at multiple EUROs: 2012, 2016, 2020
Only player to score at five World Cups: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
First player to score ten hat-tricks in men’s international football.

How many officials’ trophies have they both won?

Both players have won 78 official trophies in total (Messi 45, Ronaldo 33) during their senior careers.

Globe Soccer award
Messi won it once, in 2015. While Ronaldo has won the award 6 times (2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).

For me, I see that two great people have talent, which I think is Messi.
While Ronaldo has a gift which he works perfectly hard on. Out of 66 hat – tricks, 36 were scored after he was 30 years old.
To be clear about my statement, check the difference between gift and talent.

Giftedness talks about potential abilities, whereas talent talks about present abilities that can be demonstrated or performed.

G.O.A.T.  Means
Greatest of All Time)

Wesley Snijder, a Dutch former professional footballer, was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his time. He was sold to Real Madrid for €27 million in 2007 from Ajax and later transferred to Inter Milan for €15 million in 2009 from Real Madrid.

From Snijder: The worst moment of my career was when I left Real Madrid. I felt humiliated because when I went to the training ground I saw that my locker had been emptied and my things had been put away.

I went to talk to the president. He didn’t give me much time and just told me that I was no longer in their plans and that they wanted to win the Champions League.

Before I left his office, I told him: ‘Just know that no matter where I go, I’m going to play to win.’

Two days later Mourinho called me. I think he got my number through Chivu because I had never met him before.

He said to me: ‘Wesley, I know your situation there is difficult. Come to Inter. Together we will win everything.’

Mourinho and I had a connection at first sight. He told me that I was one of the most important players in his team and that together we would win the Champions League. Maybe he said this to everyone, but believe me, a year with him was worth ten years with someone else.

“So how did it end? You know… in 2010 🏆 UEFA Champions League winner 🏆 Serie A winner 🏆 Coppa Italia winner 🏆 Supercoppa Italiana winner 🏆 Club World Cup winner 🇳🇱 FIFA World Cup runner-up ❌ 4th in the Ballon d’OrI put the trophy in front of my cupboard and said: ‘I keep my promises.’ It was the best moment of my career.”

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What is a red card in football ?

It signifies sent off of players because football is a game of passion and adrenaline, where players get physical running for the ball and securing moments of glory. In such situations, things are bound to get out of hand sometimes, so the red card was introduced in the game. A split second can change the game’s trajectory entirely if a player is sent off by being red-carded.

Why do players get a red card ?

A player can receive a red card for a wide range of misconduct or unsportsmanlike behavior during a match.

 

Top 10 players with the highest red in the history of football

Gerardo Bedoya – 46, the Colombian defensive midfielder

Sergio Ramos – 27 centre-back

Cyril Rool – 25 midfielders

Alexis Ruano Delegado – 22 defenders

Paolo Montero – 21 defenders

Paolo Montero – 21 Mexico defender

Felipe Melo – 20 Brazilian defender

Matteo Contini- 20 defender

Fernando Amorebiata – 19 The Venezuelan centre-back

Gary Medel – 18 Chile central defender

Who is Gerardo Bedoya?

Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera is a Colombian former footballer and current manager. He began as a defender but later played as a defensive midfielder.

Gerardo Bedoya played for the following club.

Years.                                Team

1995–1997.          Deportivo Pereira

1998–2001.            Deportivo Cali

2001–2003.            Racing Club

2003.                     Deportivo Cali

2004.                       Colón

2005.                      Puebla

2005.                    Boca Juniors

2005–2006.         Atlético Nacional

2006–2010.          Millonarios

2010.                      Envigado

2010.                      Boyacá Chicó

2011–2013.             Santa Fe

2014.                       Fortaleza

2015.                    Cúcuta Deportivo

Peter Withe played for Aston Villa between 1980–1985 part of the winner in the ’82 European Cup final with 182 appearances and 74 goals for the club.

Alan Shearer was the most successful player for Newcastle between 1996–2006 with 404 appearances and 206 goals.

