Football's profile has never been higher and it continues to grow. World Football Records has been a worldwide best-seller for seven years in a row and the fully updated and revised eighth edition follows the same successful formula, with a number of exciting new features, including: Updates for major tournaments played in 2015 and 2016, most notably the CONCACAF Gold Cup USA/Canada 2015, FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015, FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015, UEFA European, Championship France 2016, Copa America Centenario USA 2016, Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup Zurich 2016, FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 and other FIFA awards The latest record-breaking achievements of all the 37 featured countries, including a sidebar with team records (biggest win), player records (most caps and most goals) and other records (most successful coaches), as well as updates and statistics on most of the other 172 full members of FIFA FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings July 2016

Author Biography

Keir Radnedge has been covering football for half a century. 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 recognised 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. He is also the London-based editor of SportsFeatures.com, the Olympic Games and football news website.