World Football Records

Football's profile has never been higher and it continues to grow. World Football Records has been a worldwide best-seller for four years in a row, and the fully updated and revised fifth edition follows the same successful formula, with a number of exciting new features, including: updates for major tournaments played in 2011 and 2012, London 2012 Olympic Games (men's and women's); FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012; FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Azerbaijan 2012; FIFA Futsal Championship Indonesia 2012; Africa Women's Championship 2012 (Equatorial Guinea); FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012; FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012; Africa Cup of Nations 2013 (South Africa); FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013; FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012; and, other FIFA awards. It features the latest record-breaking achievements of all 37 featured countries, including a sidebar with team records (biggest win), player records (most caps and goals) and other records (most successful coaches), plus updates and stats on most of the other 172 FIFA full members. It also includes FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifying competition and FIFA World Rankings.

Keir Radnedge has been covering football for more than 40 years. He has written countless books on the subject, from tournament guides to comprehensive encyclopedias, aimed at all ages. His journalism career included the Daily Mail for 20 years, as well as The Guardian and other national newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad. He is a former editor of World Soccer, generally recognized as the premier English-language magazine on global football. In addition to his writing, Keir has been a regular analyst for BBC radio and television, Sky Sports and the American cable television news channel CNN. He also edited a tournament newspaper at the FIFA World Cup tournaments of 1982, 1986 and 1990, as well as at Euro 96, and has scripted video reviews of numerous football tournaments.