Jay-Jay Okocha, Pele’s Dad And Eight Footballers Who Set Unbeatable Records

By Ekene Dike

The amazing duo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are today’s specialists of football records. Nobody would have thought that there are some records that these two players may themselves envy.

Among the records are:

1. Tommy Ross (Fastest hat-trick): Scottish footballer Tommy Ross scored the fastest hat-trick in football history when he struck thrice in 90 seconds while playing for Ross County against Nairn County in 1964.

2. Jay-Jay Okocha (Most Completed Dribbles in a Single World Cup Match): In the USA ’94 match between Italy and Nigeria, Jay-Jay Okocha completed 15 dribbles, which is the most ever in a FIFA World Cup match.

3. Robert Lewandowski (5 Goals in 9 Minutes): In September 2015, Bayern forward Lewandowski scored five times in nine minutes as they beat Wolfsburg 5-1.

4. Just Fontaine (Most Goals in a Single World Cup Tournament): During the 1958 World Cup, French player Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in six matches.

5. Hakan Sukur (Fastest World Cup Goal): Turkish forward Hakan Sukur struck in 11 seconds during the third-place match between Turkey and South Korea at the 2002 Korea/Japan FIFA World Cup.

6. Pele (Most Hat-tricks in Football History): Brazilian legend Pele scored a total of 95 hat-tricks in his career. Ronaldo and Messi are miles and miles away from breaking this record.

7. Miroslav Klose (Most World Cup Goals): German ex-footballer Miroslav Klose scored 16 World Cup goals in 4 tournaments. Messi has 6 World Cup goals while Ronaldo has 7. Obviously, this record is one they cannot break.

8. Dondinho (Scored 5 Headers in a Single Match): Everyone knows Pele, the great Brazilian footballer. But what most people don’t know is that Pele’s father Joao Ramos do Nascimento aka Dondinho was also a footballer and scored 5 headers in a single match.

9. Archie Thompson (Scored 13 Goals in a Single Match): Australia set a world record by beating American Samao 31-0 and Thompson set a record too by scoring 13 goals in the match.

10. Jone Samuelsen (Longest Header Ever Scored): On September 25, 2011, Norwegian footballer Jone Samuelson scored an amazing header from 58.13 meter out from goal while playing for ODD Grenland against Tromso Idrettslag.

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