Curated playlist
Olympic medalists in football
- Lionel MessiLionel Messi's first Barcelona contract was written on a paper napkin. He was 13 at the time.
- Sándor KocsisSándor Kocsis scored 11 goals at the 1954 World Cup but missed in the final. Hungary lost 3-2 to West Germany.
- Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)Hours before the 1998 World Cup final, Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit. He was dropped, then reinstated.
- Grzegorz LatoGrzegorz Lato scored 7 goals at the 1974 World Cup, and no Polish player has matched it.
- NeymarOn the 3rd of August 2017, Neymar joined Paris Saint-Germain in a transfer worth 222 million euros, the most expensive in football history. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior was born on the 5th of February 1992, and the world knows him by one…
- Władysław Żmuda (born 1954)Władysław Żmuda played 21 matches across four FIFA World Cup finals, a total matched only by Uwe Seeler and Diego Maradona. Only five men in the sport's history played more: Lionel Messi, Lothar Matthäus, Miroslav Klose, Paolo Maldini and…
- RonaldinhoRonaldinho scored his first La Liga goal for Barcelona at 1.30 in the morning on the 3rd of September 2003. The match against Sevilla had kicked off at five minutes past midnight. He took a pass from his own goalkeeper inside his own half,…
- Lev YashinLev Yashin is the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or. The Soviet keeper took the award in 1963.
- RomárioRomário told reporters he would finish Uruguay, then scored both goals in a 2-0 win.
- Flórián AlbertFlórián Albert won the 1967 Ballon d'Or without ever leaving his Budapest club, Ferencváros.
- Jürgen KlinsmannJürgen Klinsmann scored sixteen goals in one match at age eight. He later lifted a World Cup with West Germany.