2. Brazil won the World Cup on June 17 1962 organized by Chile by beating Czech Republic.
3. Japan won the bronze medal at the Mexico Olympics in 1968.
4. Everald "Gally" Commings is Trinidad's most famous and experienced players. He played in the league of South America around 1970.
5. Kuwait qualify for the first time in the World Cup finals in 1982.
6. In 1950, Brazil hosted the World Cup but they lost the final match to Uruguay 2-1.
7. Jose Luis Chilavert was Paraguay's most famous players who played in the 20th century. Born on July 20, 1965 in Luque, Paraguay. As Oscar Schmidt (Brazilian basketball player) and Raul Ramirez (Mexican tennis player), Jose Luis "Chila" Chilavert is the best athlete ever born in Latin America. He played for clubs in Argentina (San Lorenzo) and Spain (Zaragoza).
8. Uruguay won the FIFA World Cup in 1930 beating Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo, Uruguay's capital.
9. Teams from Europe who won the first FIFA World Cup was West Germany (Germany) at the 1954 World Cup.
10. Cameroon won the Olympic gold medal in 2000, beating Spain 5-3.
11. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as "Pele", played for four FIFA World Cup (Sweden-1958, Chile-1962, England-1966, and Mexico-1970). He scored over 1200 goals in his career before retiring in 1977.
12. Nigeria beat Argentina 3-2 and won the gold medal 1996 USA Olympics.
13. Angola qualified for the final 2006 FIFA World Cup. They are among the 10 poorest countries that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals as Ivory Coast. Their education system among the worst in the world.
14. In 1994 Bolivia beat Brazil 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup qualifying.
15. South Korea made to the FIFA World Cup finals 8 times in the 1954, 1986.1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010.
16. Hungary has won Olympics gold medals three times in 1952, 1964 and 1968.
17. Brazilian-born players who play for other countries is Antonio Naelson - Mexico, Alessandro "Alex" Santos - Japan, Mario Senna - Spain and Francileudo dos Santos - Tunisia.
SOURCE:Arena Bola Sepak(Info Menarik)
