Greatest of all, eh? 26 records Brazil 🇧🇷 will defend at the World Cup

Brazil will begin its FIFA World Cup journey this Saturday (13).

They are on a mission to end a 24-year title drought — the same one they faced before lifting the trophy in the USA in 1994. 

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And Brazil is by far the national team with the most records in the biggest tournament in the world, something highlighted in a post made by FIFA. 

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Check below all TWENTY-SIX RECORDS Brazil will defend — including players' achievements.

Many of them are very well known. Others may surprise you. 

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  • 1 - Most successful team with five titles: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002;
  • 2 - Present in every World Cup edition in history (23 including the current one);
  • 3 - The team that has played the most matches: 114 — two more than Germany;
  • 4 - Record number of wins: 76;
  • 5 - Record of 11 consecutive victories between the 2002 edition and the round of 16 in 2006;
  • 6 - National team with the highest-scoring attack in World Cup history: 237 goals;
  • 7 - Reached that total in 97 different matches, another record;
  • 8 - National team with the most clean sheets: 48;
  • 9 - Carlos, the goalkeeper from 1986, has the lowest goals-against average in World Cup history: 0.20, tied with Portugal's Eduardo (2010);
  • 10 - The only national team to win the title in four different confederations: South America (Chile 1962), North America (Mexico 1970 and USA 1994), Asia (Korea/Japan 2002) and Europe (Sweden 1958);
  • 11 - The only non-European team to win the title while playing on the Old Continent;
  • 12 - The national team that used the fewest different players to become champion: 12 (the 11 starters and Amarildo, Pelé's replacement after the opener in 1962);
  • 13 - The only champion team with a 100% record over seven matches (2002).
  • 14 - It has the youngest player ever to win the World Cup: Pelé at 17 years and 249 days in 1958;
  • 15 - The future King was also the youngest to score in a World Cup final, in 1958;
  • 16 - Pelé is also the youngest to celebrate a hat-trick — in the 5-2 win over France in the 1958 semifinal;
  • 17 - The King would also become champion in 1962 and 1970. He is the only player to win it three times;
  • 18 - He shares with Messi the distinction of being the player with the most goal involvements in World Cup history: 21. Pelé reached that mark in 14 matches. Messi did it after 26;
  • 19 - Only Zagallo, Beckenbauer and Deschamps were champions as both player and coach. The Old Wolf did it on the pitch in 1958 and 1962 and then on the bench in 1970;
  • 20 - And Zagallo is the only one with four World Cup titles on his résumé, since he was Parreira's assistant in the 1994 triumph;
  1. 21 - Parreira is the only coach to take part in six World Cup editions: 1982 (Kuwait), 1990 (United Arab Emirates), 1994 and 2006 (Brazil), 1998 (Saudi Arabia) and 2010 (South Africa);
  2. 22 - He coached Cafu, the only player to appear in three finals: 1994, 1998 and 2002;
  3. 23 - Ronaldo Fenômeno shares with Leônidas da Silva and Mbappé the distinction of top scorer in knockout matches: eight goals each;
  4. 24 - Rivellino holds the record for the most goals from outside the box in World Cups. There were five "atomic rockets";
  5. 25 - Jairzinho is the only player to score at least once in every match of a World Cup edition. There were seven goals across the six matches of the 1970 title run;
  6. 26 - Brazil also has the youngest player ever called up. Edu was 16 years and 339 days old at the 1966 World Cup.

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