Fascinating football facts including: Lionel Messi ended the 2026 World Cup as the tournament’s all-time leading goalscorer with 19 goals for Argentina.. Nigeria have finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations a record eight times, more than any other nation..
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Did you know? Lionel Messi ended the 2026 World Cup as the tournament’s all-time leading goalscorer with 19 goals for Argentina.
Messi overtook the previous record during the expanded 48-team, 104-match tournament, the first ever hosted across three countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States.
The 2026 edition also set a record prize fund of 727 million dollars, with the champions taking home 50 million dollars.
Category: Record | Source: NigerianMatchday.com
Did you know? Nigeria have finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations a record eight times, more than any other nation.
The Super Eagles are three-time AFCON champions, winning in 1980, 1994 and 2013, and no country has reached the tournament’s semifinal stage more often than Nigeria.
Nigeria have also finished runners-up five times, another AFCON record, and have never lost a third-place match.
Category: History | Source: NigerianMatchday.com
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