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Former Turan goalkeeper Nizami Sadigov included in IFFHS records list second time

14 March 2007 09:21 (UTC +04:00)

Former goalkeeper of Azerbaijani national team and Turan has been included in the records list of International Federation of Football History and Statistics for the second time in last 16 days. First he stood out for defending the goal for 1106 minutes. And now he made record for number of goals he had scored, APA-Sport reports.
The player is the last in the list of 10 goalkeepers. He has scored 21 goals so far of which 12 were scored by penalty kicks. Sadigov has scored 8 goals as a goalkeeper in 222 matches in Azerbaijani championship. As a field player he scored 13 goals in 26 encounters. 40-year-old Sadigov trains goalkeepers in Neftchi club now.
The list is led by Rojerio Seni (San-Paulu, Brazil) with 69 goals. Paraguayan Xose Luis Chilavert is the second with 62 goals, Columbian Rene Iguit the third with 41 goals, Mexican Xorxe Campos the fourth with 40 goals, German hans-Yorg Butt the fifth with 28 goals. Dmitar Ivankov (Bulgaria, 25 goals), Marko Antonio Cornez (Chile, 24 goals) and Dragan Pantelich (Serbia, 24 goals) are also included in the list. At least 15 goals are to be scored in order to be included in the IFFHS goalkeepersâ€™ list. /APA-Sport/