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Paris: World football's governing body on Friday said that they were unable to check whether claims that an African footballer and not Argentina star Lionel Messi was the record holder for the most goals scored in a calendar year.

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Barcelona forward Messi was hailed by many as the greatest player ever in the game after he scored twice on Sunday to beat the 40yearold record of Germany's Gerd Mueller and take his tally to 86 for 2012.

But claims emerged on Thursday that he may still in fact be well short of Zambia legend Chitalu, who netted 107 times 49 in league matches for Kabwe Warriors and 58 in cup and internationals between January 23 and December 10,custom nfl jerseys, 1972.

A black and white photograph of a smiling Chitalu, dressed in a suit and holding a ball inscribed with "1972 Godfrey Chitalu 107 goals" has been widely circulated on the Internet.

Yet there have also been claims that his name was raised by jealous supporters of Barca rivals Real Madrid to prevent the record going to a Barcelona player.

Zambian commentator Musonda Chibulu and fellow researcher Jerry Muchimba, who compiled their data from daily newspapers and the southern African country's national archives, had said they would try to get Chitalu's tally ratified by FIFA.

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) also said it wants recognition for the player, who is considered one of the best to have played for The Copper Bullets,Sale Official Babyliss MiraCurl Online to world wide, who are the current holders of the Africa Cup of Nations.

"Kabwe Warriors,whatever happened to that new, for whom Godfrey Chitalu played,youth soccer jerseys, is a legendary team in our country," FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya was quoted as saying on the BBC Sport website.

"Their front line had Godfrey Chitalu scoring all the goals and even for the national team,2013 Mon May 13 05, this man did a lot. So I think it would be important for people to recognise his feats."

Chitalu died with the whole national football team when their airplane crashed off the coast of Gabon in 1993 on the way to a World Cup qualifier in Senegal. He was head coach at the time,Sperm whales do hold some other though.

A similar challenge had already been contested on Wednesday by Brazilian club Flamengo, who insisted that their former player,cheap soccer jerseys,The winners will be announced Jan. 12 in Zurich., Zico,Cheap Babyliss MiraCurl Online Outlet - Official Babyliss,bandages and anesthetics. Oxygen supplies are already exhausted, scored 89 times in the 1979 season.

FIFA spokesman Alex Stone later told AFP in emailed comments that none of the apparent records whether Chitalu, Zico,con ocasin del juego, Mueller or Messi could be authenticated, given the lack of data from all of its 209 member associations.

The governing body,Manchester United More, for example, only has statistics for its own international competitions dating back to the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay.

"With regards to the data of Godfrey Chitalu, some Brazilians have since claimed that Zico scored more goals in one season, whilst Santos Football Club have records that show Pele scored 110 goals in 1961,babyliss,In Linker case," Stone said.

"There could be players perhaps from preWar days, since deceased, who may also lay claim to such a record,Barcelona Jersey 2014, but. all of these claims are impossible to definitively verify against each other, without having all the records available."