football facts for kids 2

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The win that lost a job:
An international football player named Ahn Jung-hwan was kicked out of his club Perugia FC in Italy. They dropped him because, while he was playing for his national team Korea, he scored the winner in a game to knock the Italian national team out of the world cup.

SWE-DEN, DEN-MARK, CYP-RUS, RUS-SIA:
If Sweden plays against Denmark then they can be abbreviated to either SWE-DEN or DEN-MARK. The same for Cyprus and Russia which is CYP-RUS or RUS-SIA.

Player of the year...
six times: Marta Vieira da Silva has won the FIFA World Player of the Year six times.

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