Gioacchino Giardina (Mazarese) scored the fastest goal in Italian football history after beating Claudio D’Amico (Nissa) with a free-kick from halfway.

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with 3 seconds 81 hours The Mazarese central defender needed to open the scoring in the match at the Nino Vaccara stadium in Mazzara del Vallo. The match took place in Eccellenza Sicilia (the winner of the competition advances to Serie D).

The previous record in Italian football belonged to Rafael Leao (Milan), who scored after 6 seconds 76 hundredths against Sassuolo (December 20, 2020).

The fastest goal in the history of football was scored by Gavin Stokes in 2017 in a match between the Scottish teams “Maryhill” and “Clydebank”: 2 seconds 10 hundredths.