Did you know...
| The first player, to score five goals in a match was Russia's Oleg Salenko against Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup. However, his country were still eliminated as they had lost their previous two matches. |
| No nation has ever successfully defended their European Championship title. |
| After beating Boca Juniors in the 2004 Copa Libertadores final, Once Caldas became only the second Colombian team to won the Cup. The first Colmbian champion was Atletico Nacional in 1989. |
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On this day in...
| 1978 | Jamie Carragher is born in Merseyside, England. |
| 1978 | Gianluigi Buffon is born in Carrara, Italy. He won the FIFA World Cup with Italy in 2006 conceding only 2 goals in the whole tournament, one was an own goal and the other a penalty kick. |
| 1978 | Senegal international Papa Bouba Diop is born in Dakar, Senegal. |
| 2003 | Louis van Gaal leaves FC Barcelona for the second time. |
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