Luis Figo played in zero-gravity to help set a world record. It was :54.
While he's used to leaving defenders flailing haplessly in his wake, former Real Madrid and Barcelona star Luis Figo broke new ground recently when he took part in a football match at world-record-breaking altitude.
On August 20, 2022, the 49-year-old Portuguese legend took part in a four-a-side game on board a flight at an altitude of 20,000 feet, which is the highest game of football has ever been.
The match took place on a 75-metre square pitch built inside the aircraft, which soars in alternating upward and downward arcs in a trajectory that mimics zero gravity. Figo was able to score with a volley.
The seven other players from around the world, including Figo, were all from Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The players were presented with the title for the "Highest Altitude Game of Football on a Parabolic Flight" by the adjudicators.
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At his age, Figo is still adding major honours to his already expansive career haul, but he isn't the only big-name professional footballer to find himself in possession of a Guinness World Record.
The oldest player to score a hat trick at a World Cup is one of the Guinness World Records that Manchester United'sRonaldo has.
Thanks to his incredible five- goal spree against Wolfsburg in 2015, Robert Lewandowski has four Guinness World Records.
The Poland forward came on as a half-time substitute and scored five goals in nine minutes, making him the fastest player in the world to score five goals in a single game.
Most of the Guinness World Records Messi holds are due to his outstanding performances on the pitch.
Most goals scored in a single match, most goals scored by a substitute, most appearances by a foreign player, and youngest player to score 50 goals are some of the titles that Messi has.
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