The master of the overhead kick

Rivaldo is now 37 and still playing football. He is earning a massive wage in the Uzbek League but made his name playing for Barcelona and the Brazil National Team. Rivaldo started his career in Brazil with Paulista before moving around a few other smaller clubs then hitting stardon with Corinthians and Palmeiras. Winning the league and player of the year in 1994 then earned him a move to Deportivo La Coruna. Rivaldo was only there for 1 year but after scoring 21 goals in 41 games, Barcelona splashed out and paid $26 million for him. Rivaldo played 157 games for Barcelona and scored 86 goals. For the national team he played 74 games scoring 34 goals. Rivaldo is known for his trademark free kicks and bycicle kicks but unforunatley for play acting in a world cup! In the group stage against Turkey, towards the end of the match, the ball was out of play when Hakan Unsal of turkey kicked the ball towards Rivaldo, the ball struck his leg but Rivaldo fell to the floor clutching his head. The Turkish player was sent off and after video review, Rivaldo was later fined for this incident. Rivaldo’s finest moment came when he scored arguably the best hatrick ever on the last day of the season to qualify Barcelona for the champions league. Barcelon were playing Valencia and needed to beat them to qualify ahead of them.  The first goal was an unstopable free kick that dipped in off the post, the second was a 25 yarder that was hit with so much power he fell over kicking the ball. The last was one of the best goals of all time, with 1 minute left in the game, Rivaldo scored an amazing overhead kick from the edge of the 18 yard box, the ball flew into the top corner to give Barca the win the needed.

Nakayama-Most consecutive Hat-tricks

Most Senior Appearances-
Peter Shilton holds the record for the most senior appearances with a total of 1,390. Shilton enjoyed a lengthy career and played for a number of clubs such as Leicester, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby County, Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers, and Leyton Orient.

Most International Caps In Women’s Football-
The record for the most international appearances in the womens game is held by Kristine Lilly, who represented the United States 225 time between 1987 and 2000.

Fastest ever goal-
Ricardo Olivera scored in just 2.8 seconds. He scored for Rio Negro against Soriano on 26 December 1998. The English FA however recognise a goal scored by an amateur player as the fastest they are aware of. Marc Burrows scored for his side Cowes Sports against Eastleigh Reserves in a Wessex League match in April 2004. The goal was timed at 2.5 seconds

Fastest goal in the Champions league-
Roy Makaay scored the fastest goal in champions league history. He scored for Bayern Munich against Real Madrid after just 10 seconds

Most Consecutive Hat Tricks-
Masashi Nakayama of Jubilo Iwata holds this amazing record. The Japanese League player scored 4 consecutive hat-tricks  during the 1998 season. He scored five goals against Cerezo Osaka; four goals against Sanfrecce; four goals against Avispa and three goals against Consadole Sapporo.

Most Goals Scored In A Single Season-
The record for the most goals in a league season is 60 in 39 games, by William Ralph (“Dixie” Dean) for Everton in 1927/28. With 3 more in Cup ties and 19 in representative matches, Dean’s total that year was 82.

Most Career Goals-
Pelé scored more goals than anyone else. It is believed that he scored 1,279 over a career spanning 21 years playing only for two clubs Santos of Rio de Janeiro, and the New York Cosmos.

Longest Clean Sheet Record-
The longest any goalkeeper has succeeded in preventing goals being scored past him in top-class soccer competition is 1,275 min, a record held, as of April 1, 1991, by Abel Resino of Atlético Madrid, Spain

Most Soccer Goals Scored By A Goalkeeper-
José Luis Chilavert, who plays for Paraguay and Vélez Sarsfield of Argentina, scored a record 54 official and international goals between July 1992 and August 2000. Chilavert often takes free kicks and penalties

Most Penalties Missed By One Soccer Player-
Martín Palermo of Argentina, missed three penalties during his team’s defeat by Colombia, in the 1999 Copa América in Paraguay. His first shot hit the crossbar, the second landed in the stands, and the third was saved.