Colin Bellplayed for Manchester City between 1966–1979 with

394 appearances with 117 goals in 1969 won the FA Cup. The following year the League Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup.

John Terry is the most successful player in Chelsea’s history, the man who had 697 appearances with 100goals between 1998–2017.

Phil Neal played for Liverpool between 1974–1985 with 455appearance and brought 22 pieces of silverware to the Anfield trophy room and was the only player to feature in the Reds’ first four European Cup triumphs.

Ryan Giggs is the most successful player with a Manchester United record of 963 appearances and 114 between 1991 and 2014.

Harry Kane was the most successful player for Tottenham between 2004–2010, who scored 280 goals for the club between 2011 and 2023 and 213 in the league, where he ranks second-highest for the club.

Dixie Dean is ranked as the greatest player at Everton who scored 383 goals for Everton in 433 appearances, including 37 hat-tricks, 30 in league matches between 1925–1938.

Tony Adams started for the Gunners as a youth player in 1980–1983 to joined Team A in 1983–2002 with 669 appearances and 48 goals as a defender and 10 major trophies for the club.

Brett Douglas Pitman is the most successful player for AFC Bourmouth FC with 102 goals. He joined the club from AFC Bourmouth youth in 2005, spent 5 years leaving the club and returning in 2012.

Park Ji-Sung first South Korean to play in the Premier League and second East Asian player in Manchester United joined Manchester United July 2005 with £4 million from PSV to make third players from the team like Jaap Stam (1998) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (2001).

From his quote

“I am confident in my ability and will do my best to play as many games as I can.”

Coming to Manchester United fans and many journalists claimed that his signing was just a marketing frame to sell jerseys abroad.

However, with Sir Alex’s support, his readiness for game made he adapted to the league, his teammates, and life in England more easy .Ferguson once said: “He’s the player everyone would love to have.” He wasn’t known for his technique, but he outran everyone and fought like no one else. A true workhorse.

Praised by Andrea Pirlo and Wayne Rooney, he even captained the team in some matches.

He won 13 titles at Old Trafford with 60 goals,including 4 Premier League titles, a Champions League, and a Club World Cup, playing over 200 matches for the club.

Who is Samuel Eto’o
is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation alongside being one of the greatest African players of all time.
Why Eto is greatest African players .
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is the only player in history to win the treble with two different clubs in two consecutive seasons:

🇪🇸 Barcelona, 2008/09:
🏆 Champions League
🏆 La Liga
🏆 Copa del Rey

🇮🇹 Inter Milan, 2009/10:
🏆 Champions League
🏆 Serie A
🏆 Coppa Italia
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He played 14 teams scored 427 goals . Win 4 champions league plus one Madrid won when he was loan in 1999 , 2005/6 and 2008/9 with Barcelona, 2009/10 with inter Milan , 2 cops del Rey ,3 la liga 2 Spanish super cup ,1 club World Cup ,2 coppa italia ,1 supercoppa and 2 AFCON 2000/2 and 1 Olympic 2000for nation.
Years Team
1997–2000 Real Madrid
1997–1998 Leganés (loan)
1999 Espanyol (loan)
2000 Mallorca (loan)
2000–2004 Mallorca
2004–2009 Barcelona
2009–2011 Inter Milan
2011–2013 Anzhi Makhachkala
2013–2014 Chelsea
2014–2015 Everton
2015 Sampdoria
2015–2018 Antalyaspor
2018 Konyaspor
2018–2019 Qatar SC

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He is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with 18 goals
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He holder record of most appearances African player in La Liga.
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He won the African Player of the Year a record four times, winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.
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the African footballer with most Ballon d’Or nominations in history. Despite never winning the award, Eto’o was nominated for the Ballon d’Or nine times during his career.
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Most decorated African player of all-time.
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Cameroon all-time top-scorer with 56 goals.
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In 2004 won the La Liga golden boot with 25 goals