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FIFA Refuses To Back Lionel Messi Or Godfrey Chitalu for Goal Record
Fifa has refused to get involved in the debate about who holds the world record for scoring the most goals in a year.
It was widely reported that Lionel Messi’s 86th goal of 2012, which he scored on Sunday, surpassed a mark set by Germany’s Gerd Mueller 40 years ago.
But the Zambian Football Association claimed Godfrey Chitalu had scored 107 goals for club and country in 1972.
Fifa does not keep domestic records, so “it’s not an official Fifa record”, spokesman Alex Stone told BBC Sport.
The world governing body said that, given it only maintains statistics for the international competitions it runs, it is not possibly to ratify records from club football around the world.
“We don’t have a database which details every football game played in every country from around the world since day one of their formation,” Stone said.
“It’s certainly nothing to do with bias – if we can confirm records from our tournaments we like doing that.
“It’s the sort of data fans and the media like to see.”
Stone confirmed that Fifa has not recognised Messi as holding the record.
“It’s a record where someone in the media obviously collected statistics from somewhere and noticed Messi was about to pass that record.”
BBC
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Mpangula Mputyu
December 14, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Yes FIFA well said. Now I can claim it. I scored 239 Goals playing for Kansuswa Primary School in a Zambia Schools FAZ CAF & eventully FIFA organised football.
kapandula
December 14, 2012 at 5:01 pm
let fifa or whoever does it update their databse and recognise our goal hero now
Wemfula Isa Isa
December 14, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Some of these things are not even worthy arguing about. Who in Europe knows that there is Zambian league.
So Crazy
December 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Bembas are fun. They are so crazy. They’ve evn gone to the extent of challenging even the whites. Bembas just want to be heard in anything! So fun.
mj
December 15, 2012 at 6:34 am
Who is a white man not to be challenged naimwe ba So Crazy?
When are you going to stop this inferiority complex of yours?
Myself
December 15, 2012 at 11:35 am
That’s why you are crasy!!! Wether white or black we are all people and paly the same round ball. Umwenso mambala.
Barotse diaspora
December 14, 2012 at 5:45 pm
@so crazy u r quit rite.about that.they like speculations and and novice deceit. This invalid tribe.the zambian league is wel known the whole world.stop been arrogant ba kolwe.
CRC
December 14, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Barotse diaspora and your friend u r fools,we bembas God loves us,u see chiluba was a president then sata followed nevers.God knows only one tribe in zambia luapula and kasama the rest u r not.
Barotse diaspora
December 14, 2012 at 6:11 pm
@crc you proved yoself tobe mo foolish than a fool who pointed yo tribe. I believe lucifer yo god loves u and yo mönkey ass tribe. Try to be educated.drunkard monkey.
james
December 14, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Messi I know who was the other guy?
Mutototo 2
December 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Guys let me ask, what’s with this tribe thing? Imwe bafikala you are even the ones who bring civil conflicts in this world, why must everything be tribal? Grow some balls atase!
Obi Mussy
December 14, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Weather FIFA LIKES it or NOT…GOFREY UCAR CHITALU is the WORLDS GOAL KING with 107 GOALS in ONE SEASON(1972)….MHSRIP..up tu now tuchili tule pende(Up to now the record is INTACT)
Abakonzi
December 14, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Ucar Chitalu was a great player and now Messi is a great player.Both are great and nobody can deny that so what is this arguing all about.By the way it FIFA who announced Messi’s goals or what.
Ba game
December 14, 2012 at 9:22 pm
@CRC musatanyonko, stop your ponyoyo!! ponyonyo!!. God does nt point thievs to be real leaders its only Nelson Mandela in Africa who i give respct, not bembaz imbwa shabantu.
Thomas ck kabwe
December 14, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Imwe bafikala ar thes de things tht shud make u rich de barose isue.
CHELLAR
December 14, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Messi is best,cha pwa.ask ronaldinho to explain
Democrat
December 15, 2012 at 2:30 am
@so crazy, u ar a vry gud example of a big fool. Who told u that whites can’t b cahallenged? Inferiority complex indeed.
Democrat
December 15, 2012 at 2:30 am
@so crazy, u ar a vry gud example of a big fool. Who told u that whites can’t b challenged? Inferiority complex indeed.
Sence
December 15, 2012 at 7:25 am
Fifa says it does not get involved “domestic records”. How true can this be when people or FA’s running football in different countries are their affiliates? The structure in football administration world over, I want to believe, is that local associations are Fifa associations running the game on its behalf… So the world football governing body cannot say that it’s not into what happens in local leagues! And the word “local” should be defined properly here so that it does not get us to be thinking that it means Zambian or African, and not for example La liga or any other European country’s.
Sure?
December 15, 2012 at 8:35 am
I see Messi surpasing Ucar before the yea ends. He is likely to score not less than 10 more goals before December ends to eclipse Chitalu’s record.
KALONSHI
December 15, 2012 at 10:20 am
Ba so craz mulichipuba saana, pipo like are ones who buys meal meal for the neighbor and yet you only have have salt chili in your own home.
Kalok
December 15, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Bwafya – pali ka Meshi nabena Kitalu aba Loshi nabena Lubemba bala taakana… the issue has been thrown by the wayside for the sake of tribal arguments. What a comic forum …
ucar godfrey chitalu!
December 15, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Seleni Tumbombeko bafikala.