Five of the most unexpected record holders in football

#1 Most minutes without conceding in a national league

The one with the almost unbreakable record

I added the ‘national league’ part in order to keep former Vasco de Gama’s goalkeeper, Geraldo Pereira Filho, out of this list as his achievement, as magnificent as it was, came when he was playing in a regional league.

While the legendary Dino Zoff holds the record of the most minutes without conceding a goal with 1142 minutes in international football, he doesn’t make it to the overall list. No, it’s neither the legendary Gianluigi Buffon nor the iconic Iker Casillas.

Instead, this honour belongs to former Club Brugge ‘keeper, Danny Verlinden, who didn’t concede a goal for a record 1390 minutes while playing in the Belgian League. It is also highly unlikely that any other shot-stopper could beat this record (that roughly converts to 15 games and 40 minutes) in the near of far future.

Well, finally some goalkeeping record that even Gigi Buffon or Manuel Neuer can’t break.